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Once your pictures are organized, you'll be inspired to view, print, and show them off. There are some basic organization techniques that anyone can use—and you can incorporate one or all of them to create a system that works for you.
The first step in organizing your digital photo collection is deleting all of your unwanted pictures (such as shots with your thumb over the lens). You can do this after you've downloaded photos from your memory card to your PC. Or save time by deleting photos from your camera's memory card before downloading them.
Once you've eliminated all your unwanted photos, it's easier to organize those snapshots that are keepers. Read on for three more easy tips to help you get started.
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Create a folder system
The most effortless way to organize your pictures is to create photo folders. If you do nothing else to organize your pictures, do this one thing and you'll be amazed at how much easier it is to find and share your photos.
You can organize your folders by year, and then create subfolders for each month—or create subfolders for important events (Jim's 50th Birthday, Family Reunion, etc.). You can also create folders for photos you intend to print or post online at sites like Facebook or Snapfish. No matter how you decide to arrange and label your folders, remember that consistency is key.
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Name and tag your photos
Name your photos immediately after you download them or you may be left with folders full of obscure numerical file names, such as Untitled_0264.jpg.
If your pictures are in folders in a program like Windows Live Photo Gallery, you can add names to multiple photos at one time—or change existing ones—by right-clicking the first photo in the folder and selecting Rename.
Tags offer another way for you to quickly find your photos at a later time. For example, if you're looking for a photo of your daughter Celia playing in the snow, but can't remember that the exact title is Winter_sleds_2008.jpg, you can still find the image by searching for the tag Celia, which will bring up every photo in which she is tagged.
Learn more about how to tag your photos for easy organizing |
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Organize photos online
If you're the kind of person who bypasses storing images on the PC and prefers to organize your pictures online, you can use a printer like the HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One or the HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One to upload photos straight from your camera’s memory card to your printer directly to your Snapfish account without a PC.
Online photo storage is a great option for people who like to share photos with friends and family. Organization strategies like creating folders and adding names and tags still apply to the photos that you post online, too.
Learn more about printing your Snapfish photos at home —PC free. |
1 Requires a Snapfish.com account and an Internet connection to the printer.
2 Requires Internet connection to printer.
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