Thanks so much, Margaret, I use Picasa and it works like a breeze!
(I knew how to do that, just didn't know it was metadata!) Pat On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Nancy Paget <[email protected]> wrote: > Margaret, thanks for that great article. I didn’t know any of this > before. > > *From:* Margaret Turner <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 04, 2015 10:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing photographs > > Pat, > A good article is here re IPTC: > http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/labelling.html > I do not use the visible option, but have in as part of the metadata. > > You can use a number of freeware to edit the images: > irfan http://www.irfanview.com/ > xnview http://www.xnview.com/en/ > > :) > > Margaret > > > On 5 January 2015 at 13:43, 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] >> > 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
