I use Pixlr for all of my photo management
iPhoto sucks for me.Yep, with raw there's no way around lightroom or aperture for a solid workflow. But they're really good for it too.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
My photo library backs up daily, but I'm concerned that if the originals become corrupted, then the copies will as well. Basically all I'm doing right now is protecting against drive failure, not corruption. How complicated/expensive is your solution?
- 3 enterprise class drives for storage in triplicate that are compared against each other when each memory card is offloaded and also compared yearly for bit-rot.
- Smugmug's highest plan (whatever that is now). I upload everything to there as my archive and offsite backup, and upload there again for display galleries. The archive copies are downloaded again and compared with the originals each time a card is offloaded. All the presentation work is done in the display galleries directly online--nothing local.
I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.
I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.
Hahaha, this was my first thought. :)) "I use Windows Explorer"
I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.
iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.
:))
Nice try :pMoreActually an iPhoto library is just a series of folders, it just happens to have a GUI on top that lets you group by "event", match faces (badly) and so on.
I have fallen back to organising by dates, with one folder for each calendar month, and then one or more folder inside that for each day (with an alphabetic suffix for different "events" on the same day). But now I have to manually create the folders, manually import the photos from each device, manually delete the photos from each device, manually backup each folder and so on.
This is a pain to maintain (especially using Finder on a Mac), so I was hoping for some way of making the process a little less painful.
iPhoto at least would prompt to import and delete the photos as soon as I connect a device or plug a memory card in, groups by date with separate groups for multiple "events" on one day, and has a fairly simple export (for backup) process.
iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
For editing, sure, but for organizing things by events and dates, Photos should still do a good job, no?
By the way I have no need to edit the photos.
There are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many to worry about editing them, anyway :))
iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
For editing, sure, but for organizing things by events and dates, Photos should still do a good job, no?
iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
For editing, sure, but for organizing things by events and dates, Photos should still do a good job, no?By the way I have no need to edit the photos.
There are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many to worry about editing them, anyway :))iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
For editing, sure, but for organizing things by events and dates, Photos should still do a good job, no?
Nope, photos still sucks (as most images are .cr2 file). I have it set to open on Preview and then just upload them and organize them in folders the old fashion Windows way.
iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
For editing, sure, but for organizing things by events and dates, Photos should still do a good job, no?By the way I have no need to edit the photos.
There are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many to worry about editing them, anyway :))iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
For editing, sure, but for organizing things by events and dates, Photos should still do a good job, no?
Nope, photos still sucks (as most images are .cr2 file). I have it set to open on Preview and then just upload them and organize them in folders the old fashion Windows way.
its not the windows way, its the old file clerk way! c'mon!
I use a mix of plain Windows Explorer/Mac Finder and Adobe Bridge for organizing photos. Bridges ability to batch name/output is so great for my workflow. After I get back from a shoot I can just import and rename them all in one go before I start really working. It's rating system helps to do a quick and dirty selection process too.
Anyone got any thoughts on Google Picasa (https://picasa.google.com/)?
By the way I have no need to edit the photos.
There are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many to worry about editing them, anyway :))
I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.
Hahaha, this was my first thought. :)) "I use Windows Explorer"
It is just weird to me why someone would want some program on top of everything else. to use more system resources to do the exact same thing that your computer operating system already does for you...
or maybe they just don't know how?
Anyone got any thoughts on Google Picasa (https://picasa.google.com/)?
read the user agreement you wont want to use it.
I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.lol. That's essentially what I do for the raw data. Then a secondary backup and presentation/hosting on smugmug.
My photo library backs up daily, but I'm concerned that if the originals become corrupted, then the copies will as well. Basically all I'm doing right now is protecting against drive failure, not corruption. How complicated/expensive is your solution?It's actually quite cheap. I find the enterprise class drives in cdw's outlet from time to time, put them in an external enclosure with a fan. I have 3 drives like this. I then connect them to the fastest system I have where I also connect the memory card readers. I copy the data from the cards to one of the drives and then compare it to the original. I start uploading that to smugmug. While it is uploading, I copy that same new batch of photos to the backup drive. I compare the backup drive with the original. After the smugmug upload is done, I download them again and compare that with the originals. The originals are then moved to a folder I keep on the card called 'offloded'. I erase the offloded directory on a card before I go out shooting again.
I'd never heard of Smugmug until now. :eek: Very intriguing. I skimmed through their "see what this is all about" section and they mention how easy it is for you to download your own photos; is it easy to offer an entire album for your friends to download? I need an easy way to share entire albums with my family - emails are too small/cumbersome, I'm out of space on Dropbox (plus that's an obnoxious method), and flickr is super terrible for downloading pictures.
There's a lot of features and workflow efficiencies that stand-alone programs can bring. They also introduce their own overhead, so sometimes a native solution can work better. It's really up to the task and individual.I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.
Hahaha, this was my first thought. :)) "I use Windows Explorer"
It is just weird to me why someone would want some program on top of everything else. to use more system resources to do the exact same thing that your computer operating system already does for you...
or maybe they just don't know how?
The only thing I don't like about 'automatic' systems is that when (not if) they mess up, you lose your photos...:(I use a thing called folders to manage all my files, sometimes those folders have other folders inside of them.
:))
Nice try :p
Actually an iPhoto library is just a series of folders, it just happens to have a GUI on top that lets you group by "event", match faces (badly) and so on.
I have fallen back to organising by dates, with one folder for each calendar month, and then one or more folder inside that for each day (with an alphabetic suffix for different "events" on the same day). But now I have to manually create the folders, manually import the photos from each device, manually delete the photos from each device, manually backup each folder and so on.
This is a pain to maintain (especially using Finder on a Mac), so I was hoping for some way of making the process a little less painful.
iPhoto at least would prompt to import and delete the photos as soon as I connect a device or plug a memory card in, groups by date with separate groups for multiple "events" on one day, and has a fairly simple export (for backup) process.
Nope. Lightroom is even really good for organization. There's a lot of pros that use it to catalog everything they've ever shot.iPhoto sucks for me.
I own a DSLR and shoot primarily in .cr2 (raw). So if I want to preserve those RAW files I have to use Lightroom.
So basically LightRoom and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
For editing, sure, but for organizing things by events and dates, Photos should still do a good job, no?
By the way I have no need to edit the photos.haha, I'm actually in the same boat. That's why I like the smugmug solution--upload, hide photos I don't want to publish, share the gallery link to publish--done!
There are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many to worry about editing them, anyway :))
I use a mix of plain Windows Explorer/Mac Finder and Adobe Bridge for organizing photos. Bridges ability to batch name/output is so great for my workflow. After I get back from a shoot I can just import and rename them all in one go before I start really working. It's rating system helps to do a quick and dirty selection process too.Adobe Bridge sounds interesting. Can it do simple changes to the photos or just rename/exif/etc.?
You can, but it won't be as easy (unless it's just renaming).I use a mix of plain Windows Explorer/Mac Finder and Adobe Bridge for organizing photos. Bridges ability to batch name/output is so great for my workflow. After I get back from a shoot I can just import and rename them all in one go before I start really working. It's rating system helps to do a quick and dirty selection process too.
you can do all that without the software ..
Yep, a lot of 'free' products eula's are horrible.Anyone got any thoughts on Google Picasa (https://picasa.google.com/)?
read the user agreement you wont want to use it.
Another Lightroom user here, so not a free solution. Not the best solution if you're just trying to organize, and don't care about editing.Yep, and this is why a lot of pros use it. I haven't used it myself, but I've interacted with a lot of people who do--and once they use it, it's a core part of their workflow.
Also, how many photos is too many to edit? On a good year, I take about 10,000 photos with my DSLR, and I go through all of them in Lightroom, post processing the good ones as I come across them. Lightroom will even let you do batch processing if you want.
For those who "use folders" to manage, when you're dealing with tens of thousands of photos, folders just doesn't cut it. I might be looking for photos by date (which is how my photos are organized on the drive), but I might need to find photos with architecture in them. Which I tag in Lightroom. Or maybe I want to find photos with Bicycles in them. I can't do a mass search for Bicycle photos taken in Charlotte if they're folder organized. Just not flexible enough. And I'm not going to drill down through hundreds of folders to find the 500 photos that might fit that criteria.
SamiiiiiiiiiiiiirI kept screwing up the multi-quotes so I just did it old school. :-[
I've never seen a decuple-post before. :eek: Please use the multi-quote button!
Is there an open source version of Lightroom or a version where it isn't pay per month? I like the editing functionality of Lightroom but I don't need it to organize my pictures.
I just use Windows Explorer and flickr to organize the pictures I actually care about. imgur is for random stuff.
read the user agreement you wont want to use it.
I tried Photo Mechanic a couple of years back, it's geared towards mass organisation/sorting/tagging of images for high throughput professionals (i.e. I don't believe it does image manipulation). It was easy to pick up. It is not free.
I ended up going with Lightroom for manipulation + organisation.
I use Google Photos with auto backup for everything I take with my phone, then I can go back in and sort the auto backed up stuff later. I use Lightroom for raw files from my Nikon, then post the "developed" shots to Flickr (for hobby stuff) and/or Google (for family stuff).
If you just want to do image editing, GIMP portable is also pretty awesome for free.
Bulk processing is hard unless you have a simple process to do on all of them like sharpen 10%. Then something like irfanview is quite good at that.If you just want to do image editing, GIMP portable is also pretty awesome for free.
I want to bulk process photos. I have Photoshop Elements 9 which I use to image edit but it's a pain to process like 200 pictures with that.
iPhoto is my go to as well. Unlike other software (looking at you itunes) Apple seems to improve iPhoto.