iView Organization and Catalog Advice Wanted

M4rtin · May 11, 2003

I have aroung 4GB of photos and currently they are all in one big catalog.

I'm wondering if anyone has got any good tips for organizing so that it's logical and easy to backup to CD.

Is it best to make separate catalogs of less than 700mb (or CD size)?

vealski · May 12, 2003

I'd like to hear what people have to say about this too.

mark

M4rtin said:
I have aroung 4GB of photos and currently they are all in one big
catalog.

I'm wondering if anyone has got any good tips for organizing so
that it's logical and easy to backup to CD.

Is it best to make separate catalogs of less than 700mb (or CD size)?

--
Canon G3, Epson 2200 & 2450, PB G4, PS 7, OS X

San Francisco, CA -

Frank Sinkavich · May 12, 2003

As for organization, I rename all of the files by a short descriptor, year, month, day, and photo number for that particular set. For example, the first image of a set of images taken today of the sunrise would be titled: Sunrise 2003-0512-001.

Hope this helps.

Frank,
pBase Supporter
http://www.pbase.com/drfrank/root

M4rtin said:
I have aroung 4GB of photos and currently they are all in one big
catalog.

I'm wondering if anyone has got any good tips for organizing so
that it's logical and easy to backup to CD.

Is it best to make separate catalogs of less than 700mb (or CD size)?

Thomas S. England · May 12, 2003

By all means, create new catalogs. The criteria you use for each catalog is really up to you, primarily it should be designed to make it easy for you to quickly locate an image.

Some people prefer to catalog chronologically, perhaps by month.

I create a new catalog for each subject/assignment. I currently have about 350 catalogs, which only take up ~~500 MB of hard drive space.~~

You will have to ensure that your new catalogs reflect the filepath to the images. If you go to Find> Reset Paths, you can navigate to the folders (or CDs) containing the image.

You can also open your current huge catalog, then create a new, empty catalog and drag & drop images directly into it.

Yet another option is to burn your CDs, then have iView make a catalog for each of them.

I create a new catalog when I am transferring files from the card. Then I select-all & go to Action> Copy to Folder to have all images moved to my drive. At that point I reset Paths.

I have all my iView catalogs in one folder. Within that folder I have a few sub-folders with catagories such as Friends, Gardens, Family, Past assignments, or, in some cases, assignments grouped by client.

iView's cataloging is what sets it apart from other image browsers. Use it. Each catalog takes very little space. Don't hesitate to create one for a special purpose, just be thoughtful on how you name them so you will have an idea what they contain.

--
Thomas S. England
Decatur GA 30030
Portfolio:
http://englandphoto.com/Portfolio/

montespluga · May 12, 2003

how can IVMP be used for creating DVD-backups ?? (with toast)

IVMP 1.5.7 just shows the burn CD- button

M4rtin · May 12, 2003

Thanks for your advice on this.
It does seem quite a complex method though.
Anyone got any simpler ones??

Also, I was wondering is it possible to nest catalogs? and if so is that advisable?

Thomas S. England said:
By all means, create new catalogs. The criteria you use for each
catalog is really up to you, primarily it should be designed to
make it easy for you to quickly locate an image.

Some people prefer to catalog chronologically, perhaps by month.
I create a new catalog for each subject/assignment. I currently
have about 350 catalogs, which only take up 500 MB of hard drive
space.

You will have to ensure that your new catalogs reflect the filepath
to the images. If you go to Find> Reset Paths, you can navigate to
the folders (or CDs) containing the image.

You can also open your current huge catalog, then create a new,
empty catalog and drag & drop images directly into it.

Yet another option is to burn your CDs, then have iView make a
catalog for each of them.

I create a new catalog when I am transferring files from the card.
Then I select-all & go to Action> Copy to Folder to have all images
moved to my drive. At that point I reset Paths.

I have all my iView catalogs in one folder. Within that folder I
have a few sub-folders with catagories such as Friends, Gardens,
Family, Past assignments, or, in some cases, assignments grouped by
client.

iView's cataloging is what sets it apart from other image browsers.
Use it. Each catalog takes very little space. Don't hesitate to
create one for a special purpose, just be thoughtful on how you
name them so you will have an idea what they contain.

--
Thomas S. England
Decatur GA 30030
Portfolio:
http://englandphoto.com/Portfolio/

M4rtin · May 12, 2003

Thanks Frank, but there's no way I'll be going back through 2000+ images and renaming them. Might be something for the future but I reckon album/roll/set is important to me whereas filenames are arbitrary. The data I can get from the EXIF data and I don't use a keyword/name search or system as of yet.

Frank Sinkavich said:
As for organization, I rename all of the files by a short
descriptor, year, month, day, and photo number for that particular
set. For example, the first image of a set of images taken today of
the sunrise would be titled: Sunrise 2003-0512-001.

Hope this helps.

Frank,
pBase Supporter
http://www.pbase.com/drfrank/root

tae · May 12, 2003

montespluga said:
how can IVMP be used for creating DVD-backups ?? (with toast)

IVMP 1.5.7 just shows the burn CD- button

That is how you do backup! Open a catalog of images and click Backup/CD ROM under the Make menu. It launches toast and gives the CD or DVD the name you select. Burn. Done.
At the moment that's all it does.
-Tom

Stanley Goldberg · May 12, 2003

When you add images to a preexisting folder is there any way to update the catalog for that folder without having to drag the new added photos into the thumbnail window? Something like and update catalog command. Can't seem to find it.

Stan

M4rtin said:
I have aroung 4GB of photos and currently they are all in one big
catalog.

I'm wondering if anyone has got any good tips for organizing so
that it's logical and easy to backup to CD.

Is it best to make separate catalogs of less than 700mb (or CD size)?

montespluga · May 13, 2003

thanks - couldn't find the DVD part in the IVMP manual. I'll try it out.

The goold thing about it would bee to drag the needed file just on desktop.... without searching the file on the DVD....

Matthew Voorsanger · May 18, 2003

IVMP has a feature called "Folder Watching" that will automatically add any file added to the Root Level of one directory. It is available under the EDIT menu as "Drop Folder"

Once your images have been automatically imported using this feature (i believe your that the target catalog has to be open as you put the images in the folder) then you can move them to their final destination. If you do this in the Finder (OS X) IVMP will follow the item using "Alias" like technology. Just show all your items and select "FIND~FIND MISSING ITEMS" and all of the paths in your folder will updated.

Thanks
Matthew

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