Using A File Rename Program To Speed Up The Family Year In Review Picture Show

When the whole family gathers at the end of the year for the holidays, quite often you want to share all of the things you've done throughout the year. With the help of your computer you may be able to put together a family slideshow to do this. Think of it as your year in review. You may not be such a fan of this idea if your computer pictures aren't sorted.

Are you looking for your computer and not even sure which directories some of your photos have been taken over the past year are in? The best way to start sorting all of this out is to do a file rename of many of those photos. Don't be overrun by horrible images of thousands of files that you have to rename one at a time in order to sort out all of those family photos. You need to be open to an easier option.

Instead you can rename multiple files at once if you have a batch program. By using a batch file rename program, you can make all sorts of changes to a number of files at the same time just by highlighting them together.

Move Them About

If you have found that a number of your pictures are on different directories, you can highlight them and move them in bulk to where you want them. Once this is done it will only take you seconds to find all those photos you need in the future.

Change File Names

One thing you will appreciate is making sure the file name on each picture is something that lets you know what it is. It's time to rename all of those files with something obvious which could be as simple as "Easter holiday 2009" or something of the like. Instead of having to open all of the pictures on your computer trying to find the right ones, the filename will let you know exactly what you're about to see.

Photo File Type

Maybe all of your photos aren't the same format, such as jpgs, gifs and other file types all mixed together. If you want these all to be the same you can highlight them and ask a batch file rename program to convert them all into the same file type.

Once you have a batch program on hand you're really going to enjoy showing off everything for the holidays, with those new organized pictures of the family over the last year that you can now quickly assemble into a fun slide show of the past 12 months.