Getting some good advice in this thread, but would like to add one Don't leave a space when naming any file, put a - dash or _ underscore. The reasoning is some computer programs may only look at a file name until the first blank space, making your photo unable to open. I get this advice from my brother who is a Oracle data base Programmer. He suggests labeling like this 20080430_001_touring_falls_01 or  19191119_mcvicar-brown_wed_scan He uses initials if there are many in the photo. 20000829_005_N_D_F_K_M I like the idea of using an extra space around the photo to add information.  I do a lot of scanning of older photos from my parent's albums. If they have anything written on the back, I scan that too just to remind me later who was in the photo & it is nice to have it in their writing.   Mitsy #9 <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"> __________________________________________________________________ Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/

Sounds like a good idea. Does anyone know of a program capable of doing a search of spaces and replace with - on all of the photos in a directory? I have over 3500 jpg's in attached to my family file in Legacy and the prospect of doing each one manually and then reattaching is a bit daunting. Any suggestions? art Seddon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Bennett" <mitsy_9@yahoo.ca> To: <gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:12 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos Getting some good advice in this thread, but would like to add one Don't leave a space when naming any file, put a - dash or _ underscore. The reasoning is some computer programs may only look at a file name until the first blank space, making your photo unable to open. I get this advice from my brother who is a Oracle data base Programmer. He suggests labeling like this 20080430_001_touring_falls_01 or 19191119_mcvicar-brown_wed_scan He uses initials if there are many in the photo. 20000829_005_N_D_F_K_M I like the idea of using an extra space around the photo to add information. I do a lot of scanning of older photos from my parent's albums. If they have anything written on the back, I scan that too just to remind me later who was in the photo & it is nice to have it in their writing. Mitsy #9 <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"> __________________________________________________________________ Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/ -------------------------------------- Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

ACDSee Pro 2 Photo Manager. It has very detailed batch processing options that can definitely handle the renaming you're suggesting and do it very quickly. Re-attaching to Legacy, now that could be a challenge. As I've experienced it, the only way to preserve the links to Legacy is to do your renaming there and that would be a very tedious process indeed. I've done it manually just out of sheer determination to have it done, but it ain't fun. I'll be watching here for other replies. -- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Art Seddon wrote: > Sounds like a good idea. Does anyone know of a program capable of doing a > search of spaces and replace with - on all of the photos in a directory? I > have over 3500 jpg's in attached to my family file in Legacy and the > prospect of doing each one manually and then reattaching is a bit daunting. > > Any suggestions? > > art Seddon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Bennett" <mitsy_9@yahoo.ca> > To: <gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:12 AM > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos > > > Getting some good advice in this thread, but would like to add one > Don't leave a space when naming any file, put a - dash or _ underscore. > The reasoning is some computer programs may only look at a file name until > the first blank space, > making your photo unable to open. > I get this advice from my brother who is a Oracle data base Programmer. > He suggests labeling like this 20080430_001_touring_falls_01 > or 19191119_mcvicar-brown_wed_scan > He uses initials if there are many in the photo. 20000829_005_N_D_F_K_M > I like the idea of using an extra space around the photo to add information. > I do a lot of scanning of older photos from my parent's albums. > If they have anything written on the back, I scan that too just to remind me > later who was in the photo & it is nice to have it in their writing. > > Mitsy #9 > <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"><img > src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"><img > src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"> > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! > Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/ > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

The old writing on the back of photos: AGREED !!!! -----Original Message----- From: gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Bennett Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:13 AM To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos Getting some good advice in this thread, but would like to add one Don't leave a space when naming any file, put a - dash or _ underscore. The reasoning is some computer programs may only look at a file name until the first blank space, making your photo unable to open. I get this advice from my brother who is a Oracle data base Programmer. He suggests labeling like this 20080430_001_touring_falls_01 or  19191119_mcvicar-brown_wed_scan He uses initials if there are many in the photo. 20000829_005_N_D_F_K_M I like the idea of using an extra space around the photo to add information.  I do a lot of scanning of older photos from my parent's albums. If they have anything written on the back, I scan that too just to remind me later who was in the photo & it is nice to have it in their writing.   Mitsy #9 <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"><img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/37.gif"> No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1402 - Release Date: 4/28/2008 1:29 PM