Sophisticated Rename is an out of the common program for batch processing. Its power is not limited to renaming functions only. The main features of SR are as follows:

*** It changes the names and extensions of files using flexible algorithms with the help of various data types: Constants, Counters (numerical and alphabetical), Variables, Extra variables, External variables, Conditionals. *** In contrast to programming languages, all data types are defined visually and added to the template with just one click. *** All your preferences can be saved to a preset to be used later with other files. *** SR can also change attributes, dates and times of files (it can be done in compliance with EXIF as well); you can choose one of five available case types for any item in the template of for the whole name. *** Internal EXIF and ID3v1/v2 editors are included. You can edit the data for all files at once of for each file separately. *** SR can sort out files to different folders *** If you happen to find that SR is short of some features, you can write a plugin for it in any programming language. It will take just a couple of minutes, and it will be certainly faster than to rename a thousand files manually! *** And last but not least is the reliability of the program. First of all, it shows the results preview every time you change parameters - you don't have to rename files to see how your template works. Second, it allows to restore old file names even after the renaming process. ***

The distributive includes a tutorial that explains how to manage with various renaming situations.