And what do you do for pictures of more than 1 person? And what about cemetery monuments that have more than 1 person on it? And what about documents that have more than 1 person on them, such as a Census? That's why I have chosen to do all of my file names (documents and photos) generic. Mary -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnny V Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] About Picture Filing One of the best ways I found to organize and classify pictures and documents for my genealogy is a standard naming convention using the format; LastName_ First_Middle_RIN_PhotoNumber (0001, 0002, etc.) for individuals, LastName_MRIN_MarriageNumber (1, 2, etc.) for marriages, DocumentName_LastName_First_Middle_RIN_DocumentNumber (0001, 0002, etc.) for Documents, Headstone_LastName_First_Middle_RIN for headstone pictures, etc.
Using this naming convention, you can easily distinguish between people of the same name using their RIN of the database and also locate different items such as Manifests, Census, Headstones, etc. in a flash. I keep all the photos and documents in the Legacy folder on Drive C in subfolder Pictures, this way when I want to share any info with relatives they are very easily located. Hope this helps John Valencic On 4/14/07, Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sally Saving your images as a .tiff file is the commonly accepted 'best way' to keep digital copies of your original. This would then become your 'master copy'. >From that you could make .jpgs to whatever file size you deem appropriate for use (website, email atch, Legacy image, etc). As for where to file your digital images, opinions on this will vary. I have one folder under my Legacy directory titled "Images". Within this folder I have several sub-folders. My preference is to keep all 'people' images in one sub-folder titled "Photograph". I also have digital images of buildings, monuments, correspondence, newspaper articles, census records, documents, etc. These are also all filed in separate sub-folders according to their subject category. How you title your images is also a matter of personal preference. I prefer a simple numbering system (File ID). For example, my "Photographs" are labeled P0001, P0002, P0003, and so on. My "Documents" are labeled D0001, D0002, D0003, and so on. The same applies to my other image categories. Legacy allows you to capture details of each image by providing image fields such as "Caption", "Date", "Description", and "File ID". And also permits assigning images to specific individuals. This is where I record the necessary details about each image. Unfortunately as yet Legacy only provides one report format for this information. The report sorts by File ID. Suggestions have been submitted to also include an alphabetical sort and other image report options. Until then one must use a supplemental program to report details of the images. Many people use MS Access since Access is directly compatible with Legacy's data base. However, this requires a reasonable understanding of the Access program and its interface with Legacy to generate the desired reports. Not a lighthearted undertaking. Once Legacy establishes a more sophisticated report capability for images, the process will be simple and efficient. If I can help further with any specific questions, feel free to email me directly. Gary O'Fallon IL, USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:LegacyUserGroup- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sally Macias > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 7:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LegacyUG] About Picture Filing > > I'm trying to figure out how to organize the pictures. With an HP scanner > the image goes to the HP Solutions Center which apparently stores the scans > by date. I've been opening them and doing some modest editing, then saving > them in TIFF format to an external hard drive. Then I open the tiff images > in Photoshop Elements and do more dramatic editing and save as jpeg on > external drive, in folder of edited images, to post to MyFamily website and > to use in email. This seems like a lot of manipulating for each image and > at this point I still have to add the image to Legacy. I've got multiple > copies of each image but not really a backup since they're in different > formats and stages of editing and sizes. Before adding too many more I need > to figure out a filing system--in separate family folders, > lastnamefirstname+brief description or date if I have it, is what I'm > thinking so far. Is there a better way to do this? What are the rest of > you doing to organize your photos, what programs are you using? > > Sally Macias Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. 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