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  Automated Web Photo Galleries with iPhoto and Perl
Subject:   File naming scheme for thousands of image files.
Date:   2004-05-10 23:11:26
From:   idarmadi
I've been doing image files management for quite a while, and keep thinking if there's a better way to name them.


Currently, I use AAA11111.jpg naming scheme. The first 3 letters will correspond to a specific info (photographers, quality (hi or low), etc), and the number (5 digit) will auto increment.


I used name such as "my vacation 01.jpg, my graduation with friends.jpg", etc. but I don't like it.


Anybody know a better naming scheme? Please advice.


regards,
id
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  • File naming scheme for thousands of image files.
    2004-05-11 08:45:21  MSchienle [View]

    I don't think a naming scheme is going to solve your issue. You need something that will allow you to search through categories, quality, photographer, date, etc. and then give you the name of the image. That's part of what iPhoto provides, but you may have to extend that to an actual database like FileMaker or MySQL to handle the query and point to the correct file.

    Mike Schienle

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