You've had a couple of good suggestions in other notes. My 2 cents:
I use a MRIN-type naming, but most all are in a MRIN+Surname+Given
Name+type of image format. The type could be various descriptors, e.g.
census,
will etc, it may have a year or date, it may have some other cue such as
I've already been chastised on this, but my naming convention is as follows;
LastName_FirstName_RIN orUID_PhotoNumber(in sequense) - this works for me so
I use it.
On 7/23/08, Dave Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would love to have some examples of Digital Naming Standards from which
to
Whatever you use has to be consistent and logical to YOU first so you can
find all the photos easily.
For me that means a Legacy folder, with subfolders logical to me by subparts
of my family, and names always identifying the people (L-R in the pic) by
their full name (including First, all
Dave Johnson wrote:
I would love to have some examples of Digital Naming Standards from which to
choose. My digital image has grown rapidly. Each of my 8 primarily family
lines has its own file folder but within each folder. Is there a preferable
way to name each digital image -- such as
First an IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you are going to rename images that you have attached to Legacy, you MUST
use the Picture Center to do the renames OR you will have to REATTACH EVERY
IMAGE after it is renamed. If you use the Picture Center to rename, you will
not need to do this.
Now, my response.
I
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Whatever you use has to be consistent and logical to YOU first so you can
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