On 2015-06-11 9:53 , Eric Weir wrote:
This suggests another question about Flickr as backup, though I’m leaning away
from using it as such: Can you upload RAW/DNG files to Flickr?
i didn't try it, but no, not according to a couple of recent references i
found; but any cloud service that handles RAW files is pretty much going to
guess at your rendering intent — in other words, you'll have RAW in the
cloud, but it may not look good
If not it would really be worthless as backup.
it depends what you mean by backup; it sounds like you think of backup as
true copies of your work, in which case i think cloud backup solutions in
general aren't up to the job unless you create very few images (or perhaps
you are willing to spend for lots of cloud storage and you have something
like Google Fiber to speed your uploads)
for the many terabytes that a lot of serious photographers create, using
physical storage media (hard drives) and rotating some to "off-site"
locations is faster and more cost effective; what can put you off this path
is that it takes thought, whereas a lot of cloud services seem to take care
of everything; but believe me, i have been called in to consult with people
who have dragged their hard drive icon into their Dropbox folder, thinking
it would "take care of it"; days later they are wondering why their computer
is slow, why only some of their files are on their other devices, and what
the funny messages are about
there are also many people who think of their pictures less seriously —
they'd be happy to mainly be preserving JPEGs, and yet they know enough to
realize Facebook doesn't cut it as a backup plan; from that mindset i think
this is a surprisingly rational overview of the current cloud options:
<http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8467289/cloud-photo-storage-comparison-dropbox-icloud-flickr-onedrive-free>
my guess is the cloudy cloud options will become much more clear over the
next few years
And another: What about the organizational capabilities? Could you have a
folder of folders of large numbers of files?
you'll have to learn the paradigm — on Flickr you can put photos into sets
(same photo can be in more than one set); collections can hold
sub-collections or sets (but not both), so you can nest "subfolders" up to a
point; but i would be cautious of putting too much work into this — i would
organize my files at the source, then if i wanted that organization to carry
through to other locations i'd use metadata (tags) to embody the
organization in the actual files (or sidecars), and if i needed to, use
searches to find that metadata and set up the organization on Flickr
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