Random Wok 1.0

Random Wok Aperture export plugin gives the names of the images it exports random file names.

Random file names are useful if you want to hide the sequence or meaning of the file names or if a random ordering is needed for a program that displays them in alphabetical order.

Random Wok exports random names with length and type that can be selected and you can also provide a prefix and a postfix strings that are applied to the ends of the random part of the name.

I have extensively blogged the development of Random Wok and posted all the articles together on the Random Wok Aperture Plugin page. If you are interested in writing your own plugin, this will give you a good idea of the level of skill and experience needed.

Controls
Kind: Case: Length: The style of the random part of the name is selectable among numeric, hex, alpha, and alphanumeric. All except the numeric style allow the selection of character case: upper, lower, or both. The length can be varied.

Freeze with: tells Random Wok to use the characters in the text field to generate the random names. The same characters value will always create the same set of random file names for the same images if the other settings are the same. This can be useful if you want to create links to random images and be able to repeatably export and upload them without breaking the links. With the freeze with checkbox unchecked names are completely random.

Prefix and Postfix are added to the beginning and end of the random part.

Random Wok displays thumbnails for versions (but not masters) and shows the version name, the caption, and an example random file name. If Freeze with is checked, then the new names shown will be used for the export.