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Storing Images...

Storing Images...

2002-01-02 by lyonscox

Now that I have an image or two under my belt that I like...

Storing them...I presume CD-Rw ?
One per disk seems a no brainer to start...since you can record
multiple songs ala MP3 interests I am also presuming you can save a
series of images on CD-Rw?

Other general concerns?
I'm imagining archiving an 'original' then working with it till
satisfied and then archiving the 'final' with all the elements.

TIA for the neophyte question/answer

Cleavis

RE: [Digital BW] Storing Images...

2002-01-02 by David J. Bookbinder

I can't speak for anyone else, but I store images on a 60GB external drive
(BUSLINK USB 2.0), and also on CDs. I have one set of CDs for original
captured images and another for images I've worked on. I use the same
directory structure for the CDs as for the hard drive (Year, Month, Day),
and I index the hard drive with an image management program called iMatch.
iMatch allows me to categorize the images by subject or by the stage they
are in in my workflow, and also to add various comments to describe the
images.

In the event I fill up the hard drive, I can "relocate" the images in the
iMatch database so the database points to the older CDs instead of to the
folders on the hard drive, so effectively the storage is infinite, with the
most recent 60GB being on the hard drive.  I've only been at this for about
seven months, but so far this system seems to be working out.

- David
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From: lyonscox [mailto:lyonscox@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:27 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Storing Images...


Now that I have an image or two under my belt that I like...

Storing them...I presume CD-Rw ?
One per disk seems a no brainer to start...since you can record
multiple songs ala MP3 interests I am also presuming you can save a
series of images on CD-Rw?

Other general concerns?
I'm imagining archiving an 'original' then working with it till
satisfied and then archiving the 'final' with all the elements.

TIA for the neophyte question/answer

Cleavis



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RE: [Digital BW] Storing Images...

2002-01-02 by Wendel White

I would add to this only by saying that I use high quality CD's for image
back-up with concern for archival longevity. I use Kodak Gold CDR's but I
know that there are other's on the market that are also good.

Wendel
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From: David J. Bookbinder [mailto:david_bookbinder@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:26 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Storing Images...


I can't speak for anyone else, but I store images on a 60GB external drive
(BUSLINK USB 2.0), and also on CDs. I have one set of CDs for original
captured images and another for images I've worked on. I use the same
directory structure for the CDs as for the hard drive (Year, Month, Day),
and I index the hard drive with an image management program called iMatch.
iMatch allows me to categorize the images by subject or by the stage they
are in in my workflow, and also to add various comments to describe the
images.

In the event I fill up the hard drive, I can "relocate" the images in the
iMatch database so the database points to the older CDs instead of to the
folders on the hard drive, so effectively the storage is infinite, with the
most recent 60GB being on the hard drive.  I've only been at this for about
seven months, but so far this system seems to be working out.

- David

-----Original Message-----
From: lyonscox [mailto:lyonscox@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:27 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Storing Images...


Now that I have an image or two under my belt that I like...

Storing them...I presume CD-Rw ?
One per disk seems a no brainer to start...since you can record
multiple songs ala MP3 interests I am also presuming you can save a
series of images on CD-Rw?

Other general concerns?
I'm imagining archiving an 'original' then working with it till
satisfied and then archiving the 'final' with all the elements.

TIA for the neophyte question/answer

Cleavis

Re: [Digital BW] Storing Images...

2002-01-02 by Stan McQueen

At 02:27 AM 1/2/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Now that I have an image or two under my belt that I like...
>
>Storing them...I presume CD-Rw ?
>One per disk seems a no brainer to start...since you can record
>multiple songs ala MP3 interests I am also presuming you can save a
>series of images on CD-Rw?
>
>Other general concerns?
>I'm imagining archiving an 'original' then working with it till
>satisfied and then archiving the 'final' with all the elements.
>
>TIA for the neophyte question/answer
>
>Cleavis

You can store as many images as your CD will hold. Each image is simply a 
file. CDs should be able to hold 600-700 MB of files (nominally 650MB, but 
capacity varies depending on what kind of blanks you buy).

Archiving the original and final is similar to what I do. I save the 
original, "raw", scan as well as the finished product. I store raw images 
on one set of CDs and finished images on another set. Images are saved as 
TIFF files. I also produce CDs of moderately compressed JPEGs to send to 
the copyright office for registration.

Stan


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Re: Storing Images...

2002-01-03 by antonisphoto

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lyonscox" <lyonscox@m...> wrote:
.. 
> Storing them...I presume CD-Rw ?


Cleavis,

one option to also consider is DVD-R (the so called "general" flavor ). You can 
put 4.7 G on a disc the size of a CD. Of course you pay cutting edge prices, 
but it may be very efficient for large amounts of data as images tend to 
generate. The same drive will also do DVD-RW for your work-in-progress.

FYI...

Antonis

RE: [Digital BW] Storing Images...

2002-01-07 by Alessandro Pardi

I'd suggest, more as a workflow than as a storing issue, to only work on an
image using adjustment layers in Photoshop. This has the enormous advantage
of being able to undo or modify each layer separately at a later time, and
automatically preserves the original scan (so you don't need to save two
copies of the same image). If you want to be very picky, you can instead
save another copy of the final image, flattened, and tailored for a specific
print size: this may make sense because some recommend to sharpen images
(whatever sharpening method you use) after resizing the image. But that's
another story...
 
Alessandro Pardi
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From: lyonscox [mailto:lyonscox@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:27 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Storing Images...


Now that I have an image or two under my belt that I like...

Storing them...I presume CD-Rw ?
One per disk seems a no brainer to start...since you can record
multiple songs ala MP3 interests I am also presuming you can save a
series of images on CD-Rw?

Other general concerns?
I'm imagining archiving an 'original' then working with it till
satisfied and then archiving the 'final' with all the elements.

TIA for the neophyte question/answer

Cleavis




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