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| 510963 | 2006-12-30 20:47:00 | FWIW, When I transfer photos off my camera to computer, I always make a folder with a name consisting of the date in reverse format (so today would be 20061231) and a description of what they're of, then put the photos in there. | davehartley (3487) | ||
| 510964 | 2006-12-30 20:57:00 | That's a good tip, Dave. I do that as well depending on how I want the files sorted and/or labelled. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 510965 | 2006-12-30 21:34:00 | This has been an excellent thread. I've learned a lot. I have a Kodak camera that transfers the photos into directories with the format yyyy-mm-dd which is very useful, but it also makes the files Read Only. You must unclick that to enable data entry into the Summary portion of Properties in Win Explorer. If you don't, the fields are "greyed out". |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 510966 | 2006-12-30 21:50:00 | Actually, that's a useful feature ... I have a batch file I run to make ALL my photos read-only, and they're stored in a folder called "Digital Negatives." That way, if I decide to Photoshop anything, or do a montage, or ... whatever, the original raw footage can never be changed inadvertantly. Great when you're playing with the only decent shot of a family gathering, for instance ... :) | davehartley (3487) | ||
| 510967 | 2006-12-30 22:23:00 | Why not put a caption on the actual photo. Lots of photo enhansing programmes can do this. | heaton (3697) | ||
| 510968 | 2006-12-31 00:54:00 | Actually, that's a useful feature ... I have a batch file I run to make ALL my photos read-only Excellent idea, a great tip. :thumbs: I normally only make my photo files read-only prior to editing them - if I remember! Have just made a batch file to make them all read-only now, not just the ones I plan to edit. Have only ever had one or two "mishaps" using Save instead of Save As but that will not ever happen again now. ;) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 510969 | 2006-12-31 19:51:00 | Why not put a caption on the actual photo. Lots of photo enhansing programmes can do this. The problem is, sometimes you want a photo without the caption "burnt-in" to the image itself, like doing an 8x10 of the family Christmas portrait. Very difficult to get rid of it "after the fact." Same with the date of the photo -- I know someone who used to have one of the 35mm cameras that put the date on the photo itself. Now, that was great for knowing when a photo was taken -- but any enlargements had the ugly date in the bottom right corner! Since the digital image has many ways of storing this info independantly of the image itself -- as shown by this thread -- it makes sense to leave the image itself alone. |
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