Namexif

Pictures you work with on a computer are more than just images you can use as wallpapers or to make your social account fancy. These are fitted with EXIF data, which is a set of related details like coordinates and date take. In this regard, applications like Namexif let you rename multiple pictures according to these details.

Once installed, the application is brought up with no prompt or warning. This isn’t a bad thing, especially since you get to take a look at the set of features in no time at all. The whole process is guides you through several steps in a wizard-driven menu, with thorough descriptions so you don’t get stuck along the way.

After the first set of introduction details, you’re required to add the files you want to rename. Needless to say that these need to be pictures, with supported formats letting you load files like JPG, JPEG, REB, RIP, GIF, BMP, and PNG. Files can either be dragged over the main window, imported individually through a built-in browse dialog, or selecting an entire directory that contains pictures. These are all shown in a list, with the possibility to clear those you don’t want to include in the process.

Next up comes the set of parameters which you can slightly configure. However, only a few types of details are grabbed from EXIF data, such as time and date, as well as ISO level. There’s the possibility to manually choose parameters, or rely on an automated renaming method.

When done, pressing next instantly processes all files, so you need to make sure changes are in order, an EXIF data is properly written down. The application grabs info from corresponding fields just in the way they are, and there’s a high chance you’re not quite happy with the end result.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Namexif comes with good intentions to rename a bunch of picture files according to important data sets. The overall process is intuitive enough thanks to the wizard-driven process, but the type of data selection leaves more to be desired, and might make the result give second thoughts.