Just curious. Is this the same Wes who has been on Tribal Pages for so long?
BobsTree2 <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Wes <[email protected]> </div><div>Date:04/05/2014 1:54 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: [email protected] </div><div>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] where to store images </div><div> </div>On 04-Apr-2014 10:04 PM, grayscot2 wrote: > > > > ============================================================================ > From: Wes [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 04 April, 2014 04:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] where to store images > > On 03-Apr-2014 3:30 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: >> I need to reconnect a bunch of images; they were never saved in the >> Legacy images file, always on my computer and I would just browse for >> I would love some input so I can get everything cleaned up properly..... >> > [Snip] > >> ....Thanks, Kathy >> >> Kathy Meyer >> > <snip> > I use a directory structure for my images, one for photos an one for > documents. I actually use two identical structures; one for permanent > storage and one for use with legacy. Not every document nor every photo > is used within Legacy. > > So - \Genealogy > \Documents > \FamilyName > \Photos > \FamilyName > \LegacyData > \Documents > \FamilyName > \Photos > \FamilyName > > In the Legacy Photos directory I store only WEB format JPG files. These > are usually never more than 450K. I keep my originals in the GENEALOGY > set as TIFF format. > > One reason I don't use the Media Center gathering tool is that even in > reduced format, my Legacy Photos take nearly 3GB. If copied to a single > directory I would now have 6 GB out of my precious HD space. > > My LegacyData directory is on its own 300 GB drive. I do an image copy > of this drive once a week. I do a backup of the working database every > time I close legacy. This goes to Dropbox. > > Wes > --------------------------------------------------- > I'm just setting up a media directory and can't imagine the amount of time it > must take to find a .jpg in one large folder, but equally can't imagine how > you avoid exceeding path limits with sub-folders on the one hand or work with > folders for each family in one long directory of peer folders. > > Wes, are those peer folders or are the FamilyNamefolders you list child or > sub-folders under LegacyData? They must be peer folders or the paths would > be too long but sounds like that would be a long directory with all the > FamilyNames you must have and take a long time scrolling to file one or > another set. > > And why not keep the \Geneology originals in name subfolders on your main > hard drive or an external one if you don't have the space on a hard > drive--both backed up just as you do now. > > Pres Sorry about the confusion with the path names. Apparently my tabbing didn't work as I thought it would. The directory structure is \Genealogy \Genealogy\Documents\ \Genealogy\Documents\FamilyName\ \Genealogy\Documents\FamilyName\FirstNameYYYY (BirthYear) - if needed. The longest pathname would be 45 characters if I can count right. The max is supposed to be 256. Doing this allows me to keep all relevant documents and photos in a way that I can instantly find them. That last line is the longest you will have. For my own reasons, I duplicate the structure for Legacy use. I could simply point to the Genealogy folder in Legacy, but I keep a lot of documents that do not necessarily need to be used as source material. They are there to provide additional historical information. Since I was a history major in college, I tend to keep things that others might find insignificant for their purpose. In the Legacy PHOTO structure, I only keep the WEB sized JPG's of my photo's. For the most part, I scan a photo to a TIFF file. This is in the \Genealogy\Photo\ area. I then use Photoshop Elements to add info to the IPTC data. This is just like writing on the back of a picture. I then save this twice. Once as the standard TIFF file, then once with a -EDIT after the name. The first file is never, ever, touched. The second file is used for any editing that is needed and saved as a final TIFF file. Once all that is done, I will save it as JPG. This file is still rather large but will be OK to email to someone else. I will then crop the photo to a head shot or something similar and SAVE for WEB. This allows me to take a 1.2 mb file and reduce it to about 350-450 k. This is what gets stored in the Legacy photo file and, eventually, to the web. For my backups, I use COBIAN to backup both the Genealogy Directory and the Legacy directory, Each goes to a different external hard drive. Once a week, I take an image copy of those hard drives. Of course, I do a standard backup of my database every time I shut down Legacy. Other people have vastly different ways of doing things. This is just the scheme I worked out years ago when God was a child and I was still in knee pants. My first software package was Brothers Keeper on a DOS machine with 2 floppy drives. I hope this helps with your thinking. There are as many ways to organize as there are people. In the end, it is what works for you that really matters. Oh, if you haven't guessed, I'm a belt and suspenders guy. Wes Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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