Which is the best tagging software?
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From: John Navas on 29 Jun 2010 17:57 On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:29:54 -0500, in <i0dokh$u3a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, DaveS <mnandds(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 6/29/2010 10:39 AM, John Navas wrote: >> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:00:38 +1000, in >> <sKidnY1zq6S-B7TRnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au>, "Peter Jason" >> <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote: >> >>> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a >>> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place, >>> names, and dates. >> >> I just sort mine into a hierarchy of aptly named folders. > >So if I understand correctly, if you took a photo of three of your >friends - Larry, Moe, and Curly, how would you file this photo? > >I can only assume you would have to have a folder named "Larry Moe Curly". > >So then how would you find all photos containing Larry, for example? My folders are organized by event in date order, with tagging in the folder name. So for a picnic with "Larry Moe Curly", the folder name might be "2010-01-01 Picnic with Stooges Larry Moe Curly" When appropriate, I may also put the subject in the file name. -- Best regards, John Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, it makes you a dSLR owner. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: Chris Malcolm on 29 Jun 2010 18:28 Peter Jason <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote: > I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a > database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place, > names, and dates. Picasa, free from Google, will do that (plus edit your photos if you want). -- Chris Malcolm Warning: none of the above is indisputable fact.
From: John Navas on 29 Jun 2010 18:44 On 29 Jun 2010 22:28:51 GMT, in <88vad3F5cvU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Malcolm <cam(a)holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >Peter Jason <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote: >> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a >> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place, >> names, and dates. > >Picasa, free from Google, will do that (plus edit your photos if you >want). True, but it has so many gotchas that I don't recommend it. -- Best regards, John Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, it makes you a dSLR owner. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: DaveS on 29 Jun 2010 22:09 On 6/29/2010 4:57 PM, John Navas wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:29:54 -0500, in > <i0dokh$u3a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, DaveS<mnandds(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 6/29/2010 10:39 AM, John Navas wrote: >>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:00:38 +1000, in >>> <sKidnY1zq6S-B7TRnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au>, "Peter Jason" >>> <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a >>>> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place, >>>> names, and dates. >>> >>> I just sort mine into a hierarchy of aptly named folders. >> >> So if I understand correctly, if you took a photo of three of your >> friends - Larry, Moe, and Curly, how would you file this photo? >> >> I can only assume you would have to have a folder named "Larry Moe Curly". >> >> So then how would you find all photos containing Larry, for example? > > My folders are organized by event in date order, with tagging in the > folder name. So for a picnic with "Larry Moe Curly", the folder name > might be "2010-01-01 Picnic with Stooges Larry Moe Curly" > When appropriate, I may also put the subject in the file name. > Can't really tell yet if you're purposely avoiding my point, so I'll add another photo to the collection. This one has Larry, who turns out to be your grand-daughter's godfather, playing tea-party with the grand-daughter. I suppose this folder is called "2010-06-11 Tea party Jessica Larry". What tool do you use to search for all pictures of Larry, when you need a good one for his obituary? Dave S.
From: John Navas on 29 Jun 2010 23:34
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:09:37 -0500, in <i0e910$1t1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, DaveS <mnandds(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 6/29/2010 4:57 PM, John Navas wrote: >> My folders are organized by event in date order, with tagging in the >> folder name. So for a picnic with "Larry Moe Curly", the folder name >> might be "2010-01-01 Picnic with Stooges Larry Moe Curly" >> When appropriate, I may also put the subject in the file name. > >Can't really tell yet if you're purposely avoiding my point, so I'll add >another photo to the collection. This one has Larry, who turns out to be >your grand-daughter's godfather, playing tea-party with the >grand-daughter. I suppose this folder is called "2010-06-11 Tea party >Jessica Larry". What tool do you use to search for all pictures of >Larry, when you need a good one for his obituary? Windows 7 Search. -- Best regards, John "I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence." [William F. Buckley, Jr] |