I would only add that I change my date format from Paul's. I use the year-mo-dy format, so "2005-0-15" is the format. In this format, dates sort properly--at least on the Mac. BTW, iPhoto also uses a shortcut of this system. It names a folder by the year, then numbers by month, and by day underneath that. That may be a bit more than you want, but it's a thought.
Also, somebody mentioned iView Media Pro. It's a bit expensive, and does a lot of video stuff you may not want. However, there is a cheaper, $50 version, and I don't find it too complicated at all. On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:51:24 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Shel, > I rarely shoot film any more, but every new download from a CF card gets a > new folder. Most of my cards are 1 gig, so they hold 72 RAW files. I shoot > RAW exclusively. If there's more than one subject on the card, I just add it > to the folder name. For example: "1-13-05 squirrel, dogs, bruschetta." I'm > not sure if that kind of folder name works on a PC, but it's fine on a mac. > Older negs that I scan I sometimes classify just by subject if I have no idea > of a date. However, most of my old negs are in envelopes that are dated at > least in regard to the year. I recently scanned a few pics of my kids from > 1978, so I filed it as "1-1-78 old kid pics." The "1-1" is a generic > description that I use for any file where I know the year but not the date. > The system is working for me. I can find anything on my drives in a minute or > less. -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
