"- Bobb -" wrote in message
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> For those that travel a lot and take pix/videos on vacation and store them
> on your PC ... have you found one way that works better than another ?
> Make travel folders by ... Location ? Time ? ( FLA - 2007 then month ?)
>
> I find that WHILE on vacation, I'm dumping from camera into one folder per
> day
> Day 1 - Miami Tour , Day 2 - Fishing
> Day 3 - Beach etc , and just dump all pix/videos into that folder and
> then erase the stick.
> I rename/edit them later ( on a rainy day of the trip or when I get home).
> When I get home I copy all of it to my desktop PC ( lots of disk space).
>
I use the XP Camera Wizard uploader on my computer. It puts all photos in a
single folder by date. I keep photos grouped together by event or trip. Most
folders get added onto the folder name with a comment about what the
event/trip was. ("Halloween Party 2007" or "Disney Trip") If there are a
LOT of pics (such as from a Disney Trip) I might further separate the photos
out by day, and add info as to what went on that day. ("2007-06-01 - Animal
Kingdom, Epcot, PI")
For my photo management, I use Picasa from Google. http://picasa.google.com
It's free to download and use. You can also sign up for online albums
through PicasaWeb. The software and the online albums are easily integrated
for simple creation and uploading of albums.
One thing I like about Picasa is that all of the edits you make to your
photos aren't permanent changes. The edited photo is what you see within
Picasa. And then if you want to save the changes permanently, it creates a
backup of the original file in a subfolder.
Unfortunately for Mac users, Picasa is not currently available for the Mac.
-Rob
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