Renaming files - Do you or don't you?

[SupraSonic]

I do after post production

[ShutterbugJohan]

I used to. Don't have time anymore. :-)

[lculpin]

No clue why I've never thought to put the date in front before, I'm off to rename a whole wackload of folders right now... :P


I usually make two subfolders for each shoot/day/location/whatever, one called Originals and the other Output, and once I've gone through and marked my keepers and made any basic tweaks or adjustments I'll get Lightroom to do a rename for me into the Output folder. I NEVER rename my originals though... one of the ways I know it's the original

[Dumien]

I don't rename the RAWs, nor do I rename the JPGs, except for the DPP automatic thing that changes the name from IMG_ to DPP_ ... I keep both RAWs and JPGs in the same folder, named with the date I took the pictures...


If it's not the usual stuff (me going around taking pictures) I put an underscore and add one or two words of description...


it's worked so far...


oh, and everything is back-upped on a 1TB Maxtor USB (AC powered) external hard drive...which automatically backups everything every other day =)


Andy

[Mark Elberson]

<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"]I have the <span style="font-family: Verdana;"]EOS Utility setup to automatically create a folder in this format "yyyy-mm-dd" when I upload from my camera. I like this because it enables me to sort by date. Like Sean I also then add a brief description such as "2009-08-04 <st1lace w:st="on"]<st1lacename w:st="on"]Brandywine</st1lacename> <st1lacetype w:st="on"]Park</st1lacetype></st1lace>". I then create a sub-folder named "RAW" where I dump all of the RAW files that I actually want to keep. I rename my RAW files with a time stamp (done in DPP) with this format "yyyy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss". I like to do this so that I can also sort my images by the time they were taken. When I convert to jpeg I retain the same name as the RAW file.<o></o>


<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;"]I also use Picasa for viewing my jpeg files once I have processed the RAWs.

[Sean Setters]

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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;"]I also use Picasa for viewing my jpeg files once I have processed the RAWs.
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I was wanting an alternative for viewing RAW files on my netbook and tried Picasa. However, Picasa would do an auto-correction when viewing the files (which was completely counter-productive). It would lighten darker images, and darken lighter ones. I could find no way to turn off this feature. It made the program completely useless for me as I couldn't judge exposure using different settings.

[Mark Elberson]

I was wanting an alternative for viewing RAW files on my netbook and tried Picasa. However, Picasa would do an auto-correction when viewing the files (which was completely counter-productive). It would lighten darker images, and darken lighter ones. I could find no way to turn off this feature. It made the program completely useless for me as I couldn't judge exposure using different settings.
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I only use Picasa for viewing jpeg files. I turned off the capablility for viewing RAW files in the preferences. I did this because it would show duplicate images since I keep both a RAW file and a jpeg. I didn't realize that it automatically "corrected" the RAW image for viewing though. I guess it's good that I turned viewing RAW files off! I use DPP for viewing RAW files.

[Chuck Lee]

I was wanting an alternative for viewing RAW files on my netbook and tried Picasa. However, Picasa would do an auto-correction when viewing the files

I'm with Mark E. I turn off *.raw as one of the supported file types in Picasa and use Silkypix.


Interestingly enough, "Irfanview Thumbnails" acts as a raw viewer (one con is that it doesn't auto rotate)


Also, Picasa can sometimes be used with pretty good results: see here


Obviously, DPP and Adobe Bridge can be used in the same way.


But man, I've got to hand it to Google, Picasa is a nice viewer/organizer/editor. The new filtered black and whitetool in Picasa3 is very well done.

[lculpin]

Picasa has grown into something that's actually pretty darned powerful considering where it started and what it's intended use is... oh, and the fact that it's free :|


I was actually really happy when it finally came over to Mac, I don't really use it very often but it does have a couple cool features.

[Maleko]

Majority of my RW file sget deleted once I'm happy with my final output. Some Raws like for events, weddings etc I do store!
They just take up WAY to much space for the amount of photos you end up taking, so unless there important, they go.


All my files get stored like this:


Year &gt; Event Name &gt; File Name With date picture taken


e.g.


2009 &gt; Spain &gt; 160409_163457


If I have 2 visits to the same place in one year:


2009 &gt; Spain &gt; April &gt; 160409_163457
2009 &gt; Spain &gt; June &gt; 210609_112132

(yes those dates are non US format, which doesnt ever matter unless the photos go across 2 seperate months - thats us british for you! lol)


Each year you then start a new folder etc, makes it easier for me to find photos then.
Also, you will never have duplicate file names - except in the event of a series of high speed photo burst, then you have a (1), (2) at the end of each file, so still works!
I don't use any photo viewing software (like Picasa for Live Photo Gallery), I prefer to view them by folder, I know what and where I'm lookign for it then.

Renaming files (including raw and .xmp files) is really really easy with Adobe Bridge.