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   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Anonymous  wrote:   
      
   > Tony Cooper  wrote:   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > Scanning negatives will give you much more detail than you ever saw in   
   > prints. But it's a world unto itself and unfortunately the best negative   
   > scanners (Nikon Coolscan) are no longer made, even (for many years now).   
      
   Yes, even with contact prints.   
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