So how does one do that?? Pat
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Richard Folkerth <[email protected]> wrote: > GREETINGS, ALL > > I have no opinion about the ability (or not) of Legacy to 'source' > photographs. But I DO have an opinion about the best way to provide source > info for a photograph; put the source information in the image metadata. > > Metadata is the data about the data image; the text information that > accompanies each image, JPEG or whatever. The metadata allows us to attach > everything from our street address to the subject of the photo to the > technical info about the photograph … to the source of the photo. I believe > any useful information associated with an image has a place somewhere in > the metadata. > > Most modern image processing or image viewing programs allow access to the > metadata, yet too few of us use this important feature of digital imaging … > myself included. I know I should type the stuff into the appropriate fields > but too often I grow bored and move on to more exciting things. Doesn't > matter if you follow the approach of Elizabeth Shown Mills or not; just put > something in the metadata that will allow someone else to know where you > found the image (even if it is from your personal collection of > photographs). > > *Bottom line; put sourcing in the metadata no matter what other sourcing > you may do !!!* > > DICK FOLKERTH > Dallas > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
