> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms > > Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & hierarchical > folders. >
Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam wouldn't though, and nor do I. B > From: "Bob W" > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > >> Of Walt > >> > >> I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just > >> horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination > thing, > >> I guess. > >> > >> Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge > >> deal > >> -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for > so > >> long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) > >> > > > > If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time you > > import the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The > > keyword entry box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. > > > > Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder > > structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, > if > > your folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, > > just enter the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi > > instead (I would make caf? a separate keyword). > > > > You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the > > problem of what to do with something that belongs in more than one > > folder, For example if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ > and > > in Mistresses\No longer\ you just include as keywords family, nieces, > > etc. You can search on any equal or proper subset of the keywords, in > > any order, rather than having to find your way through all the levels > > of a folder structure that you will lose track of. > > > > You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, although > I > > stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > > > Paris, Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. If > > you then keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in > > searches for Europe, without you having to put Europe as a keyword > > against the picture, and any search for France will include both > Paris and Lyon. > > > > The problem, for me, is maintaining the hierarchies and also making > > sure that what you are doing is a real, genuine, hierarchy, and > that's > > not always obvious until it's too late. A keyword can belong to more > > than one hierarchy, I think, so it's slightly better than a folder > > structure in > > (most) hierarchical file systems. > > > > B > > > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
