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Image paranoia
I repeatedly struggle with the seemingly trivial task of managing and organising a single master set of photos. I have photos from the last decade scattered all around different parts of my digital world. The online sites only seem to add another layer of complexity to the mix. Am I alone in this? Duplicates keep popping up, and I’m going to lay the blame on two main things;
1. A casual relationship between photo programs (swapping between iPhoto, lightroom and aperture), and
2. Paranoia over losing images.
Both of these have given me countless headaches! How can I corral these into a manageable bunch? It seems like I spend 2 days every 6 months pruning the duplicates, yet the cycle continues.
Is this common, or are you all that much better than I am at doing this?
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Batch Convert Images in OS X
This post is more for my benefit than others, but you may in the end find it useful anyway. I’ve recently come across a handy batch conversion technique for switching image formats in a snap;1. Put a load of images in a folder2. Open the Terminal3. cd to the current directory4. type in
mkdir jpgs; sips -s format jpeg *.* –out jpgs
done.I found this one whilst looking for a quick and easy way to switch a folder of .pngs to .jpgs, without needing to download/purchase any additional software – and programming something quickly in Automator seemed like more work than was necessary!If you’re looking for other solutions to this problem, this page had a few other alternatives.Happy converting!
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Giant Soviet signs cut into forests
Just came across this remarkable post on Strange Harvest;
“100 Years to Lenin”, made 1970, SiberiaGoogle mapswhich reminded me a lot of this post on cool crop circles from WebUrbanist;
[images via: The Daily Mail + WIRED]
