This has probably told you more than you wanted to know, but if I could add a
little more.
Most common characters can be used in naming files. However, the following
characters are reserved and cannot be used in a file name: < > : " / \ | ? *
Also, neither a space nor a period can be used at th
You can go up to 255 characters in a file name without most systems gulping.
Deb Wythe
deborahwythe at hotmail.com
> From: jfevans at princeton.edu
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:57:20 -0500
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] File Naming
>
> No - just stay away from commas, periods,
Silvia et al,
Here are three very good resources on filenaming:
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/filenaming.html
A useful website by David Riecks who is active on the IPTC standards
committee
The DAM book: digital asset management for photographers By Peter Krogh
Chapter fo
No - just stay away from commas, periods, / slashes, %, &, and if you can keep
it below 18 characters you are in good shape.
Jeffrey Evans
Photographer, Digital Imaging Specialist
Princeton University Art Museum
jfevans at princeton.edu
609.258.8579
princetonartmuseum.org
On Feb 22, 2011, at
Dear all,
Is there any sort of problem with including a hyphen in the name of a file?
Silvia Ros
Photographer / Visual Resources Manager
The Wolfsonian
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
t 305-535-2628
f 305-531-2133
silvia at thewolf.fiu.edu
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Many people will use hyphens instead of spaces as well, especially if there
is a chance these files will end up on the internet. Spaces in file names on
the internet change to %20, and most-people-would-rather-read-this
than%20have%20to%20see%20this!
Ivan
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