Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
IPTC stands for International Press Telecommunications Council you can modify this information by using the File-File Info menu item in Adobe Photoshop 5.5. It's probably the same in later versions but I don't know that for sure. Image-Information menu item in IrfanView 3.xx brings up a file

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Jon Glass
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 05:40:46 -0800, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter ... Holy Crap! I went to the File Info (IPTC) in PS and there is a LOT of information requested. I'm sure that not all is required, but there's no way I'm going to start adding all that information (or

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Peter ... Holy Crap! I went to the File Info (IPTC) in PS and there is a LOT of information requested. I'm sure that not all is required, but there's no way I'm going to start adding all that information (or even a good portion of it) to every photo. That's just too much time and work. Do

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's a standard for use in by the Newspaper business, I doubt every publication uses everything, most probably only use some of it, but it's available, and standardized. I'll bet a fair amount is automagically filled in by special software used when various editors manipulate the images prior

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
I don't fill out all the boxes, but I use file info. For example, sometimes I want to know what from what PEF file a shot was converted. The history category of file info provides that info. And of course the camera data box provides as much info as is available through metadata. When shooting

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Correction: I didn't explain myself clearly. you can't add info to camera data, so I list the stop on the first pate of file info, usually in the description box. On Jan 16, 2005, at 12:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I don't fill out all the boxes, but I use file info. For example, sometimes I

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/1/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: Holy Crap! I went to the File Info (IPTC) in PS and there is a LOT of information requested. I'm sure that not all is required, but there's no way I'm going to start adding all that information (or even a good portion of it) to every

RE: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Simon King
, Simon *I'm trying Thumbs Plus, and it's pretty darn good. -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 16 January 2005 9:41 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Keepin' track of pics Hi Peter ... Holy Crap! I went to the File Info (IPTC) in PS

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-16 Thread Powell Hargrave
I've seen a program which will change and maybe add to the EXIF data. May only work on Jpeg files. Powell Correction: I didn't explain myself clearly. you can't add info to camera data, so I list the stop on the first pate of file info, usually in the description box.

RE: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
How do you embed key words in EXIF and IPTC? What is IPTC? And it would be super if you can refresh my muddled morning mind as to what EXIF is as well. Shel From: Simon King Anyway, I thought I'd go the middle ground and embed all the keywords, comments and descriptions using EXIF and

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Filing the photos by date doesn't seem to be a good idea for me, although having the date available as a search option seems good. I like (and seem to work best with) using descriptions like Market Street with Marnie or San Francisco MOMA with Juan to tell me what's in the folder. Adding a date

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks Bob ... I think I'm going to try to do this without downloading and using additional programs. I'll definitely check out the site and see what the program's all about though. Shel [Original Message] From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] here's an interesting program:

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hey! Why haven't we seen the naked belly dancers??? vbg On Jan 15, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Filing the photos by date doesn't seem to be a good idea for me, although having the date available as a search option seems good. I like (and seem to work best with) using descriptions

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-15 Thread Shel Belinkoff
LOL Judging by the reception some pics have received, imo it's best to keep body parts covered on this list - unless you're Tanya Meyers, then show us your big, bouncy, bruised boobs, baby! HAR! I can show you a topless, fire eating drummer and dancer ... close enuf? Shel [Original

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-15 Thread Bob W
Hi, Saturday, January 15, 2005, 6:49:14 PM, Paul wrote: Hey! Why haven't we seen the naked belly dancers??? vbg find out first if they're women or men... -- Cheers, Bob

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-14 Thread Herb Chong
:28 AM Subject: RE: Keepin' track of pics Thumbs Plus

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-14 Thread Bob W
Hi, Friday, January 14, 2005, 1:23:20 AM, Shel wrote: Thanks for the pointer. Just looking at the web site is daunting. The program looks so very complicated. I'll look through the info thoroughly tonight, after I put the kids to bed. here's an interesting program:

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-14 Thread Jon Glass
I would only add that I change my date format from Paul's. I use the year-mo-dy format, so 2005-0-15 is the format. In this format, dates sort properly--at least on the Mac. BTW, iPhoto also uses a shortcut of this system. It names a folder by the year, then numbers by month, and by day underneath

RE: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-14 Thread Simon King
Subject: Re: Keepin' track of pics one of the advantages of Thumbs Plus is that it uses any generic SQL database that is accessible via ODBC. you can use Microsoft Access, MySQL, and many others. Herb - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss

Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
This afternoon I realized that I've about 160gb of pics on one of my hard drives and that pretty soon I'll be starting to store pics on a second large drive. When I make the transition it may be a good time to change the filing system I use, although what I'm using seems to be working alright.

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread Paul
Hi Shel, iView Media Pro is a great choice: http://www.iview-multimedia.com/ Paul Shel Belinkoff wrote: This afternoon I realized that I've about 160gb of pics on one of my hard drives and that pretty soon I'll be starting to store pics on a second large drive. When I make the transition it may

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Shel, I use the PSCS browser. I catalog every folder by date shot and subject matter. I begin the filename with the date shot, so in my records they are organized chronologically. But I can easily search for subject matter as well if I can't find a file using the date. It's a much better

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Keepin' track of pics This afternoon I realized that I've about 160gb of pics on one of my hard drives and that pretty soon I'll be starting to store pics on a second large drive. When I make the transition it may be a good time

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks for the pointer. Just looking at the web site is daunting. The program looks so very complicated. I'll look through the info thoroughly tonight, after I put the kids to bed. Shel [Original Message] From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] iView Media Pro is a great choice:

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread Shel Belinkoff
How do you handle a roll of film that may have two or three subjects on it? Do you keep one roll in one folder or do you split the roll into two or three folders? When you shoot new frames, do they go into a subject folder or a dated folder? How do you search for a subject if you set things up

Re: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Shel, I rarely shoot film any more, but every new download from a CF card gets a new folder. Most of my cards are 1 gig, so they hold 72 RAW files. I shoot RAW exclusively. If there's more than one subject on the card, I just add it to the folder name. For example: 1-13-05 squirrel, dogs,

RE: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread Simon King
Subject: Re: Keepin' track of pics Hi Shel, I use the PSCS browser. I catalog every folder by date shot and subject matter. I begin the filename with the date shot, so in my records they are organized chronologically. But I can easily search for subject matter as well if I can't find a file using

RE: Keepin' track of pics

2005-01-13 Thread Jens Bladt
meddelelse- Fra: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. januar 2005 03:12 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Keepin' track of pics Hi Shel, iView Media Pro is a great choice: http://www.iview-multimedia.com/ Paul Shel Belinkoff wrote: This afternoon I realized that I've about 160gb