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Software to backup pictures with recompression
Hi,
I am looking to backup my digital pictures to my FTP/web space online. However, I have more than 4 Gb of pictures, most of my pictures are taken at 2 or3 mega pixels, so the individual files are quite large. What I would like to do is recompress all the pictures to a lower resolution (say 800x600) before the backup, so the size is much smaller. This way, I can achieve backup and still at least have the pictures viewable at screen quality in case my PC fails. Does anybody know a tool/utility, able to do batch processing/recompression of pictures, and also able to work accross sub-folders automatically? Thanks, Tom |
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Software to backup pictures with recompression
Tom wrote:
Hi, I am looking to backup my digital pictures to my FTP/web space online. However, I have more than 4 Gb of pictures, most of my pictures are taken at 2 or3 mega pixels, so the individual files are quite large. What I would like to do is recompress all the pictures to a lower resolution (say 800x600) before the backup, so the size is much smaller. This way, I can achieve backup and still at least have the pictures viewable at screen quality in case my PC fails. Does anybody know a tool/utility, able to do batch processing/recompression of pictures, and also able to work accross sub-folders automatically? I suggest that you forget this idea. What is the point of backing up a degraded quality of your pictures? If your HD crash, you will NEVER get your original pictures back. 4 Gb is not much. You can make a backup of all your pictures on one DVD. I got 80 Gb of pictures (~ 3 years). I use both DVD and DLT for backuping up my pictures. -- Jørn Dahl-Stamnes http://www.dahl-stamnes.net/Foto/ |
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Software to backup pictures with recompression
"Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I am looking to backup my digital pictures to my FTP/web space online. However, I have more than 4 Gb of pictures, most of my pictures are taken at 2 or3 mega pixels, so the individual files are quite large. What I would like to do is recompress all the pictures to a lower resolution (say 800x600) before the backup, so the size is much smaller. This way, I can achieve backup and still at least have the pictures viewable at screen quality in case my PC fails. Does anybody know a tool/utility, able to do batch processing/recompression of pictures, and also able to work accross sub-folders automatically? Thanks, Tom A better approach is to backup to CDs or DVDs, even make more than one copy. I put each day's work on a CD or more than one CD, then consolidate a week's work on a DVD. Servers crash. I have had to upload my backup files to my server more than several times. Keep the original files. That is my opinion. |
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Software to backup pictures with recompression
Tom wrote:
Hi, I am looking to backup my digital pictures to my FTP/web space online. However, I have more than 4 Gb of pictures, most of my pictures are taken at 2 or3 mega pixels, so the individual files are quite large. What I would like to do is recompress all the pictures to a lower resolution (say 800x600) before the backup, so the size is much smaller. This way, I can achieve backup and still at least have the pictures viewable at screen quality in case my PC fails. Does anybody know a tool/utility, able to do batch processing/recompression of pictures, and also able to work accross sub-folders automatically? Thanks, Tom |
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Software to backup pictures with recompression
Thanks, I am backing-up my PC files to DVDs, but I also like to have an
online backup (encrypted), in case there is a fire at home for example. I know I could have the DVDs offsite also, but it's more maintenance and DVDs are not necessarily reliable anyway. The internet provider where my website is hosted is very reliable. "Rudy Benner" wrote in message ... "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, I am looking to backup my digital pictures to my FTP/web space online. However, I have more than 4 Gb of pictures, most of my pictures are taken at 2 or3 mega pixels, so the individual files are quite large. What I would like to do is recompress all the pictures to a lower resolution (say 800x600) before the backup, so the size is much smaller. This way, I can achieve backup and still at least have the pictures viewable at screen quality in case my PC fails. Does anybody know a tool/utility, able to do batch processing/recompression of pictures, and also able to work accross sub-folders automatically? Thanks, Tom A better approach is to backup to CDs or DVDs, even make more than one copy. I put each day's work on a CD or more than one CD, then consolidate a week's work on a DVD. Servers crash. I have had to upload my backup files to my server more than several times. Keep the original files. That is my opinion. |
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Software to backup pictures with recompression
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:53:44 +0100, "Tom" wrote:
Does anybody know a tool/utility, able to do batch processing/recompression of pictures, and also able to work accross sub-folders automatically? Irfanview, freeware, will allow you to batch resize to virtually any size you want. It will also allow you to use options to sharpen, lighten, etc. during the process. It can also work across subfolders. www.irfanview.com -- jimbok |
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Software to backup pictures with recompression
Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
Jørn Dahl-Stamnes wrote: I got 80 Gb of pictures (~ 3 years). I use both DVD and DLT for backuping up my pictures. While I agree that DVD is a great cheap backup for everyday needs for the basic user, a DLT and AIT drive is not only slow, but also can be more problematic and less reliable due to premature tape failure. This is why we totally abandoned ours to use U320 SCSI drives for our backup media of choice. They are extremely fast, reliable, and very inexpensive. DVDs don't offer that long life-time as DLT. And I have never had any problems with premature tape failure or any other failure. -- Jørn Dahl-Stamnes http://www.dahl-stamnes.net/Foto/ |
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Software to backup pictures with recompression
Tom wrote:
Thanks, I am backing-up my PC files to DVDs, but I also like to have an online backup (encrypted), in case there is a fire at home for example. I know I could have the DVDs offsite also, but it's more maintenance and DVDs are not necessarily reliable anyway. The internet provider where my website is hosted is very reliable. Keep a copy of the DVD at some friends or rent a safty deposit box at your local bank (which I do). You could keep a copy at work too. -- Jørn Dahl-Stamnes http://www.dahl-stamnes.net/Foto/ |
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