I started working part-time for Hallway 2 Marketing last year, photographing homes for real estate. I take the photos then rush home to start the edit process.
Before the photos can be uploaded to HAR, they need to be a specific file name to make searches easier on the perspective home buyer. So I wrote a program to help me streamline at least part of my process.
I wrote a Ruby program to rename files by stripping off the first 8 characters of the existing file name. As I edit real estate photos, I name them like the following: DSC_XXXX Street – Living Room.jpg – the program basically loops through 30+ files stripping off the DSC_XXXX making the file name “Street – Living Room.jpg”
The files before the script
Script execution
The result…files ready to upload to HAR
This is the first code I’ve written since I quit being a developer in 2011. The process has sparked my interest in coding again…at least for fun. LOL
—
I am Rhonda Tipton and I am a photographer residing in the Houston area. My work includes a wide range of subjects such as portraiture, events and fine art; however, I feel my purpose on this Earth is to tell the stories of those without a voice through my pet, animal shelter and rescue photography.
Tipton Creative
IG @rhondatipton – @sheltershutterbug – @tiptoncreative — @rhondatiptonbw
FB @RhondaTipton – @tiptoncreative – @TiptonCreativeShelterPhotos
Twitter – Flickr – Youtube