Directory and file management software for the very lazy

[Rhythmdvl]

Our camera is set to save photos in both Raw and JPEG format. We use both for different purposes, but since we don’t know which file we’ll want when we shoot or save, we keep both on the hard drive (a Win 7 environment).

Keeping a directory with both file formats in it can be a pain. For example, if we’re on a slower computer and want to use Picassa to browse a directory with 50 images, it will preview/open all 100 files.

As a one-time solution I can copy *.raw and paste to a new directory. Great. But what about ongoing maintenance? What about the next series of pictures we save? What happens if we change the name of a directory (or even a file) in one section? Is there any way of automating this? Simplifying?

[GHO57]

ACDSeePhoto Manager?

[Tim_T-Bonham.net]

@Rhythmdvl

As a one-time solution I can copy *.raw and paste to a new directory. Great. But what about ongoing maintenance? What about the next series of pictures we save? What happens if we change the name of a directory (or even a file) in one section? Is there any way of automating this? Simplifying?

It should be almost trivial to set up a batch file to do the moves of *.raw to the other directory. Then you just enter one command to run that batch file after you load a new series of pictures. (Or even lazier, schedule it to run automatically every night.)