Join Derrick Story for an in-depth discussion in this video Dealing with your legacy collection, part of Organizing and Archiving Digital Photos.
One of the reasons that you might be here at this particular training right now is because you have lots of folders that look something like this. You have a year, if you are lucky, and you have a whole bunch of shots in there. And you don't really know what they are; you don't really know how to find what you are looking for, and you're probably wondering, what should I do with those legacy photos? Hear me out before you rush to judgment about what I am going to say. Here's my advice: for now, just leave them where they are.
Have you ever heard the phrase, today is the first day of the rest of your life? I know when I was a kid, that was a big deal; they made a lot of posters out of it. Well, getting organized is sort of like that. It's because what you have to do is develop your system first, and fine- tune it with enough works so that it makes sense, but not so work that you become overwhelmed, and I think this is what hurts people. They become so overwhelmed by the thousands of images they already have, trying to pull them into a system, that they become frozen with fear. They get buried under the stuff.
So what I recommend you do is follow the techniques that resonate with you that are in this training. Start today; start with the next card you upload with your new system, and fine-tune it, because you are going to make changes as you use it. Once you get to the point to where you feel like the system that you've developed is working well, then you can go back to those legacy images, and folder by folder bring them in to your new system.
And I have a confession to make: I have to deal with the same thing in that I am working my way backwards as I have time, and I have not completed this process. But what I can tell you is that since I became organized a few years ago, all of those images, I know exactly where they are, and they are backed up, and I am making progress on the older ones. So my advice is, start today with your new system, fine-tune it, and then as you have time, work on those legacy images.
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8/23/2011The course concludes with a look at aspects of a good backup and archival strategy, ranging from the best file format for long-term backup to the best hardware options for offline storage.
- Removing pictures from a card
- Transferring photos to a Windows or Mac computer
- Transferring images with Lightoom, Aperture or iPhoto
- Assigning ratings to photos and flagging favorites
- Filtering photos
- Choosing file formats
- Backing up to the cloud
- Working with multiple hard drives
- Recovering from backups
Skill Level Beginner
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Welcome1m 1s
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1. Essential Tools for Transferring, Organizing, and Archiving Photos
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2. Setting the Stage
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3. Transferring Photos from a Memory Card
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Transferring photos to a Mac2m 22s
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4. Viewing Photos with Built-In Tools
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Viewing photos on a Mac2m 52s
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5. The Advantages of Asset-Management Software
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6. Organizing Using Keywords
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Understanding keywords3m 49s
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Lightroom keyword tips2m 42s
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Aperture keyword tips4m 58s
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7. Organizing Using Ratings, Flags, and Color Labels
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Assigning ratings to photos4m 39s
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Flagging your favorites3m 58s
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Organizing in Lightroom1m 50s
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Using filters in Aperture2m 49s
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Organizing in iPhoto3m 35s
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8. Organizing Using Virtual Albums and Collections
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Setting up albums in iPhoto1m 59s
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9. Dealing with Derivative Versions
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10. Backing Up and Archiving Photos
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Choosing file formats4m 39s
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Backing up to hard drives3m 31s
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Deciding photos to archive1m 34s
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Backing up to the cloud2m 49s
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11. Recovering from Backups
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Recovering in Lightroom5m 20s
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Recovering in Aperture6m 52s
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Recovering in iPhoto2m 46s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 54s
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