XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: tonycooper214@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:22:59 -0400, Rich Ulrich   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:02:15 -0400, Tony Cooper   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:39:09 -0700, HenHanna    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> >>> I have thousands of images from .jpgs to .pngs on my computer.  I use   
   >>> >>> the (free) FastStone Photo Viewer.  It's not only a great image   
   >>> >>> viewer, but offers many other options from selecting by tagged images   
   >>> >>> to bulk re-naming.  It's set as my default viewer.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>             bulk re-naming ---- i've never wanted to do this.   
   >>   
   >>That's up to your own system.  Images come out of the camera with   
   >>descriptors determined by the camera.  In my case, my Nikon names an   
   >>image something like _DNC4911.dng.  I re-name the image   
   >>2024-07-26-1.dng or whatever the date is.   The image is then adjusted   
   >>in Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop and saved or exported as a .tif, .psd,   
   >>.png, or .jpg depending on the intended use.   
   >>   
   >>If I link to one of my images, the file name in that format tells you   
   >>when that image was taken.  Associating the date-taken with the image   
   >>by making it the file name has many advantages.   
   >   
   >I found the date-as-name extremely useful when I set about   
   >organizing the files I obtained when I had 10,000 slides scanned.   
   >They had been shot by my dad, featuring celebrations, vacations   
   >(people and viewss) and special events. This was about 30 years   
   >after he died, after my mom moved and was sorting things out,   
   >so discoloration was the problem that was more time-consuming   
   >than figuring the actual, original dates.   
      
   I have been an avid photographer since high school.  Back when I   
   started to put all my photographs on the computer using Adobe's   
   Lightroom, the problem was dating all those slides and prints I had.   
      
   It was like detective work.  If I could find a photograph where I   
   could pinpoint the date, I'd look for others where the clothing or   
   scene was the same.  By "pinpoint", I mean at least knowing the year.   
      
   I've become proficient in Adobe Photoshop, so I can pretty closely   
   restore the original colors to faded scanned prints, refresh black and   
   white prints,  and restore damaged prints.   Some stored prints became   
   stuck together and damaged when pulled apart.   
      
   My paternal grandparents provided a lot of photographs, but my   
   maternal grandparents were evidently not picture takers.  In the   
   earliest photograph I have of my mother, she's married and pregnant   
   (with me).   
   >   
   >I have also found useful a free program called Bulk Rename Utility,   
   >which gives great flexibility in re-defining names.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>Using the camera-assigned file name, the date-taken can be determined   
   >>in Irfanview or other viewers, but it's an extra step.   
   >>   
   >>I do follow the US custom of month/day in numbers, but FastStone would   
   >>accept 2024-JULY-26.01 if I choose to do so.   
   >>   
      
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