Add the option to remove "Preserved Filename" in metadata
Currently under Batch Rename there's an option to "Preserve current filename in XMP metadata" but there's no way to get rid of these preserved filenames after they are no longer useful (or simply because they disclose outdated or confidential information).
One way to do this would be to add a "remove preserved filename" checkbox to the Batch Rename dialog box; that way you could just rename the the files a second time to clear the preserved filename.
Another way to do it would be in the metadata panel; just make the "Preserved Filename" field deletable. You could also add a command to "Remove preserved filenames" to the Metadata panel menu and Tools menu.
Dexter Graphic
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Stephen Marsh commented
Until there is a native feature, there is scripting:
#target bridge
clearPreservedFileName = {};// create an object
clearPreservedFileName.execute = function () {// create a method for that object
var sels = app.document.selections;// store the array of selected files
for (var i = 0; i < sels.length; i++) {//loop though that array
var md = sels[i].synchronousMetadata;// get the metadata for the file
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/";// set the namespace
md.PreservedFileName = "";//set the porperty
}
}
// this script only works in bridge
if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge") {
//create the munuItem
var menu = MenuElement.create("command", "Clear PreservedFileName from Metadata", "at the end of Tools");
menu.onSelect = clearPreservedFileName.execute;
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Anonymous
commented
Just rename using “replace string” use 1 character snd replace with the same one to keep the same name and preserve the new file name