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Hey /e/, I have a question.
I was wondering, what kind of folders you have in your general hentai archive. Did you split it up in catagories? do you use sub-catagories? and what kinds?
I guess the general question of all this is: How do you organize your ecchi/hentai?

I am asking this because i have sorted my stuff in to catagories such as penetration, angels and demons, ecchi, etc, and with this way of sorting pictures, it all still feels like a mess, so any tips on how to improve on organizing would be great.
>> Anonymous
files saved off 4chan all go in the same folder and never have their file names changed
files saved from other sources go in a subdirectory and get renamed if it's trying to replace something else

the closest thing i have to sorting is date saved, because every month that folder, along with everything else gets backed up and the hard drive is formatted
>> Anonymous
well, that seems even more messier than what im doing :P
Im trying to make it all more accessable. fro example, what if you have a picture of a catgirl, but she is masturbating? are you gonna put it in the cat folder or masturbation folder? these are questions i have to ask myself all the time.
>> Anonymous
bump
>> RiderFan !!o7sFgCyZbre
I generally sort a picture as follows:
Who is she?
What is she wearing?
What is she doing?
>> Anonymous
I don't have hentai stuff, as in actual sex. Sure I have some lesbian & furiously masturbating girls but thats about as /h/ as it gets in my /e/ collection.

Anyway, its just ones that have a name AKA familiar with the characters/series or artists & the ones that are "Unknown" in a separate folder.
>> Anonymous
>>628652
>>628656

hmm... still feels pretty random if you ask me
>> Anonymous
i just sort them by source and date.
>> Anonymous
>>628697

but how will that make me find (fx) catgirls any faster?
>> Anonymous
>>628700
that's just how i sort them and yea, it's inefficient. i used to sort them in detailed sub-folders, but they eventually got too many layers. i just gave up.
i guess having a file management software that allows you to tag photos will help.
>> Anonymous
PCs need a tagging system similar to the 'boorus. Then I'd just say "screw folders".
>> Anonymous
>>628707

yeah, ive been thinking about tagging my pictures aswell, but that would take ages! Ages i tell ya!!
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
Anything that is anime or video game fanart goes into either the Anime or Game folder, then sorted by series, then by character if there's more than one girl in the show.

Anything not fanart and by a known artist goes in the Artists folder, then sorted by artist.

Anything not known goes in the Random folder.
>> Anonymous
windows photo gallery (comes with vista by default, can be installed on xp) has a tagging system.

inb4 MS = AIDS and etc.
>> Anonymous
I've managed to make a system that works. But it admittedly took some time.

Using the Save Image in Folder extension for Firefox I can pretty easily divide up where I save pics to. Then from there I sort them to sub folders. And I create new subfolders as necessary. The structure works because it's only as complicated as it needs to be. If I find I have too many of one kind (like open dress shirts) I make a folder for them, and dump them in. That keeps each folder to a workable size.

Overall though sorting isn't hard. I can do 500 in half an hour because they're already in a basic category; just drag and drop. Each folder holds around 500 to 2000 so it isn't too much work. I'll post an example next, in case anyone cares to see.
>> Anonymous
An example of a "Panties" folder:

Panties (and lack thereof)
-Bottomless
-Covering/Spreading (when they've got their hands there)
-Maebari
-Masturbation
-Skirts
-Tight (and half off, pulled down, to the side, etc.)

See how it works? Any picture that focuses on that wonderful area goes in the folder, and from their specific ones go in subfolders. That keeps each folder to a fair size. And that's important, because if I want to find a catgirl who masturbates, well, it'll be in that folder.

Now, if you like catgirls so much that you don't want them to be in sparate folders, you can just name or tag each one in the folders. Looking through a few hundred doesn't take long, so you can name them all and then next time a tag or filename search will locate them for you.

I find this works very well, it's a lot easier than tagging, and I can still search through a folder in a matter of minutes.
>> Anonymous
Last comment for now.

When it comes to artists, doujins, or specific series and characters they get their own folders. That way anything general has its place and if I need a picture of Samus she's not buried in some subfolders of blonde hair or such.
>> Anonymous
call (407) 381-4295 if you're interested in a girl who can have a good time
>> Anonymous
>>628775
>>628778
>>628783

Ive been doing sorta the same thing, but it is when it comes to pictures who has lots of catagories in it, that i dont know which folder to put it in, and eventually i end up deleting it (im kind of a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like that)
>> Anonymous
I have one folder for every image I save, it is called Random. When the folder gets too big, I take out a thousand images and give it it's own numbered folder on my external ie: Random 24
>> Anonymous
>>628810
It could work if you only have to tag/name those few images though.

You could just use simple filenames like
>catgirl panties bed masturbating topless.jpg
They'd be easy to type up quickly.
>> Anonymous
>>628817

well, yeah, but if i do it for a couple, i will probably feel like i should do it with all of them (which would be totally sweet, but would take ages)
>> Anonymous
>>628838
So you have a lot that are in too many categories? Because I was just thinking that this is exactly how I tag images on Danbooru. A quick type and it's tagged.

Speaking of Danbooru, why can't we get the tags embedded somehow when we save pictures? Vista has the ability to see tags right in explorer itself. So I wonder why isn't there some way yet?
>> Anonymous
>>628850

i was thinking the same thing, about the tagging when saving a picture. That could be very useful when coming from a site such as danbooru
>> Anonymous
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If they are random pictures i put them in a Random Hentai File (RHF), if i get 500 random pics I start another RHF and continue on. The reason I choose 500 is because it makes it easy to find repeats and to label pics. If I get enough pics that are by the same artist or series I make a separate file just for those (ex. File labeled "August" which contains HCG from Operation Sanctuary, Fortune Arterial, Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na). The method I use suits my purposes it could or could not work for you. Just keep in mind that you might need names of Artists, Brands, Series, or fetishes or whatever, while keeping out repeat pics.
>> Anonymous
>>628850
Tags can also be viewed in XP if you download the update from MS.
>> Anonymous
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im trying out a new system here... ill post a pic of it in a but and tell if it works good enough.

Meanwhile, i would really love the name of this girl. Ive heard it a couple of times, but i keep forgetting.
>> Anonymous
>>628863

Haruhi Suzumiya is her name and she is from The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya
>> Anonymous
Query:
What percent of 4chan's population is familiar with how to effectively use tags with .jpg images?
>> Anonymous
>>628868

Thanks ^^
>> Anonymous
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Got me motivated to do some sorting. 967 images down to 417.
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okay, heres my first experiment (which is probably already used by lots of people, lol)
It is sort of a 4chan design, with four main catagories, an artist folder and a character folder. So far, its actually pretty good, and this way, you are able to sort things out in greater detail (you can now have a catgirl folder with cute posing catgirls in /e/, and one with catgirls getting rammed in /h/)
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>>628934
Ohhh, I get it. A 7 is a slash. 7e7 is /e/. I use -e-.
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>> Anonymous
>>628942

lol, yup. I was trying to find a substitute to "/", but the only thing close to it was a 7.
>> Anonymous
>>628934

I gotta ask, how many pics are you working with?
>> Anonymous
>>628859
where!?
>> Anonymous
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My folders are spearated thusly:

E
>Amazon (Contains my tanned and tribal women)
>Astaroth (Contains Astaroth)
>Hallowvale (Continas my goth/fantasy women)
>Neko (Contians catgirls)
>Tex (Contiains women in leather or latex)
>Uncategorized (Contins pictures that dont fit into those categories or that I have yet to categorize- default save folder)

I'll put up pics from any folder for those that ask. My collection isn't large but its all high-quality.
>> Anonymous
>>628949

incredibly close to 5000 pictures of nothing but uncensored material.

I know it isnt much, but uncensored pictures are a bit more difficult to obtain.
>> Anonymous
>>628953

20784 pics, I know what you mean I have a lot of HCG (about 40%) that I wish was uncensored.
>> Anonymous
>>628955

heh. Ive been collecting nothing but uncensored, and because of that, i run into censored pictures every day that i wish were uncensored.
>> Anonymous
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>>628957

As you can see this is just a small sample from one of my files, I have a lot to organize and if I could find the uncensored stuff I would completely change my files. I also have the problem of not knowing what HCG, /e/, and other stuff belongs to who, I notice some get pissed when you ask. There needs to be a database that shows HCG, series, artist, and so on. This is probably for another thread.
>> Anonymous
okay, so this 4chan interface is going really well, but since i need to create new catagories (ones that im not familiar with), i would like a brief description of the following ones if someone would bother.
the first one i need help with is "pantsu" - is this just girls flashing their panties? Or is it more specific?
Also, what kinds of catagories should every collector have?
>> Anonymous
>>628978

i believe this has helped out many with the same problem as you when it comes to identifying artist/hcg/etc

http://iqdb.yi.org/

im not really familiar with it, so im not the right person to ask if you bump into any problems.
>> Anonymous
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>>628982

Pantsu can be anything from a small tease to wearing nothing but pantsu.
>> Anonymous
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>>628999

but basicly its just any girl wearing panties, correct?
this pic is pantsu, no?
>> Anonymous
>>629021
>>628999

Yes, I wasn't specific enough. Pantsu can be anything it just depends where you draw the line between /e/, /h/, /c/, different series and other stuff like that.
>> Anonymous
>>629028

great, thanks for the answer ^^
>> Anonymous
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I've got a question here, aside from figuring out how to organize your pics, what program do you use (ex. excel, word, access) to keep track of how many pics you have if you go so far. I want to know if you go as far as to keeping your pics on the books.
>> Anonymous
>>629054

i dont quite understand the question. If you wanna figure out how many pictures you have, you can always right click on your folder and go to properties.
>> Nightmare !FhDgUV.Y6o
>>628925
MERYL?!
>> Anonymous
>>629063

I guess you can think of this as a program that tells you things like numbers, percentages, those of you that can identify pics and have the energy to label them to prevent getting repeat pics. The thing I am thinking of are automated programs that automatically tell you the number of pics you have, how much space that they are taking up, and can call files anytime you need. I think these programs are used by people who have a lot of pics, around the neighborhood of 60,000 or more, something for numbers freaks.
>> Anonymous
>>629079

hmm... sorry. dont think i can help you with that. I only have an image viewer program :P
>> Anonymous
I've got an /e/ folder (with Ass, tits, and misc. subsections), a folder for each sort of penetration, a couple of fetish folders, and my overly large Pokémon folder, which could probably use sorting itself, past the sort by girl stage.
>> Anonymous
I use:
ecchi- almost shows vag but doesn't
bathhouse- wet/shower/bath/pool/waterother
good- shows uncensored vag but not nipples
nice- shows uncensored vag and nipples
quality- other, mostly clothed but hot or just nipples or censored but hot
small- very small image size, like avatar or thumbnail or small animated gif
>> Anonymous
i used a very old system kinda like 4chan's use of letters to describe the board (or in the case of my pics, the type of pic)
An example would be h for hentai, followed by an underscore then the name i chose followed by a zero then the next highest number if the name has already been taken, example.
h_aeka01
h_aeka02
etc, etc
(in this case, its aeka from tenchi muyo, in its own folder with its own name)
then came r, for real (r_blonde01)
g for gif, m for movie, l for lolicon, and so on and so on.

In my system, i was careful to stay away from american names or easily searchable words, like slut, anal, michelle, amber, porn, babes, etc etc.
>> Anonymous
/e/
- Unknown
- - Human
- - - Masturbation
- - - Painties
- - - etc...
- - Anthro
- - - Masturbation
- - - Painties
- - - etc...
- Known Character
- - (List of names)
- - - Masturbation
- - - Panties
- - - etc...
>> Anonymous
Doujins/manga/CG sets go in their own folders, sorted by artist if I know who it is (which is usually the case), or in an unknown artist folder if I don't. Single pictures are in another folder, which is divided according to type of penetration or lack thereof, and I have another subfolder for animated gifs as well.
>> Casterday !!Tf4hX9zOMIO
>>629233
fucking furfag

Organization method:
character:
-- ecchi
-- clothed
-- nude
-- other
series
-- eechi
-- clothed
-- nude
-- other
d folder:
characters
-- tentacles
-- futa
-- other
series
-- tentacles
-- futa
-- other
>> RiderFan !!o7sFgCyZbre
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A set of basic folders that I use to sort images. It works for me, but may not for some of you.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wmri5wgygfv
>> Anonymous
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JPEG image with EXIF tags.
>> [FAKE Razor] !YgQRHAJqRA
11000 images.

1 folder only.

No organization.
>> Anonymous
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Mine is a mixture of characters, series and situation/clothing.

I try not to categorise very specific things.
>> Anonymous
>>629240
Your organization confuses me. It's so simple and limited to only a few things. How does this structure help you at all? Half of it isn't even /e/.
>> Anonymous
Just install a 'booru.
>> Anonymous
I didn't keep mine separated for the longest time, then a couple weeks ago I just tried separating them by board, cause in all honesty 90% of my porn comes from 4chan. I spent like 2 hours sorting em and I thought I was close, but I looked and I still had like 15 hundred pictures alone to sort
>> Anonymous
>>629711
How does I installed booru's?
>> Anonymous
>>629448
post some haruhi/rapidshit your folder
>> Atma !!LO4PPdP0cK8
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I got a pretty good system going... Although this is just my pics folder, which is 90% /e/ anyways... I cant say I have quite a hefty /h/ collection to need sorting like this...
>> Atma !!LO4PPdP0cK8
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>> Anonymous
>>629762
Yeah, that's more like it. And from there you can sort by just drag and drop, right?
>> Atma !!LO4PPdP0cK8
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>>629777

Yup! And eventually when they are all sorted, I can just save each pic in the appropriate folders. No more sorting!!

Sometimes I run into the problem of duplicates under different categories, so I just use Duplicate File Detector. It works wonders when you use Down Them all to download every pic in a thread.
>> Anonymous
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My folder structure
>> Anonymous
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Art
-General Uncategorized
folder-Nude
folder-futa/every thing else

Video Game
-GU(soon organizing series)
folder-nude

Anime
-GU(soon organizing series)
folder-nude

Tans
folder-Nude

Mech Musume
F-N

H.miku
F-N

Pokemanz
F-N
>> Anonymous
fap:
e
d
h
hc
s
t

I just dump anything into their respective folders, with sets or doujins getting their own sub folders.
>> Anonymous
I put everything in a single directory and use tags in the file name:
catgirl-masturbation-redhair-originalfilename.jpg
Then I use a bunch of shell scripts to search the files.
>> Anonymous
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This is pretty much what I've been working on. The first 3 are still unsorted, and the "done" is now a lie because I keep saving images into them. I like FastStone's batch renaming for tagging.
>> Anonymous
these look good i need to do this too
>> Anonymous
>>630053
thanks for the lulz of "non-nude"
>> Anonymous
3 or more girls go in my multi folder. 2 girls with 2 different hair colors go in a seperate folder then into another folder with their two hair colors. lastly girls with same hair color or just one girl go in their hair color folder
>> Anonymous
Such a pain organizing... Do I make folders based on series and characters, or based more towards the Categories only? If I had the HD space for dupes, I'd have a better library, but I'm stuck on a laptop and dupes are a waste of space...

Windows doesn't have a sort of Tagging program built in does it? Would make organizing so much easier... but the pain is going into my monster of a library *sigh*
>> Anonymous
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>>629742
I would rapidshit my ecchi folder, but since it's probably small compared to most (I'm a newfag), it's not worth the bother. It doesn't even have 1000 images.

Anyway, here's a Haruhi image as compensation.
>> Anonymous
I have various folders for different types of hentai, like yuri has it's own folder, and then there's a general ecchi folder. Within the ecchi folder I divide the pictures by series or artist, not in folders like "DFC," "big breasts," or "pantsu." That would take too much time.