how can I manage pics
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Everyone will tell you to BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP....
The hard drive on a computer can die at any time. If I were you, I would make sure that if each computer has the hard drive space available to make sure each computer has the same pics. That way if one hard drive dies, you still have the same pics on the other pc's.
The hard drive on a computer can die at any time. If I were you, I would make sure that if each computer has the hard drive space available to make sure each computer has the same pics. That way if one hard drive dies, you still have the same pics on the other pc's.
tremmor
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Thats it, another adventure.
One thing i always did. I new all the family. I renamed the picture, with date and yr. Say a family. 'higgins_lake_July_1960' then dump in there This was the chapter and called organization. I wont have to figure it out later, including family. two hd's. both won't go out at the same time. And pictures, i have thousands of them. scanned for years, documenting. thats what i do. Document properly so ya can find it.
nice holiday, great time with family and friends.
One thing i always did. I new all the family. I renamed the picture, with date and yr. Say a family. 'higgins_lake_July_1960' then dump in there This was the chapter and called organization. I wont have to figure it out later, including family. two hd's. both won't go out at the same time. And pictures, i have thousands of them. scanned for years, documenting. thats what i do. Document properly so ya can find it.
nice holiday, great time with family and friends.
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There are plenty of image organizers out there, many free that will handle your needs.
It's so easy to do yourself. First thing to do is rename. If you have an image editor that can add annotations/user fields to the database, add. Each image should have a unique name so get rid of that DSC blah blah blah crap. It takes seconds to rename a picture set when you download from your camera. The more information you put in, the easier to find stuff so its pay now or later. There's a happy medium.
I keep it simple by renaming by location and date with a folder for each date. Oddballs I would label to suit. Other folk may prefer by occasion and date (fred birthday 100725 001.jpg).
Only you can decide what categories to file them under. If you want to set it up yourself, make a folder (they even give you "My Pictures" if you are lazy) and sub-folders. A good idea is to make contact sheets for all the images in a subfolder so you only have to open one image to find which one you need. Prefix the contact name with "!", "0" or similar so it's the first image. An album app will provide some alternative.
There are two types of albums/editors. What I term "Live" eg IrfanView, and "Database" eg ThumbsPlus. In the "live", the thumbs are created every time you access. It takes a long time to make 5,000 thumbs! In the "database", the thumbs are already made. The trade-off is access speed against disk space used.
As already mentioned, back them up. If they are really valuable, keep a dvd or other robust copy somewhere other than where the PC lives.
It's so easy to do yourself. First thing to do is rename. If you have an image editor that can add annotations/user fields to the database, add. Each image should have a unique name so get rid of that DSC blah blah blah crap. It takes seconds to rename a picture set when you download from your camera. The more information you put in, the easier to find stuff so its pay now or later. There's a happy medium.
I keep it simple by renaming by location and date with a folder for each date. Oddballs I would label to suit. Other folk may prefer by occasion and date (fred birthday 100725 001.jpg).
Only you can decide what categories to file them under. If you want to set it up yourself, make a folder (they even give you "My Pictures" if you are lazy) and sub-folders. A good idea is to make contact sheets for all the images in a subfolder so you only have to open one image to find which one you need. Prefix the contact name with "!", "0" or similar so it's the first image. An album app will provide some alternative.
There are two types of albums/editors. What I term "Live" eg IrfanView, and "Database" eg ThumbsPlus. In the "live", the thumbs are created every time you access. It takes a long time to make 5,000 thumbs! In the "database", the thumbs are already made. The trade-off is access speed against disk space used.
As already mentioned, back them up. If they are really valuable, keep a dvd or other robust copy somewhere other than where the PC lives.
zombine210
New Member
what i did, was i took my oldest computer, put a few large capacity disks and copied everybody's files on all the other computers, including pictures, in there. made sure nobody has physical access to it, just shared teh drives over the network.
as far as finding them easily... well, that's their problem
as far as finding them easily... well, that's their problem