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You can configure the way Windows Vista imports your photos. You can fine-tune the
folder it copies your images to, for instance, and the scheme it uses to name the new
subfolders. To do all that, click Start | Windows Photo Gallery, and then choose File |
Options. You??™ll find all the settings on the Import tab.
Of course, you don??™t have to let Windows import your photos for you (though it works so
nicely, why not?). If you use Adobe Photoshop Elements, for example, you can let the Adobe
importer manage your photos instead.
Use Tags to Find and Organize Your Photos
In earlier editions of this book, when digital photography was much more in its infancy, I spent a
fair bit of time right here talking about how you should be a good photographer by meticulously
renaming all of your photos as soon as you transfer them to your PC. My logic was infallible, of
course: cameras give your photos sequential, but otherwise meaningless filenames like DSC00534
and DSC00535. Stack up a few thousand of those, and it becomes hard to find specific photos
when you want them.
But I??™ll be honest with you: As I write this revision to the book at the end of 2007, I don??™t
think that renaming your photos is a particularly effective solution for getting organized
anymore.
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