Step 2: run the de-duper software just in case it catches anything new. Step 1 (if possible): add a keyword ID to each image in each library (everything in library 01 has keyword "library 01", etc.) then merge all of the libraries to one huge library. Notes: iphoto assigns the first letter of the keyword to be its hotkey when you have the keywords box open. if you have more than that, you can sort by camera type, GPS location, whatever and make it a bit easier to add keywords or identify dupes. What can you guys suggest? posted by scrm to Computers & Internet (8 answers total) 25 users marked this as a favoriteīest answer: this assumes that your photos have at least the date created metadata. I have iPhoto Library Manager, which enables copying between iPhoto libraries but is quite slow, as well as Duplicate Annihilator (which didn't catch all my duplicates after several passes and tweaking the options). So far the only sorting of the photos that I have is with iPhoto's events - I don't really use ratings, faces, or geotagging. For photos I've already edited, I'd also like to preserve the originals (currently stored in iPhoto) for safety. The new structure needs to play nice with other software like Aperture / Photoshop as I will use these to work on the first group. I prefer to use iPhoto to organise the photos as I'm familiar with it, but I'm open to other options. 'Trash': Poor quality photos and all duplicates, in one place, that I can easily review and delete (~10% of the photos) 'To keep': The rest, living on my external drive (~80% of the photos)ģ. 'To work on': the 'decent' photos, living on my internal HD, to be worked on later (~10% of the photos at a guess)Ģ. My goal is to end up with three piles of photos:ġ. ![]() The photos are currently stored in three separate iPhoto 09 libraries across my internal HD and external drive, mostly in RAW format.
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