Once the files are imported from the card into a folder inside a
folder on my Desktop they are renamed with a prefix which includes
the camera model and the 3-digit prefix for which 100 they are in the
camera.
They are then edited in Bridge, processed in the RAW converter and
the keepers are saved from the converter as tiffs in another folder,
each image filename prefixed by my initials and the copyright symbol.
Back in Bridge, the keepers have all their metadata inserted in the
largest groups possible thru the File>File Info keyboard command.
From there they are jpegged in groups by Actions which I created many
years ago now in PS - one for verts and one for horizonts. The jpegs
are stored in a folder on my HD with an extensive hierarchy by
subject.
When the desktop folders containing the originals and the keepers are
full enough to burn to DVD, the files are burned twice, once for off
site storage. Before storing the DVDs they are catalogued by a Mac
application called NeoFinder which allows me to locate any file by
any word or text string embedded in the file. NeoFinder displays the
object of the search both visually and with full metadata, as well as
pointing to the specific medium upon which the file can be found.
Before discarding the keepers they are copied to a premanently
attached external drive with a folder hierarchy which mirrors the jpg
one where the computer OS permits a considerably less user-friendly
search of connected drives.
In addition, I run TimeMachine, a Mac application which catalogs
changes to specified drives hourly and allows access to the results
for as much time as the size of the TimeMachine drive contains. Most
TimeMachine users buy a small external drive exclusively for that
application about twice the size of the HD. Recovery of accidentally
discarded files is simple thru the app.
Even more compulsive computer users maintain a bootable backup drive
off site as well. I'm a little lax on that. I get around to it
maybe once a year.
I have rarely searched for a file by its filename. Usually the only
time I need to do that is when a client requests a file by filename.
Otherwise I either search by keyword thru the Mac OS, NeoFinder or
the search function accessible thru Bridge.
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Emily L. Ferguson
mailto:elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races
http://www.landsedgephoto.com
HOT OFF THE PRESS! SAILING SEPIA IMAGES VOL II:
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Check out my Spring daily photograph project at:
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And Summer:
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Autumn now complete here:
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Winter concluded here:
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