Métamorphose : A File and Folder Renamer (original) (raw)

Métamorphose is a batch renamer, a program to rename large sets of files and folders quickly and easily.

With its extensive feature set, flexibility and powerful interface, Métamorphose is a profesional's tool. A must-have for those that need to rename many files and/or folders on a regular basis.

In addition to general usage renaming, it is very useful for photo and music collections, webmasters, programmers, legal and clerical, etc.

Main Features :

• Preview every item to be renamed before comiting changes.
• Add any number of operations in any order (v.2 only)
• Recursive renamer : load all files in directory and in subdirectories.
• Undo changes in case of mistakes.
• Regular expression support throughout.
• Rename music and image files by their metadata information.
• Full unicode support means any character from any language can be used.
• Use of all allowed characters under Windows and OSX, all except ':' in Linux.

Preview :

Compatible operating systems :

Video Tutorials :

• General and advanced usage - by InterlinkKnight
• Install and main features - by DownloadTube.com

Other Features :

• Preview images (Métamorphose v.2 only)
• Save all program settings to file for later use.
• Renaming operations, which can apply to name and/or extension :
  1. Prefix
  2. Suffix
  3. Replacement, modification, or move by: Character, position, or regular expression.
  4. Insertion by : Position or every (number) characters.
  5. Length modifications (padding, truncating, or both).
• Renaming styles : combination of: user text, numbering, audio tags, date, time.
• Modifications : UPPERCASE, lowercase, Capitalize first, Title Style, sWAP cASE, 'DoRkIfY'
• Move by position, text, or regular expression.
• Sequential numbering (enumerating) options :
  • Use integers, alphabetical, or roman numerals
  • Use padding
    • With integers, use any character to any fixed width, or auto pad.
    • With alphabetical, auto pad in this format : aaa, aab, aac, ... aba, ... ygr, et cetera
  • Control step size, starting number, reset count.
• Set date and time manually or get from system.
• Use supplied defaults or specify your own date and time formats.
• Python and open source (GNU-GPL) means it's quickly, easily, and legally customizeable to fit your needs. Read the License for more details.
• Easily translatable with GNU GETTEXT utilities.
• Métamorphose was written in Python, usingwxPython for the graphical interface.

Reviews :

• The Daily Skew - by Damian Hospital
• SoftSea.com
• Linux.com - by Bruce Byfield
• Softpedia
• freetux.net (French)
• Softonic - by Elena Santos (Spanish)
• Windows Forest (Japanese)
• Linux Toy (Chinese)
• Software Cocktail

System Requirements :

Métamorphose v.1

• Minimum screen resolution: 800 x 600 (1024 x 768 recommended)
• Interpreted (source) version: Python 2.5, wxPython 2.8
• Binary (executable) version: NT family of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7)

Métamorphose v.2

• Minimum screen resolution: 1024 x 768
• Interpreted (source) version: v.2 - Python 2.6, wxPython 2.8
• Binary (executable) version: NT family of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7)

This web site and the Métamorphose logo are copyright © 2005-2010 Ianaré Sévi.
Don't let that stop you from using the web site code, though I doubt you would find anything terribly useful.