Using DT, I would import, then rate/cull/tag/ and process the images. I figure this will quickly get my images on my hard drive, generally sorted, ready for import into DT. As an example Photos/2021/3 - Air and Space Museum. This folder will have parent folders by year, I would just add my newly created Year/Month/Day/Description folders in the year parent folder.

Once they are organized, I will place them in my master Photos folder. This is just pure grab similar things and stuff them in a sub folder that describes them. Go through the images and sort them to the sub folder(s). But I need a better up-front system.ġ) I have a Sort folder - this is where all photos will be downloaded from my memory card or camera.Ģ) Inside the Sort folder, create sub folders with the structure Year-Month-Day- Description. Nice that I can enter a tag, and if DT can find it, it will load the photo. I will tag by location and or subject mostly, but have started adding more tags as I go. I like the idea that Darktable has a tagging feature, and I use it. I'm home recovering from a surgery and it seems the perfect time to come up with a system that will allow me to sort and store my images for easy search and retrieval. So I'm finding out (way too late) my organization system stinks.

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