[Q&A] How to change naming/export order.

[someonenameguy]

So I like if I could flip the order of layers when exporting, as I used the 'Renamed' procedure but my layers are in descending order, so my exported layers are numbered in reversed...

I have a batch naming tool so it isn't a big problem, but it would be nice to be able to flip the order.

[kamilburda]

If you use the number pattern, e.g. image[001], you can instead type image[000, %d] (or e.g. image[0, %d] if you do not wish to have extra zero padding), which will number the layers in reversed order. The image part can be replaced with [layer name] if you need to preserve the original layer name.

[someonenameguy]

Noted I try it next time I need to export.
I'll leave this issue open for others that might need it.

image[000, %d] (or e.g. image[0, %d]

Also that's python syntax right?

[kamilburda]

It's custom syntax I made for the plug-in, documented here. The % arguments are hard-coded and specific to each field.

If you need more customization, the [replace] field might be of use, which uses the Python regular expression syntax. It's also possible to chain multiple Rename procedures if case you need to use regular expression substitution multiple times.