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What naming pattern can I use for sequential file naming (photos) when only their relative sequence is known?

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I got some old scanned photos and I want to put them in correct order. Unfortunately, I have no possibility to find out the exact order, only relative one like: "hm, this photo was surely taken after this one" and organize them step-by-step by manually changing numbering again and again. Is there a…

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I usually accomplish this by naming my photos "alphabetically", with variable-length file names. For instance, I might name the first photo a.jpg, and the second one b.jpg. When I discover that the third photo belongs between a and b, I name it aa.j…

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