Good tips - keep 'em coming - thanks
"Rob Steere" wrote in message
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> "- 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).
>>
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> 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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