Yes, I convert everything to DNG. All of my digital files are DNG anyway since that is the native RAW for Leica. I love LR for all of my database purposes. I have _expression_ Media Pro but it does not play nicely with Leica DNGs. I tried Picasa long ago but I'm afraid it would take years to catalog the 18 3TB drives I have full right now.
Tina
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Randy Little <randyslittle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tina That sounds MUCH simpler for filing. Do you to the auto DNG conversions? I convert my .mos to DNG. This eliminates the need for jpg thumbs as DNG has a jpg internally for preview. I try to make sure I create folders on the cards when I am shooting untethered which then also deals with naming. Shooting tethered I have full project naming control. (LR does this as well.) (I just HATE Adobe and even more now with this cloud BS) For cheap free Picasa from Google. (the good thing about google is that your files are ROCK SOLID.) If you are only doing from Scans Picassa might be the right thing. Haven't used it in YEARS though. I did use Picasa to back up my Reps 60 years of images when he was getting old and starting to forget things.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I still use the very old PhotoTrack file numbering system that I started with 40 years ago for film. The first five numbers tell the country and subject and the next five are location - 61853_01920 means Guatemala (618) Family (53) located on slide page #19 in the 20th slot. Now with digital, I use the same first five numbers but the second half is sequential. I import everything into LR5, rename and keyword it. It only takes seconds to find anything in the 67,000 scanned or 250,000 digital photos in my master catalog.Tina--On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Emily L. Ferguson <elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
Tina Manley
Tina Manley
