This paper introduces the process and method of photo printing.

This paper introduces a method of photo arrangement and the reasons for adopting this method, and then introduces the operation flow and steps of using Picsee to realize this method.

The arrangement of photos refers to the arrangement of photos taken by mobile phones and cameras in work and life, which is very different from the arrangement of materials in the work of designers and product managers. Users are usually photographers and ordinary mobile phone users.

Daily use of mobile phones, taking photos and leaving many photos, some are warm moments with family, some are records of important scenes at work. However, the capacity of the mobile phone is always limited, and a large number of photos occupy most of the storage of the mobile phone, so it is always necessary to sort out and back them up to the computer every once in a while to clean up the space occupied by photos. This is especially true for professional photographers. After each shooting activity, it is often necessary to insert the SD card of the camera into the computer to store, back up and post-process the photos.

A trip, a beautiful sunset, a family reunion, a wedding shooting task, A working meeting records ...................................................................................................................................................... It always happens at a certain moment and an event, which is its natural attribute.

There is only one goal of photo sorting: to facilitate quick positioning in the later stage and find the photos you want. It's just like book management in a library. The purpose of book cataloging is to let readers find the books they need. So how to catalog the "bibliography" of photos, that is, how to establish the index of photos? This leads to the method of photo sorting, which is to establish photo index. What kind of photo arrangement method should be adopted to meet the multi-dimensional needs in the later period and find it quickly and conveniently?

Here, it is recommended that according to the causes of photos, the folder name is time+event, which is the basic structure and depends on the folder of the operating system. The description of other dimensions of photos is realized by tags. The label here does not refer to the attributes that can be extracted from photos, such as aperture number, focal length, size, shooting equipment, etc. , but keywords that describe the content of photos, such as blue sky, rivers, mountains, names, etc. , can be thick or thin. The creation of tags, the establishment of tag systems and the association with photos often need the assistance of software tools, which are not supported at the operating system level at present.

The reason why there is such a sorting method is designed according to MECE principle, that is, the photo sorting is "independent and completely exhausted" and will not fall behind or overlap. One-to-one coarse-grained sorting of photos by folder is the basis of managing photos; Tags annotate photos with "one-to-many" fine granularity, describe the properties of photos and classify them in multiple dimensions.

Now that there is a sorting method, let's introduce how Picsee realizes the above sorting method.

This step is to migrate photos from external devices (mobile phones, cameras, etc.). ) facing the computer. After migration, delete photos from external devices to make room for subsequent use. Picsee supports managing and exporting photos in PTP devices such as mobile phones and cameras. Of course, you can also use other tools.

Photos exported by mobile phones and cameras do not exist in the form of time+event folders. At this time, it is necessary to add the exported photos and references to Picsee by using the functions of Picsee, extract the timeline by using the multi-condition filtering and column sorting functions of Picsee, summarize the photos of the same event, rename (batch), and establish the folder infrastructure of time+events. This step can directly delete photos with poor quality.

The time+event folder is the basic structure, which is directly built on the operating system folder and can be used without Picsee. We can use this to establish a backup mechanism, such as regular backup to the hard disk or synchronization to the cloud.

Time and events provide two dimensions for finding photos. Using the characteristics of Picsee software, you can also find photos from the dimensions of format, shooting equipment, shape, size, color, location and so on. If you need to create an entry from another dimension, you need a tag to identify the entry of this dimension.

After renaming the photos in the (batch) time+events folder, and then tagging the photos in the (batch) folder, there will be an additional search item. The name of the tag is different from the name of the event, and it is based on the extrinsic properties of the photo. If you don't think of the right one, take the use priority as the principle, that is, what label do you want to use and what label do you want to create to identify the photos, and then organize, merge and rename them, and gradually form your own label system.

After labeling, if there are any special points to pay attention to in the photos in the folder, such as good quality and liking, you can label them with stars and fill in comments and explanations.

With time+events folders and tags, you can easily locate photos from multiple angles. For example, given a search task, I want to see "photos of a trip to Qingdao" and "photos of a technology sharing meeting".

For photos that have been imported into iPhoto, Picsee can also view and merge, but the form of merging here is copying, and photos in iPhoto will not be modified or deleted. As for the idea of merger, the steps and methods introduced above are not repeated here.