Unfortunately that wont work because the date and time of the images will not be the same as the order we wish them to be presented. One card could have been shot at 11am but be the second card we import, the first having been shot at 1pm on the same day. Original image name and date/time taken cannot be used to generate the naming sequence, it needs to be something like batch# + sequence# 01001, 01002... then second import would be 02001, 02002....

Hi there, pretty sure this must have come up but have spent a few hours reading posts and cant find it, (this is where first reply gives link and I facepalm!)

I process a number of CF cards each day (10+) and I need to copy them all into a single folder but rename them so they will all be in order that a) they were taken on each card, and b) the order they are copied into the folder. An example;

Card 1 has image 1054,1055, 1056 and 1057
Card 2 has image 320, 321, 322 and 323 

When I copy these images to the desired folder they should now be renamed to preserve the order taken (within each card) and order copied (order of cards copied).  xx1, xx2, xx3, xx4, xx5, xx6, xx7, xx8 which represents 1054,1055, 1056, 1057 320, 321, 322, 323.