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04/16/2012 01:30:33 PM · #1 |
HELP, PLEASE!!
Need to do the following by this Wednesday!!!!
Ok, I'm scanning a boat load of old family photographs for my previous boss and he wants to be able to share them with his family.
I've not used any online photo storage places since I've not done much for other people with regards to photographs, so I need some help from those that know.
The main person setting this stuff up is bright, but not a technological genius by any stretch of the imagination and knows little about photos. He wants something simple to use.
He wants a place that he can EASILY upload photos to and where other members of the family can view and download from, without losing the original. I don't know if he wants the family to be able to upload photos to this place also, so that is secondary right now.
I know many places charge for storage, but that isn't the biggest issue, more so space and ease of use.
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. He wants this taken care of before Thursday and thus, any scanning I do after Thursday can be quickly uploaded to the chosen site. (This will save me having to purchase an external drive to save the photos too, then uploading to the online place.
*Note: Currently the photos are in a folder hierarchy, so if the sight would support folders of some type, that would be the best.
I look forward to any and all suggestions!!
Thank you! Me luv you long time.....xoxoxoxo
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04/16/2012 02:00:00 PM · #2 |
You might want to look at SmugMug. It's professional-looking, easy to implement (you can even publish directly from Lightroom if you wish). It's also pretty easy for users whom you direct there, and you have several choices for making galleries public or private and password-protecting.
The one thing you need to be aware of is that SmugMug does not allow arbitrary levels of folders. You can assign a category, and within that category you have a flat (single-level) of galleries, no nesting. For the end user, that's actually a plus, because it makes things very easy to find, however if there are large numbers of individual galleries, it can get messy.
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04/16/2012 02:25:49 PM · #3 |
I second smugmug. I have used them for a long time. //www.sophiaimages.com/
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04/16/2012 02:28:49 PM · #4 |
I don't think Zenfolio (ZF) has the same limitation on folders...and you can use this cool (free) program that automatically synchronizes your own folder tree with ZF, creating the folders on ZF for you.
//project.harim.at/Media+Gallery+Manager
ZF's web interface also uses an explorer like folder tree, which makes life easier (at least for me!). Though unfortunately it doesn't support drag and drop yet.
It's something like $25 a year for the cheapest account. (I have a pro account...just looked quickly for pricing.)
You can sign up for a free two week trial and give it a shot. (If he wants to sign up my code JS5-7XQ-F3A will give him 10% off)
Message edited by author 2012-04-16 14:29:14. |
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04/16/2012 04:03:06 PM · #5 |
| I do my folder organization in Lightroom and then post up the files on Flicker for give away photographs. Lightroom can then update any editing changes of additions to the portfolio with one push of the button. |
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04/17/2012 11:35:35 AM · #6 |
Gosh, some great info here! Once I'm done scanning this crop of photos and uploading, it will be up to the owner to continue to do so, thus it must be simple.
I had suggested SmugMug, but will also look at Zenfolio and offer up Flickr. Flickr is free and he might already be a member. All of the folders are already created, so it would just be a matter of uploding the subfolders which are self explanatory, should we not be able to do any type of heirarchy.
Someone here also mentioned pbase as I know they do tree structure files, but no clue what the ease of upload or maintenance is.
If anyone else has any suggestions, I would be open to exploring them.
Thank you all for your input and help.
OH, and last question....If the originals are all 3x5 snapshots, what would be the best resolution for scanning so they can have prints made should they choose?
You are all the best! |
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04/17/2012 12:02:21 PM · #7 |
| While you could get away with 300 dpi, I'd scan them at 600 dpi...a 3x5 at 600 dpi is still only 1800x3000 pixels. Easily manageable, and you'll certainly get good prints even larger than the original. |
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04/17/2012 03:03:32 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Neil:
While you could get away with 300 dpi, I'd scan them at 600 dpi...a 3x5 at 600 dpi is still only 1800x3000 pixels. Easily manageable, and you'll certainly get good prints even larger than the original. |
+1
When wading through many scans the temptation to speed things up by dropping to 300 dpi or even lower is tempting, but don't give in to that evil voice. If you use Lightroom there are aftermarket pluggins for uploading to most of the popular sharing sites to do your maintenance. I used to use PBase and found it easy to use, but haven't been using it since I converted to Lightroom, so that isn't much help but it worked well with Breeze. |
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04/17/2012 03:19:08 PM · #9 |
You can also look at Picasa. They have web storage & folders and it can be family friendly.
eta: And it's free.
Message edited by author 2012-04-17 15:19:25. |
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04/17/2012 03:56:32 PM · #10 |
I used Pbase years ago, and gave it up when they had *major* troubles with speed and accessibility. For a while folks were abandoning them in droves, but the fact that they are still around says they must have fixed at least the worst of the problems. From a browsing perspective, I think the best of the best are listed here, namely SmugMug, Picasa and Zenfolio (in no particular order).
I love to hate Flickr. I think the interface is about the worst thing I've encountered in a photo site.
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04/17/2012 04:01:47 PM · #11 |
You can also put them at almost any printing site (I use Costco mostly, sometimes KodakGallery for special papers) ... you can typically share the galleries, with the bonus effect that it's easy for anyone to order prints, and file storage is free. Not that elegant or customizable, but easy and free and not owned by Google ...
I still have a pBase account, but I only upload low-res pictures there, since they can usually be browsed by the public. The printing galleries mentioned above are private unless shared.
Message edited by author 2012-04-17 16:03:56. |
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04/17/2012 04:05:19 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
I used Pbase years ago, and gave it up when they had *major* troubles with speed and accessibility. For a while folks were abandoning them in droves, but the fact that they are still around says they must have fixed at least the worst of the problems. From a browsing perspective, I think the best of the best are listed here, namely SmugMug, Picasa and Zenfolio (in no particular order).
I love to hate Flickr. I think the interface is about the worst thing I've encountered in a photo site. |
Yes, picasa has made many upgrades. And they also link to google+ (since they're owned by them) or their private web albums. They've added a lot of functionality and made things easier overall. |
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04/17/2012 04:24:56 PM · #13 |
+1
Originally posted by Kelli:
You can also look at Picasa. They have web storage & folders and it can be family friendly.
eta: And it's free. |
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04/17/2012 05:25:16 PM · #14 |
| Does Picassa still do that horrible, "check every picture posted and on the computer everytime you do anything" thing? It used to lock up my computer for a minute or two every time I went to use it. |
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04/17/2012 05:35:34 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Does Picassa still do that horrible, "check every picture posted and on the computer everytime you do anything" thing? It used to lock up my computer for a minute or two every time I went to use it. |
I don't have any trouble with it. I use it like others use lightroom, to download, sort and keep organized. They've also added a bunch of new processing filters & stuff. |
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