Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]print them all out and buy some shoeboxes. ;-) On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > ====On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:19 AM, George Lottermoser < > george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 28, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Robert Baron wrote: > > > > > When I started using digital cameras back ten or so years ago I started > > > saving the image files in folders named by......year. Or > by......camera. > > > This was obviously an extremely bad idea since I now don't remember > what > > > might be in those folders, or if I am looking for a specific photo I > > don't > > > know where it might be. I don't see the need to import all those image > > > folders and their contents into my Lightroom catalog but I would like > to > > > quickly scroll through them and rename the folders to something more > > > helpful. Photo Mechanic http://www.camerabits.com/ comes to mind > (I've > > got > > > an old license I could upgrade) but I'd be happy for any other > > suggestions. > > > > The simplest viewer on a mac is the finder (itself) > icon view > largest > > icon setting > > > > > Thanks, George, and others. This method is simple enough for even me to > use but I can now see I will ultimately have to bring these images into LR > so I can keyword them, or at least so I can rename the folders. > > Or maybe I'll rename the folders before I bring them into LR. > > I can't believe I've got this many images in this many folders with no way > of telling what is where. What was I thinking? > > I guess I wasn't. > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA