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Organize Pictures
Before you transfer pictures, organize a filing
structure so that the pictures can be located
again in the future. Click Start, Right Click My
Pictures, and click Send To®Desktop (Create
Shortcut) as shown in Figure 3. This will create an icon
for My Pictures on your desktop. You can also
browse to My Documents and manually open My
Pictures.
Figure 3.1 Send My Pictures to the Desktop
Once you have access to ‘My Pictures’ create a
folder hierarchy to organize the pictures. Here
is one suggested way you can organize the
pictures.
You'll want to create the following folders
under the My Pictures folder:
Edited
Raw
TransferredFromCamera
Figure 3.2 Folders
Under Raw and Edited will be similar folders.
These folders will vary according to the type of
pictures one enjoys taking. Some suggestions
include: Business, Family, Friends, Hobbies,
Home, Travel. The Raw folder will also have an
extra folder named ToSortMainPictures.
Figure 3.3. SubFolders under Raw pictures
Once you have determined your organizational
structure there are three main objectives. You
will want access to the pictures so that they
can be organized, resized, edited, retouched,
renamed and more before shared with others. You
also want to make sure that you do not overwrite
the raw original pictures when editing them for
purposes of showing them off via email,
slideshows, websites or other modes of viewing.
Finally, you want to save the raw original and
raw format files as soon as possible in case the
worst case scenario occurs and the pictures are
lost.
Figure 3.4. Transferred from Camera to transfer
folder on computer.
To begin, first move the pictures to the folders
best suited to meet your organizational desires.
Open the TransferredFromCamera folder. Keep the
window open on the desktop. Next, insert the
memory card into the card reader or attach the
camera. If you inserted a memory card a window
should pop up requesting an action. Click on
"Open Folder to View Files" (Do not click
"always perform this action."). Once you finally
have access to the camera or memory card several
folders should be present. If you are unsure
which one contains your pictures, open the
folders and look for picture files (.jpg, .bmp,
.tif). (If a window does not pop up when you
insert the memory card - double click on ‘My
Computer,’ then double click on the drive that
is your card reader.) Now copy and paste the
folder containing pictures to the
TransferredFromCamera folder. Copy this folder
to the: Raw\ToSortMainPictures folder.
It is best to backup the "TransferredFromCamera"
folder by burning it to a CD as soon as possible
and before you delete the pictures from the
digital camera memory cards. This will ensure
that you will have a good copy of your pictures,
in their original state, on a relatively stable
storage item.
Continue to sort the pictures as appropriately
into the folders.
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