On Jan 10, 2006, at 10:12 AM, rangrsz263 at mac.com wrote: > What happens to the original file names from the camera?
Where to begin. The problem with digital is that there are so many of them! I import from the digital camera via Image Capture and create a new folder with that days date and save it to my external drive. The path would be something like Images_06/ 01/09/06. Within said 01/09/06 folder are images with meaningless cryptic names like DSCN50017.JPG, I open them in a file browser and weed them. I do not re-title them in the file browser, but you could, and add meta data. I open the image in Photoshop, then close it after I have made a duplicate. The duplicate is titled orig_rose-25_06 and saved per the previous post. I make another duplicate titled edit_rose-25_06 and do my edit then save. I make one last duplicate titled print_rose-25_5706. The print file is the cropped version, with any orientation change to fit the print paper, and any graphic element required ie outlines, text etc. The simplest way to create a filing scheme is with pencil and paper. Seems like a lot of work, but I have scripted all but the print file in Photoshop so it goes quietly. > Another mystery to me is this: how do you keep the files of 2 > people who photograph the same things at the same time separate on > a shared computer? Assuming the same camera card, meta deta to the effect of "hiss'en" or "her'en" could be added, and of course separate file systems could be created. You could even lock her'en out of your'en. > When you have an external hard drive, as I understand it, your file > system doesn't know that the images are stored somewhere else. Or > does it? The system will search for files on external drives, they just need to be indexed. If you have multiple drives in play a naming scheme HD1, HD2 etc. is helpful when searching. There is also a way to tag removable media such as CD's with aliases, but exactly how escapes me at the moment. A dialog box opens to something like "Insert CD Images_02"...jf > On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: > > > On Jan 9, 2006, at 12:44 PM, rangrsz263 at mac.com wrote: > >> When you use an external drive, do you need something like iView >> to keep track of those files? > > I have iView but only use it for slideshows. I use the Finder and > am an anal folders within folders filing system person and am > meticulous about correctly naming files ie: orig_rose-25_06, > edit_rose-25_06 or print_rose-25_5706. Where 57 indicates a 5x7 > crop, 810, 1216, the rest self explanatory. I never crop an > original or edit, only a duplicate is cropped then saved in the > print folder. A client may latter ask for a 1216 and I'm had if I > cropped my edit 57?danged if I will re-edit my original. I do a lot > of black and white printing and those are named > print_rose-25BW_5706 etc. > > These would be filed under Images_06, then Originals_06, Edits_06, > or Prints_06. So a string might be Images_06/Prints_06/Prints_5706/ > print_florals_5706/print_rose-25_5706. A Spotlight search on > print_rose will yield every rose print file I ever made, in every > size dating back to 2000 where my file system starts. > > With Spotlight I guess I could dump it all into one folder and find > the stuff, but would "I" trust it? With Adobe Bridge, or now > Lightroom I could come up with a more modern scheme?but doubt that > I will...jf > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2102 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060110/6ae2aea4/attachment.bin
