# Digital Picture Management **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 8, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208 "2008-07-08T13:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/1 "2008-07-08T13:55:10Z")
So I’ve got a billion digital pictures, with billions more to come. Right now they’re just dumped into folders loosely by category/event. I’m thinking about using an app for adding tags and organizing. Some of them have pretty decent auto-color-correct functions too. So what do you use? What are your organization philosophies? How do you backup? ---
**Author:** ![9c1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1/32/7392_2.png) [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/2 "2008-07-08T13:57:51Z")
I use Google Picasa. It’s also handy cause you can upload albums right to google for anyone to view. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/3 "2008-07-08T15:48:30Z")
how many MP or even MB are the pictures? ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/4 "2008-07-08T16:16:20Z")
2nd the picasa ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/5 "2008-07-08T16:56:08Z")
ill add this question to the thread… what is the best way to centrally store all of this data at the house so you can easily show pictures on the tv… like a media center type of thing, for not that much $ ---
**Author:** ![9c1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1/32/7392_2.png) [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/6 "2008-07-08T17:08:37Z")
You could get a NAS box. With that you’d have redundancy for backup purposes and then any machine on the network could access them. If you have something like an xbox or ps3, you can use that to view the pics on your tv. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/7 "2008-07-08T17:20:24Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > how many MP or even MB are the pictures? 15k pics, 25gb. I may start tagging with Picasa. I’ll probably play with Ubuntu a bit too and see how I like gimp and/or f-stop. Or even Picasa in linux. Photoshop in windows is just too slow. As for storage, I’m thinking DVD backup, although burned DVD’s don’t last forever. I should really just build a new box with a raid1 array. As for centrally locating/displaying… Video out from the computer run to the TV? Bluetooth mouse to control it, or some such shenanigans? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/8 "2008-07-08T17:28:43Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > 15k pics, 25gb. > > I may start tagging with Picasa. I’ll probably play with Ubuntu a bit too and see how I like gimp and/or f-stop. Or even Picasa in linux. Photoshop in windows is just too slow. > > As for storage, I’m thinking DVD backup, although burned DVD’s don’t last forever. > > I should really just build a new box with a raid1 array. > > As for centrally locating/displaying… Video out from the computer run to the TV? Bluetooth mouse to control it, or some such shenanigans? ive used gimp and you dont need ubuntu. there is a windows version. paint shop pro is also just as good. IM prob just going to get a raid 1 box too. hdds are super cheap ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/9 "2008-07-08T18:52:47Z")
> [@Locutus](#): > > ill add this question to the thread… what is the best way to centrally store all of this data at the house so you can easily show pictures on the tv… like a media center type of thing, for not that much $ my video ipod works amazing, i can either use my tv through the usb link, also known as wiselink on the samsung tv’s. I also use my 360 with either a jumpdrive or my ipod as well. this also works well for playing music at a party using the background effects through a projector onto the wall/floor. its a cheap/awesome attraction for a party. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/10 "2008-07-08T19:03:21Z")
fry, you do not need a raid array. Just back them up onto an external hard drive. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/digital-picture-management/51208/11 "2008-07-09T09:45:32Z")
> [@Locutus](#): > > ive used gimp and you dont need ubuntu. there is a windows version. paint shop pro is also just as good. I’ll look into those two. Sure I don’t need to use Ubuntu, but every now and then for no good reason I like to use Linux. Of course then I get things like a frantic phone call from my wife this morning: “What the hell is oobanootoo and why can’t I print anything? I’m late for work!” (I haven’t set anything up yet or figured out how to edit GRUB to set XP to default…) > [@boardjnky4](#): > > fry, you do not need a raid array. Just back them up onto an external hard drive. Yeah that’s another possibility. Easier to set up. But I like the set it and forget it aspect of RAID. Faster reading too. Maybe I’ll go external sooner than later and go RAID 1 when I build my next PC.