Comments on: Making Sense Of Your Photo Files

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:21:58 +0000

All good advice, I simply use Adobe bridge, rename the files automatically as they download onto the hard drive and auto save a copy on external drive. Any changes are tracked by bridge , I also enter keywords for search ability. ( a little more time consuming, but saves time when searching ) I have 30k pics on my system and it takes but a few minutes to find what I am looking for. Another good program is adobe lightroom.

By: SSP-Admin

SSP-Admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:48:48 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Bill & Ave. Wwhen you find a good file-renamer app for the Mac, please remember to come back and post a note! Thanks.

By: AVE GUEVARA

AVE GUEVARA — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:17:01 +0000

I’ve 26,000 images stored in an exterior hard drive. iPhoto is well organized into files that are named for quick access to my own memory as to what is in them. However — I’m now organizing to submit photos for stock use and will need to look into a good naming system for mac. Your advice here is invaluable because to key in names for each photo is a daunting task. Of course not all of those 26K photos are stock-able. Thank you for bringing the necessity of this task being done right the first time and I will immediately be researching for the best program.

By: Bill Perry

Bill Perry — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:32:55 +0000

Great system sounds like, it has got to be better than what I am doing now with more than 5,000 digital files on 3 computers and 3 external 500 GB back-up hard drives. But I too am using a Mac as my main computer. I use 2 Nikon cameras and they both have different file names that are auto assigned. I have set up grouping named folders, but still sometimes the one image that I am looking for could be in a couple of different folders, very time consuming.
Thanks

By: Sesa

Sesa — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:34:52 +0000

This is fantastic! I have struggled to figure a really good file naming system, and know too well the time lost and frustration of finding an image long forgotten about. And also the file breaking problem .. very real!
Thanks heaps!