I am trying to get better about adding the metadata to my images. I have also created a photo Event where I can attach the photo, source it and add any other information or notes.
shannon On Sunday, January 4, 2015, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > So how does one do that?? > > Pat > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Richard Folkerth <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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 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
