Organizing and Sharing Your Digital Photos

Last week…

This week…

Maybe this is you…

Got pictures?

Got LOTS of pictures?

Got a cluttered desktop?

Got files and folders like this…

Got files and folders like this…

“ New Folder (3)” What’s in this folder???

“ New Folder (3)”

What’s in this folder???

“ DSC000023.jpg” What’s this an image of???

“ DSC000023.jpg”

What’s this an image of???

Can you find images easily this way? No!

Let’s get organized !

Let’s get organized !

Before we begin…

Before we begin…

Gather all your images together.

You did digitize them. Right?

Step 1: Rename Your Images

( Re)name your images so they can be: Relevant Use words that relate to the image Descriptive Describe the contents of the image and/or it’s place and time Searchable Use terms you’re likely to search with

Relevant

Use words that relate to the image

Descriptive

Describe the contents of the image and/or it’s place and time

Searchable

Use terms you’re likely to search with

DSC000023.jpg 2007-Xmas-Tree.jpg Turns out to be a photo of the Christmas tree from 2007 Rename to…

2007-Xmas-Tree.jpg Relevant and Descriptive of the image contents

Also searchable 2007-Xmas-Tree.jpg

“ That’s great, but I’ve got TONS of images!”

Step 2: Create a Folder System

Create a root folder for all your images Use the “My Pictures” folder Or create your own like “_pics”

Separate your images into categories by content

Create Folder Trees

Create Folder Trees Vacations Separate by category Holidays Pet Pics

Create Folder Trees Holidays Easter Thanksgiving Christmas Further separate into sub categories Separate by category

Create Folder Trees Holidays Easter Thanksgiving Christmas 2005 2006 2007 Keep separating until there is a reasonable amount of images left Further separate into sub categories Separate by category

Mystery Pictures ? Misc images

Develop your Digital Images? To be developed

Now your organized But wait… It gets easier

Step # 3: Using Image Organization Software

Windows Explorer Does the job, but not very well

IrfanView Free copycat of Explorer

XnView Free and slightly more capable

Creative Memories Memory Manager Much Better but costs $40

Picasa This free tool by Google is amazing

Picasa Overview

Picasa searches for every image * on your computer. * and also video

Any folder with images will show up in Picasa Create albums Star your favorite photos

Edit Options

Batch Edit

Tagging (Keywords) Christmas 2007 tree

Tagging (Keywords) - Relevant - Descriptive - Searchable

- Relevant

- Descriptive

- Searchable

Picasa compliments your folder trees and naming system.

It does NOT replace it

Step # 4: Share Your Photos

Picasa Sharing Options

Create a “Gift CD” or DVD Can play on any computer But can only play on DVD players that read data disks

Picasa Web Albums Google’s online image hosting and sharing Site Free with Google account

Now your photos are online

Alert others your photos are online

Geo-tagging (map your photos)

Uploaded photos icon

video… flick r

Last Step: Now that your organized: Back up your images!!!

Ways to back up images - Upload online - Burn to CD/DVD - Copy to external drive

Questions

Next Week Due to a schedule conflict: The Lunch ‘N Learn for: - Wednesday Aug. 20 th will be moved to: - Thursday Aug. 21 st

Due to a schedule conflict:

The Lunch ‘N Learn for:

- Wednesday Aug. 20 th

will be moved to:

- Thursday Aug. 21 st