JudyKay

Thank you, and a Merry Christmas to you all!

Thanks. That answers my question perfectly.

Any updates on the best video card to use these days?

You passed us somewhere along the way

Nicely done. Thanks, Barry. Thanks too for the reminder of Emmit Fenn's music.

For what it is worth, I have used both methods, card readers and direct connections. Perhaps about 50/50? I have had a few corrupted videos and photos, but maybe half a dozen out of 200,000 or so that I have processed in the last few years? The only disaster was the loss of a few hundred wedding photos I once lost on a backup drive--only backed up one place because I was in a hurry. The client never knew the difference (I had plenty more good images), but to this day, I do! I have had cords jerked out while transferring, Pepsi spills, you name it, rain, bitter cold (-50), monsoon rains, desert sandstorms, and my images have pretty well survived them all. I use middle-of-the-road quality cards.

Maybe when we speed up transfer rates.

How about automatically appending the right-most folder name to a duplicate file name: [filename]_[LastFolderName].[ext] Example: Assume we have conflicting duplicate filenames from different folders like this: D:/KomodoSlideShow/Day1/Komodo(1).jpg D:/KomodoSlideShow/Day2/Komodo(1).jpg Automatically rename the corresponding files during back-up like this: Komodo(1)_Day1.jpg Komodo(1)_Day2.jpg That would indicate where the file came from and maintain recognizable integrity of the filename. Also, files would still sort normally. A warning would be nice, so we have some idea that files have been renamed and will no longer exactly match the originals.

I have a recurring problem; I sometimes have photos in different folders by the same name coming from my lightroom catalog. The result is that I cannot create a Zip archive because of filename duplication. While the following solution is not ideal, I find myself sometimes wishing I could simply rename all the files from within PTE to resolve this problem--or at least rename the problem files. My current project has 420 slides in 10 sets of about 40 images. To rename all those files a folder at a time and then to figure out how to sort them is a lot of work. I don't always care (with notable exceptions if updates are likely) how files are named once imported to PTE, so a way to mass rename would save me a lot of time. Or perhaps someone already has a workable solution for this? For now, I am renaming files in original folders and re-importing and sorting in PTE. Note: I don't always realize i have duplicate names until I try to save or backup after a lot of work is done.

Thanks for sharing. I know that region of the world well.

Hmmm. I like that. Thanks.

Touching memorial. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice! Thanks.

You have a 16 MB file size limit. I create mini-videos (15 MB to stay under 16 MB) and sent a series.

This one?

Very nice. Thanks!

I like what you did there.

Agreed!

Hmmm. The video is private?

I know your work is always outstanding, and even then, each template is surprisingly beyond what I anticipated. Thank you!

Thanks! Outstanding as always.

I have a friend who is scanning hundreds of priceless old Asian slides. He uses a camera on a tripod and a hand-made black cardboard frame in a box taped to his window. I told him he was crazy and all the reasons why (imperfections in the glass window, clouds, color, bird flying by). He showed me the images. Stunning. His setup was free. His worry was that neighbors would think he was operating a spy device.

Your situation might be different than mine. I had some loose slides, slides in older types of carousels and many of the slides in Kodak-type carousels were "sticky" warped with age, humidity or something. I did not return slides to the carousels but did keep them in order and re-boxed and labeled. I would strongly consider the method you found if I had 1000's of slides in good condition in good carousels. The plustek software is very good as mentioned above and will save a lot of Lightroom / Photoshop (or whatever) work. There is sizable learning curve to get best results. Not every slide has to be best. Now and then you come across some incredible image that is worth a lot of labor and knowing how to capture it at is best is worth the work.

I and two associates have approximately 40,000 (?? I think) slides and negatives scanned with this (or a previous model): https://www.amazon.com/2PX0321-Plustek-OpticFilm-8200i-Scanner/dp/B009724JZY It's not perfect but with some experience is a good way to process 1000's. One model is about worn out but still works. The second new one is going strong.

I have done a lot of scanning and found no consistent way around hand cropping. You get the best job that way. Might depend how important good cropping is. In my experience, nearly all photos need some post-scan processing anyway. Dust. Color. Fuzz on the edge of a slide. Fingerprints on film. Makes me grimace to think of it.