Lightroom is the database app you are looking for. Create keywords for individuals, locations, etc. Store them in what ever order works for you, I would do it by date which is Lightroom's default. Comments and other info that may not fit exactly into a pre-existing field, put into the Caption field. For images with front/back scans, put that into the file name then group them in Lr. I have 10,513 files in my catalog, and it's by no means a "large" Lightroom catalog. No way I could keep track of all that without a good cataloging system. :) -- Brian
On Oct 16, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Alison's mom just sent us a box full of old snapshots (dating from the 40's > to the early 90's), and I'm faced with the daunting task of making sure > they're preserved. Many have writing on the back, identifying the photo, so > my scanning job is almost doubled from the get-go, unless I just record > what's on the back in some document that is somehow linked to the image (of > course I'm writing out some database app in my head and looking on CPAN for > perl modules that control scanner's :-) > > So before I re-invent the entire wheel and wheel accessories industry, does > anyone have some tips? > > If this works out well for this, I might even tackle our many boxes of > pre-digital photos ad then on to MY moms mammoth collection (Dad had a friend > in the photography biz when I was younger and he used to get odd-sized rolls > of film for their cost, which meant nearly free, so there are a LOT of b&w > photos of us kids in the early to mid-60's) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
