Comments on: Will Your Photos & Digital Media Survive?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:52:20 +0000

Thanks for the great post, Steve.

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We are always trying to encourage people to backup their photos before it’s too late. And now, with the purchase of a SnapHaven membership, we are offering free photo scanning. I hope you come check it out at http://www.snaphaven.com/freescan.html.

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By: Steve Borsch

Steve Borsch — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:01:03 +0000

Re-read your comment and what you really need is software to add/edit IPTC data. It lets you, for example, attach a bunch of descriptive metadata to a photo like a headline, a caption, etc. So a scan like I did would have the person’s name(s), the year it was taken, location, what the event might’ve been, in short the digital equivalent of what Grandma used to do by writing on the back of the photo.

What platform are you on? Mac, PC, Linux?

By: Steve Borsch

Steve Borsch — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:43:48 +0000

Hi Neil — Should’ve added EXIF data. This page explains it and gives some examples of software to add it to your photos: http://bit.ly/cgsqBc

“Almost all digital cameras store extra information, called metadata, with your pictures. The extra information captured by your camera is called EXIF data, which stands for Exchangeable Image File Format. While most current photo manipulation software supports the reading of this information, there are many specialized tools for reading, editing, extracting and converting EXIF information.

You can also store information in your pictures using other types of metadata. Two of the most commonly used formats of metadata for photos are: IPTC, the standard developed by the International Press Telecommunications Council; and XMP, the “Extensible Metadata Platform” developed by Adobe. The software listed here is designed for working with all types of metadata including EXIF, IPTC, and XMP.”

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:08:14 +0000

Do you have any good tips for tools that’d allow you to write a description of the contents of the photo and have it stored inside the photo? With traditional pictures you know whats in them from what was written on the back, JPGs, etc have the ability to have content placed inside of them, but there doesn’t seem to be a good standard or tool to put them in there in a consistent manner.