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Hey all
I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. Many thanks for your inputs. -- Venlig hilsen / Best regards Allan Dreyer Andersen _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:09AM +0100, Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote:
> Hey all > > I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it > very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. > It surely depends on *you* and how you want things to look. :-) Personally I have my pictures arranged in a hierarchy of decades, years etc. E.g. I have:- pictures 1980s 1980 Aug - Arrive in Oman Dec - Barbecue at Qawr Yenkit 4th Dec Dec - Boxing Day at RaH Dec - Christmas day at RaH Feb - Chester Zoo Feb - Pettypool Wood Jan - Barnet and Hertford June - Irish holiday March - Zelma's christening Nov - National day, 18th November Nov - Qurm Heights house on Ben's Birthday Nov - RAH beach, parties, etc. Oct - Desert trips, RAH, etc. Oct - Khawr Yenqit Oct - Ras al Hadd "Turtle Beach" 1981 ... ... ... 1990s 1990 ... ... The only problem with this (which you can see above) is that Digikam arranges the folders alphabetically just like the default ls sort does (which is how I got the above list). I have a patched version of Digikam which arranges folders in date order (that's the Digikam date for the folder) so if I set the date in the folder properties in digikam I get the folders with month names in the right order. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Wednesday 28 January 2009 11:23:09 Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote:
> Hey all > > I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it > very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) Welcome to the amazing world of Digikam! > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. > Well, I simply make folders for every different ocasion I take pictures, leaving the date handling to digikam and its database ;) Damnshock _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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> On Wednesday 28 January 2009 11:23:09 Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote: > > Hey all > > > > I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it > > very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) > > Welcome to the amazing world of Digikam! > > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do > > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a > > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. > > Well, I simply make folders for every different ocasion I take pictures, > leaving the date handling to digikam and its database ;) > > Damnshock > _______________________________________________ > Digikam-users mailing list > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users Since I have a large number of old photos and slides that I have scanned to create a long family history I can't use the date of the photo automatically. They are all registered as the date scanned and changing dates on over 7,000 photos is not on my agenda right now and in many cases the year is close as I can get. I use a structure that has a folder for each year and then sub-folders for major events such as Christmas, Birthdays, and Vacations. An old mainframer getting current _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Dick Angus skrev:
> > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder > level? Do > > > > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a > > > > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. > > > > > > Well, I simply make folders for every different ocasion I take pictures, > > > leaving the date handling to digikam and its database ;) > > > Since I have a large number of old photos and slides that I have > scanned to create a long family history I can't use the date of the > photo automatically. They are all registered as the date scanned and > changing dates on over 7,000 photos is not on my agenda right now and > in many cases the year is close as I can get. I use a structure that > has a folder for each year and then sub-folders for major events such > as Christmas, Birthdays, and Vacations. > Many thanks for great input how to order the folders and pictures within Digikam itself. I'm not sure I got the perfect solution for me but you have given me good ideas I have to try out. -- Venlig hilsen / Best regards Allan Dreyer Andersen _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Are you read DAM section from digiKam handbook ?
http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/0.9.x-releases/digikam_0.9.4.pdf Gilles
2009/1/28 Allan Dreyer Andersen <[hidden email]> Hey all _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Chris G wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:09AM +0100, Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote: > > Hey all > > > > I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it > > very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) > > > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do > > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a > > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. > > It surely depends on *you* and how you want things to look. :-) > > Personally I have my pictures arranged in a hierarchy of decades, > years etc. E.g. I have:- > > pictures > 1980s > 1980 > Aug - Arrive in Oman > Dec - Barbecue at Qawr Yenkit 4th Dec > Dec - Boxing Day at RaH > Dec - Christmas day at RaH > Feb - Chester Zoo > Feb - Pettypool Wood > Jan - Barnet and Hertford > June - Irish holiday > March - Zelma's christening > Nov - National day, 18th November > Nov - Qurm Heights house on Ben's Birthday > Nov - RAH beach, parties, etc. > Oct - Desert trips, RAH, etc. > Oct - Khawr Yenqit > Oct - Ras al Hadd "Turtle Beach" > 1981 > ... > ... > ... > 1990s > 1990 > ... > ... > > > The only problem with this (which you can see above) is that Digikam > arranges the folders alphabetically just like the default ls sort does > (which is how I got the above list). I have a patched version of > Digikam which arranges folders in date order (that's the Digikam date > for the folder) so if I set the date in the folder properties in > digikam I get the folders with month names in the right order. This could be solved by naming in ISO format: 20080901 - Trip to Susan's. This is the way I do it, and it works. _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:26:18PM -0500, Brendan wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Chris G wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:09AM +0100, Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote: > > > Hey all > > > > > > I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it > > > very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) > > > > > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do > > > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a > > > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. > > > > It surely depends on *you* and how you want things to look. :-) > > > > Personally I have my pictures arranged in a hierarchy of decades, > > years etc. E.g. I have:- > > > > pictures > > 1980s > > 1980 > > Aug - Arrive in Oman > > Dec - Barbecue at Qawr Yenkit 4th Dec > > Dec - Boxing Day at RaH > > Dec - Christmas day at RaH > > Feb - Chester Zoo > > Feb - Pettypool Wood > > Jan - Barnet and Hertford > > June - Irish holiday > > March - Zelma's christening > > Nov - National day, 18th November > > Nov - Qurm Heights house on Ben's Birthday > > Nov - RAH beach, parties, etc. > > Oct - Desert trips, RAH, etc. > > Oct - Khawr Yenqit > > Oct - Ras al Hadd "Turtle Beach" > > 1981 > > ... > > ... > > ... > > 1990s > > 1990 > > ... > > ... > > > > > > The only problem with this (which you can see above) is that Digikam > > arranges the folders alphabetically just like the default ls sort does > > (which is how I got the above list). I have a patched version of > > Digikam which arranges folders in date order (that's the Digikam date > > for the folder) so if I set the date in the folder properties in > > digikam I get the folders with month names in the right order. > > This could be solved by naming in ISO format: 20080901 - Trip to Susan's. > user friendly. There's a bug raised for it - Bug 156186. > This is the way I do it, and it works. > I can't really have all my albums at the same level, far too many for convenience so my year split up makes sense. Then one is left with either the redundant full YYYYMMDD format or MMDD which is far from easy to 'read' quickly. The eye and mind understand 'May' much more quickly than '05' - my mind does anyway! :-) -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Brendan ha scritto:
> On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Chris G wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:09AM +0100, Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote: >> >>> Hey all >>> >>> I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it >>> very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) >>> >>> I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do >>> you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a >>> folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. >>> >> It surely depends on *you* and how you want things to look. :-) >> >> Personally I have my pictures arranged in a hierarchy of decades, >> years etc. E.g. I have:- >> >> pictures >> 1980s >> 1980 >> Aug - Arrive in Oman >> >> Oct - Ras al Hadd "Turtle Beach" >> 1981 >> ... >> ... >> ... >> 1990s >> 1990 >> ... >> ... >> >> >> The only problem with this (which you can see above) is that Digikam >> arranges the folders alphabetically just like the default ls sort does >> (which is how I got the above list). I have a patched version of >> Digikam which arranges folders in date order (that's the Digikam date >> for the folder) so if I set the date in the folder properties in >> digikam I get the folders with month names in the right order. >> > > This could be solved by naming in ISO format: 20080901 - Trip to Susan's. > > This is the way I do it, and it works. > I use this "convention", for my photos and for my family photo: Shared photos 2007 2007-01-15 Description of this set 2007-03-07 A different description of this set .... 2008 2008-02-06 Birthday .... Work and experiments 2007 2007-01-09 Description of this set 2007-02-15 Description of this set 2007-03 A lot of work 2007-03-15 First set 2007-03-16 Second set .... I group my set of shots in monthly set only if I have a lot of shots and have to find them in a short time. Anyway, I always use the "yyyy-mm-dd short description" format for my directories because I want all my date information attached to the directory, so I can find them even if I put it in the wrong year directory or if I copy them on a CD/DVD to give to a friend. My parents (62 an 65 years old) and my brother use the same conventions and we are happy with it, because we can exchange photos between each other without messing around our personal collection. My brother uses digikam too, but my parents use iPhoto on two old iMacs, and this way they always know where to put their photos. Don't think there is something to change in digikam, I love that it leaves to us the freedom to organize our collection to our way. regards gerlos _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Similar, except I use 01-Jan, 02-Feb etc to preserve the chronology _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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2009/1/28 Chris G <[hidden email]>:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:26:18PM -0500, Brendan wrote: >> On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Chris G wrote: >> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:09AM +0100, Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote: >> > > Hey all >> > > >> > > I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it >> > > very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-) >> > > >> > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do >> > > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a >> > > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam. >> > >> > It surely depends on *you* and how you want things to look. :-) >> > >> > Personally I have my pictures arranged in a hierarchy of decades, >> > years etc. E.g. I have:- >> > >> > pictures >> > 1980s >> > 1980 >> > Aug - Arrive in Oman >> > Dec - Barbecue at Qawr Yenkit 4th Dec >> > Dec - Boxing Day at RaH >> > Dec - Christmas day at RaH >> > Feb - Chester Zoo >> > Feb - Pettypool Wood >> > Jan - Barnet and Hertford >> > June - Irish holiday >> > March - Zelma's christening >> > Nov - National day, 18th November >> > Nov - Qurm Heights house on Ben's Birthday >> > Nov - RAH beach, parties, etc. >> > Oct - Desert trips, RAH, etc. >> > Oct - Khawr Yenqit >> > Oct - Ras al Hadd "Turtle Beach" >> > 1981 >> > ... >> > ... >> > ... >> > 1990s >> > 1990 >> > ... >> > ... >> > >> > >> > The only problem with this (which you can see above) is that Digikam >> > arranges the folders alphabetically just like the default ls sort does >> > (which is how I got the above list). I have a patched version of >> > Digikam which arranges folders in date order (that's the Digikam date >> > for the folder) so if I set the date in the folder properties in >> > digikam I get the folders with month names in the right order. >> >> This could be solved by naming in ISO format: 20080901 - Trip to Susan's. >> > Yes, I know, but it's not very beautiful nor is is very non-computer > user friendly. When I importing from my camera choosing creat album as ISO format, digikam create them like YYYY-MM-DD. > There's a bug raised for it - Bug 156186. > >> This is the way I do it, and it works. >> > I can't really have all my albums at the same level, far too many for > convenience so my year split up makes sense. > > Then one is left with either the redundant full YYYYMMDD format or MMDD > which is far from easy to 'read' quickly. The eye and mind understand > 'May' much more quickly than '05' - my mind does anyway! :-) > > -- > Chris Green My folder layout looks like this. Pictures Photos 2007 2007-01-01 2007-01-10 - My Birthday ... 2008 2009 ... Wallpapers / Jonas _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:06:25PM +0100, Jonas Norlander wrote:
> Pictures > Photos > 2007 > 2007-01-01 > 2007-01-10 - My Birthday > ... > 2008 > 2009 > ... > Wallpapers Which just confirms my thoughts about it, that 2007-01-10 is a huge waste of space, I want longer descriptive titles and compact 'dates'. The 2007 is totally redundant, we already know it's 2007. As I said I *know* I can use the ISO or similar format but it really doesn't fit my requirements very well. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 06:45:50PM +0000, Francesco Scaglioni wrote:
> > Similar, except I use 01-Jan, 02-Feb etc to preserve the chronology > I just hate redundancy, especially where it's wasting space that I could better use for other information. I have toyed with the idea of using superscripts in front to minimise the space the numbers use, e.g.:- ₁₂Dec (you probably need UTF to see that) -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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On Wednesday 28 January 2009, gerlos wrote:
> Work and experiments > 2007 > 2007-01-09 Description of this set > 2007-02-15 Description of this set > 2007-03 A lot of work > 2007-03-15 First set > 2007-03-16 Second set > .... > > I group my set of shots in monthly set only if I have a lot of shots and > have to find them in a short time. > > Anyway, I always use the "yyyy-mm-dd short description" format for my > directories because I want all my date information attached to the > directory, so I can find them even if I put it in the wrong year > directory or if I copy them on a CD/DVD to give to a friend. > > My parents (62 an 65 years old) and my brother use the same conventions > and we are happy with it, because we can exchange photos between each > other without messing around our personal collection. My brother uses > digikam too, but my parents use iPhoto on two old iMacs, and this way > they always know where to put their photos. > > Don't think there is something to change in digikam, I love that it > leaves to us the freedom to organize our collection to our way. That's interesting, the grouping at the high-level. I've often thought about doing that, but I guess that's where I envision tags/keywords come into things. Of course, that means EXIF/IPTC etc., but I have yet to find anything that seems to work without fail. I know the date-formatting cannot scale very well with meaning, only for org. _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Chris G ha scritto:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:06:25PM +0100, Jonas Norlander wrote: > >> Pictures >> Photos >> 2007 >> 2007-01-01 >> 2007-01-10 - My Birthday >> ... >> 2008 >> 2009 >> ... >> Wallpapers >> > > Which just confirms my thoughts about it, that 2007-01-10 is a huge > waste of space, I want longer descriptive titles and compact 'dates'. > The 2007 is totally redundant, we already know it's 2007. > > As I said I *know* I can use the ISO or similar format but it really > doesn't fit my requirements very well. > Yes, it's true, using yyyy-mm-dd-description it's a /little/ waste of space, but this way your directory it's "portable": just copy it on a CD, and you don't need to change anything. And even if you delete it accidentally, you can restore it from backup without the risk of changing its name and loosing informations in digikam database (you know, if digikam 0.9.* don't find a directory, it asks you to delete its data from the database...). Maybe I'm paranoic, but I prefer a little redundancy, to feel more "secure"... regards gerlos _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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