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Lynn: /* Workflow...The First cut */

2026-02-06T00:57:04Z

Workflow...The First cut

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	When doing the scanning, I initially organize them by date grouping them by decade. Once scanned, they are copied to the working folder. I open the folder and display them as large icons and quickly review.		When doing the scanning, I initially organize them by date grouping them by decade. Once scanned, they are copied to the working folder. I open the folder and display them as large icons and quickly review.

	Some photos appear sidewise or upside down. Orientation problems are fixed. Many images of the backs of photos were scanned but have no useful information. The marks are often a result of the process of developing and printing the photos. These images are removed. The tool of choice for this step is Irfranview. Load the initial photo and view. Make any adjustments necessary and then File->Save (~~Original Folder~~) and confirm. Proceed to the next photo.		Some photos appear sidewise or upside down. Orientation problems are fixed. Many images of the backs of photos were scanned but have no useful information. The marks are often a result of the process of developing and printing the photos. These images are removed. The tool of choice for this step is Irfranview. Load the initial photo and view. Make any adjustments necessary and then File->Save (original folder) and confirm. Proceed to the next photo.

	A more in-depth review of the front images is then done. Assuming that the enhanced image is a better representation of the scene, the original is replaced with the enhanced copy.		A more in-depth review of the front images is then done. Assuming that the enhanced image is a better representation of the scene, the original is replaced with the enhanced copy.

Lynn: /* Workflow...The First cut */

2026-02-06T00:53:08Z

Workflow...The First cut

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	When doing the scanning, I initially organize them by date grouping them by decade. Once scanned, they are copied to the working folder. I open the folder and display them as large icons and quickly review.		When doing the scanning, I initially organize them by date grouping them by decade. Once scanned, they are copied to the working folder. I open the folder and display them as large icons and quickly review.

	Some photos appear sidewise or upside down. Orientation problems are fixed. Many images of the backs of photos were scanned but have no useful information. The marks are often a result of the process of developing and printing the photos. These images are removed.		Some photos appear sidewise or upside down. Orientation problems are fixed. Many images of the backs of photos were scanned but have no useful information. The marks are often a result of the process of developing and printing the photos. These images are removed. The tool of choice for this step is Irfranview. Load the initial photo and view. Make any adjustments necessary and then File->Save (Original Folder) and confirm. Proceed to the next photo.

	A more in-depth review of the front images is then done. Assuming that the enhanced image is a better representation of the scene, the original is replaced with the enhanced copy.		A more in-depth review of the front images is then done. Assuming that the enhanced image is a better representation of the scene, the original is replaced with the enhanced copy.

Lynn: /* Locations */

2026-02-06T00:36:03Z

Locations

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	The main collection point where photo collections can be dropped off is macey:\\Public2\Photo Project.		The main collection point where photo collections can be dropped off is macey:\\Public2\Photo Project.
			=Tools=
			There are several tools in place to process the photos.
			==Viewing and Simple Editing==
			Viewing is pretty obvious. Simple edits include rotation, cropping resizing, etc.
			Irfranview - The goto workhorse. It works with most of the image formats
			Pixillion Plus - Also for viewing and simple edits. It also converts between formats and will work with batches of photos
			==Photo Enhancement==
			Pixillion Plus - Also for viewing and simple edits. It also converts between formats and will work with batches of photos
			Topaz
			==Photo Storage and Collection Management==
			Mylio

	=Plan=		=Plan=

Lynn: /* Locations */

2026-02-05T23:59:27Z

Locations

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	Digital photos are in Media-Archive/photos-original. I do not assume that this is a complete set. There have been a lot of downloads from cameras and phones over time.		Digital photos are in Media-Archive/photos-original. I do not assume that this is a complete set. There have been a lot of downloads from cameras and phones over time.

	The Inateck drive ~~(currently mounted as K:)~~ has about the best collection at this point.		The Inateck drive has about the best collection at this point.

	The Work(I:) drive is the location of work in progress. The working directory is I:\Pictures_Work.		The Work(I:) drive is the location of work in progress. The working directory is I:\Pictures_Work.

Lynn: /* Paper photos */

2026-02-05T23:58:35Z

Paper photos

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	Picture_a - Enhanced original		Picture_a - Enhanced original
	Picture_b - Back of the picture scan		Picture_b - Back of the picture scan
	{{Note\|All original scans are saved as they were scanned}}		{{Note\|All original scans are saved in the archive as they were scanned}}
	The photos are copied to the working folder for processing and disposition. Even really bad photos live on in the archive.		The photos are copied to the working folder for processing and disposition. Even really bad photos live on in the archive.

Lynn: /* Paper photos */

2026-02-05T23:57:57Z

Paper photos

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 =Workflow...The First cut=
 ==Paper photos==
-Scanning photos is easy and straightforward. The Epson photo scanner will scan the front and back of pictures in batches. Initially organize them by date. Larger format photos will need to be scanned on the flatbed. Same plan...scan, store by date and then come back and decide what to do with them. For now, the photos will be stored in a high-quality/low loss format like tiff. This will expand out the storage space requirement, but disk drives are cheap.
+Scanning photos is easy and straightforward. The Epson photo scanner will scan the front and back of pictures in batches. This will generally result in three images being saved. The front of the picture is saved in both enhanced and unenhanced copies. The back of the picture will be saved if it is not blank. This gives:
 ==Slides==
 Scanning slides is a little more time consuming since they cannot be done in batches. The Plustek scanner will scan slides and negative film strips. The slides come from the high tech storage site... the box under the sink. Most of the slides are still in boxes although some of them are basically loose. What I want to do is scan a group together and then file them into sleeves rather than putting them back into boxes. The slides should be names according to sheet/slide location on the sheet. After finishing a sheet, scan it to capture any notations on the slides.

Lynn: /* Plan */

2026-02-05T23:40:39Z

Plan

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	=Plan=		=Plan=
			# Do a pre import review to remove bad pictures, noise if you will, and correct orientation issues.
	# Work in the Mylio tool to import and categorize the photo library.		# Work in the Mylio tool to import and categorize the photo library.
	# Bring the photos in from various sources, dedup and load into Mylio		# Bring the photos in from various sources, dedup and load into Mylio.
	# Scan slides and load into Mylio		# Scan slides and load into Mylio.

	The slide scanning can happen concurrent with other tasks.		The slide scanning can happen concurrent with other tasks.

Lynn: /* Locations */

2026-02-05T23:38:55Z

Locations

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	Digital photos are in Media-Archive/photos-original. I do not assume that this is a complete set. There have been a lot of downloads from cameras and phones over time.		Digital photos are in Media-Archive/photos-original. I do not assume that this is a complete set. There have been a lot of downloads from cameras and phones over time.

	The Inateck drive (currently mounted as K:) has about the best collection at this point.		The Inateck drive (currently mounted as K:) has about the best collection at this point.

			The Work(I:) drive is the location of work in progress. The working directory is I:\Pictures_Work.

			The main collection point where photo collections can be dropped off is macey:\\Public2\Photo Project.

	=Plan=		=Plan=

Lynn: /* Overview */

2026-02-05T23:34:41Z

Overview

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	While we started out taking slides, we changed over to film at some point. Bonita did a good job getting them organized and filed. Those photos have been scanned and are in the FastFolio directory.		While we started out taking slides, we changed over to film at some point. Bonita did a good job getting them organized and filed. Those photos have been scanned and are in the FastFolio directory.

			The general plan is to reduce the clutter overhead and duplication that exists in the current collection.

	=Locations=		=Locations=

Lynn: /* Workflow...First cut */

2026-02-05T23:20:07Z

Workflow...First cut

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	The slide scanning can happen concurrent with other tasks.		The slide scanning can happen concurrent with other tasks.

	=Workflow...First cut=		=Workflow...The First cut=
	==Paper photos==		==Paper photos==
	Scanning photos is easy and straightforward. The Epson photo scanner will scan the front and back of pictures in batches. Initially organize them by date. Larger format photos will need to be scanned on the flatbed. Same plan...scan, store by date and then come back and decide what to do with them. For now, the photos will be stored in a high-quality/low loss format like tiff. This will expand out the storage space requirement, but disk drives are cheap.		Scanning photos is easy and straightforward. The Epson photo scanner will scan the front and back of pictures in batches. Initially organize them by date. Larger format photos will need to be scanned on the flatbed. Same plan...scan, store by date and then come back and decide what to do with them. For now, the photos will be stored in a high-quality/low loss format like tiff. This will expand out the storage space requirement, but disk drives are cheap.