Can Lightroom export files with zero-padded sequence numbers?

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When exporting from Lightroom, my sequential filenames come out like Flower-1.jpg, which causes sorting problems in contact sheets or contact cards because they sort as 1, 11, 2, 22... instead of numeric order. Is there a way in Lightroom's export naming settings to add leading zeros so the files export as Flower-001.jpg, Flower-002.jpg, etc., or do I need to rename them later in Windows?

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user26996 · Accepted Answer

You can actually have them come out with proceeding zeros in Lightroom.

When you go to export, find the File Naming category. From there, make sure "Rename to" is checked and hit the drop down box. Select the last option "Edit...".

Export image

A box should come up allowing you to enter a formula for how files are named. For numeric sequences it should look something like {Sequence # (1)»}. (Note: I couldn't copy and paste the double arrow, so I'm not entirely sure the one I'm using is exactly the same)

Edit file naming window

You can add preceding zeros to the number inside the parenthesis to get the effect you want.

For instance, I use this: {Date (YYYYMMDD)»}-{Sequence # (001)»} So my files come out named like... 20140928-001.jpg, 20140928-002.jpg, etc.

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Can Lightroom export files with zero-padded sequence numbers?

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