I am working with both Legacy and TNG and recently decided to use the following simplified folder and naming system. TNG "reads" Legacy links so if you upload a Legacy "gedcom" to your TNG website, all links to photos etc are updated at same time.
My Photos, source Documents and Histories are in six folders that live inside my Legacy folder as follows: Photos in Legacy & TNG Documents in Legacy & TNG Histories in Legacy & TNG Photos Original Documents Original Histories Original The "Originals" folders hold my orignal scans, and stuff. I generally scan at 300 dpi or better and save in these folders as a .tif file. These folders could be saved in another location but I find it easier when I am working in Legacy to have all genealogy items in the Legacy folder so I can quickly flip back and forth between folders. Files are named very simply PHOTO 00001.tif, PHOTO 00002.tif etc. I call my source document files SD 00001.tif, SD 00002.tif and so on, HIstories are HIST 00001.wpd To convert the image files to a smaller file size for use in Legacy books and on the website, I open the original file in Photoshop, go to File, then Image Size, and change the Image Size to 72 dpi. Usually this makes the image much smaller physically (I go for 800 to 1200 pixels in either direction or less). Then I go to File, Save for Web, and save the file at the Medium setting, with a goal of getting the final image below 50 kbs. If you do NOT want other users on the web to print your pics, you can reduce the dpi even further and save at lower settings. I save these smaller files in the Photos in Legacy & TNG folders as .jpgs and add the letter W after the file name. This tells me the file is very small and ready for use in Legacy or on the web in TNG. If a family member wants a high resolution copy of the file I will send them the "Original" file (of the same name). I use my Adobe Bridge browser to add metadata such as the photographer, image title, description, who the people are etc, and add keywords that include the SURNAME & RIN #, so you can search in Adobe Bridge for all photos for the person with RIN20265 , or for all photos with name CAMPBELL as a keyword. Using this system has also allowed me to tell at a glance where I left off with converting photos for the web. I also have a file folder, called Media Recieved but not Filed, that I use as a temporary place for files I get from others. I may also set up a Google,Flickr or Snugmug album that can only be accessed by family members and post my originals there. Allison On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Brian Beddor <bbed...@japsolson.com>wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have any recommendations for how to name photos on one's > computer? I had started by saving them as last-name first-name > date-taken. That works well for pictures of only 1 person where I know > the date it was taken. It doesn't work all that well for group photos. > Or old photos that I've scanned where I don't know the date it was > taken. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Brian > > > > The information contained in this message is confidential. If you are not > the > intended recipient, dissemination or copying of this information is > prohibited. > > If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender > and > delete the message from your system. Thank you. > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > >
