Hello:
Talking about keeping images I have remembered some doubts I had before.
When you have 100 photos it doesn't mind how many folders or how many names
you give to the archieves. But when you have thousands? Can you offer
different ideas for naming the archieves and keeping them.
My system is very basic:
FOLDER: SHELL PHOTOS
        FOLDERS: CYPRAEIDAE; RANELLIDAE.....
            ARCHIEVES: Luria lurida1; Luria lurida2; Cypraea valentia .....

It's a good system but it doesn't allow too much information.
I also have listened about programs as Thumbsplus, where you can look all
the the archieves in different ways: only name, photo characteristics, added
notes.
Give me ideas, please.
Wishes

JAVIER LOPEZ
LANZAROTE-CANARY ISLANDS
SPAIN




----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: macro images


> >  >> Although there are a few programs available that will organise
> >your images,
> >>>  or claim to do so, most become excessively slow and unmanageable when
you
> >>>  handle 1000's of images. Also, there is the risk of the program
becoming
> >>>  outdated, the company producing it going into receivership etc.
> >>>  The Windows explorer i.e. your ordinary file manager is the most
foolproof
> >>>  way of organising your images, when you make folders by family, and
then
> >>>  name the files after the entire species name. You can consider
putting the
> >>>  species name first, followed by the generic name, in any case, the
find
> >  >> function will take care of any lost species as already described.
>
> Macintoshes can find any file by name, so image files, if named by
> genus/species, are easily found.
>
> I organize my images by folder of type of specimen (eg fossil NZ
> bivalves or a particular dredgehaul), and each image is genus/species.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
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