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Wallpaper management theRat
So, what do you use to manage your collection? I'm currently hitting the 2.5k milestone, and I can't find anything.
Apps that allow to find duplicates, rename in batchs, convert image types, and assign easily tags for searching. Already have GQView, but it's barely doing the job...
>> Anonymous
>>207391

I just use Picasa
>> Anonymous
a wallpaper folder and spotlight
>> HerrHATO !.5BD/wHb8k
>>207391

Doesn't help if duplicates have different file names.
>> Anonymous
39.8K of files. Just windows folders, labelled by anime, game, or artist, and a duplicate file detector. Unidentified files go into an unsorted, non-anime, moe, or ecchi file. Periodically, I go through the unsorted folder to identify wallpapers. It depends on how you want to use your folders, of course. Myself, I only want to see wallpapers from a specific anime series, and I use a wallpaper changer that you can specify which folder to use.
>> Anonymous
>>207414

There are lots of utilities out there
http://tinyurl.com/32jsxg
>> ThumbsPlus version 7 Anonymous
Additional sort options (similarity, orientation, image size).

http://www.cerious.com/thumbnails.shtml
>> anonymous
GQview eh

i use imagemagik command line tools
in a few shell scripts for renaming and
conversion tasks

it's easier on the resources
>> HAL9000 !aUC8h1oEKI
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>>207441
I use the same method... I REALLY need to sort a ton of stuff too.
I used dupe detector before my OS drive failed.
is this the same proggy you use for finding duplicates as well?
>> HerrHATO !.5BD/wHb8k
>>207393

I'd use Picasa any day over anything else for duplicate detection. Or wall management in general.
>> HAL9000 !aUC8h1oEKI
>>207507
Had picasa, chews up resources fairly bad.. I think it was just the initial image gathering that killed me..
I'll grab it again though, I didn't know it had dupe detection.
>> HerrHATO !.5BD/wHb8k
>>207508

If you think Picasa ate up system resources try running a copy of iPhoto 6. NOTHING eats up more system resources than iPhoto, not even HALO.
>> Anonymous
I personally use doublekiller to eliminate most duplicate files. Renaming well Rnameit.
>> Anonymous
imatch not free though
>> Anonymous
4.58GB. I use Picasa and an unstoppable filing system to track something on the order of 4,100 files in 140 subfolders.

In before e-pen0r comparisons start.
>> Anonymous
using ACDsee to convert (support every types) and batch rename. it can also find duplicate & use tags
but for tags, i prefer picasa. plus its faster than acdsee and i love the thumbnails view
>> Anonymous
>>207508
I use Picasa, but to stop it taking a few months to scan all your pictures when you first start, just don't set it to scan for pictures, add your folders manually, then you can set it to scan the folders everytime you start it, if you want to.
>> Anonymous
I throw them into a single folder called "wallpapers"
>> Anonymous
>>207962

You manage your wallpapers poorly.
>> Anonymous
>>207972
Maybe he only has 2-3walls
>> theRat
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Best advice ever. Glad I did it while the collection is still smallish, later down the road would have been a nightmare...
>> Anonymous
I arrange my wallpapers first by resolution, then by anime title/name.

e.g. Wallpapers/Anime/1680x1050/NGE/
>> Anonymous
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I'm using Picasa2.

Currently 7k "tagged" files out of 11k. Wish I was better at detecting anime titles though, since it would be a lot better if I could tag those along with the normal tags.

I recommend against the picasa2 duplicate file checker though. Used it once, and it seemed like it only detected files of the same filesize and content. Dupdetector is slightly better at detecting less obvious copies. (but it also return more false ones, sigh)

Also, have one of my not yet sorted walls as a token of how nice it is with these topics.
>> Anonymous
Any ideas for mac? I currently use web-based software and mysql, it isn't that bad though and can be accessed remotely
>> Anonymous can't fail
I use rname-it program for renaming hundred files in two seconds. Actually it's very easily without any third part programs to find all duplicated files. Use Windows search and arrange files in with the size. Then you delete same files. It's not that hard.

Btw I want all your 1280*1024 walls. If you want to upload to MiHD.

Here is all my 1280*1024 wallies in one pack. Enjoy! :)
http://mihd.net/mu3wv5
>> HAL9000 !aUC8h1oEKI
>>208172
link to file renaming proggy please
>> Anonymous
Could you upload 2406?
>> Anonymous can't fail
>>208182
Sorry broken. This is little newer version and link is working.
http://i.download.idg.pl/fannef/2ca421c216ce6bf6e3641c7c17f9516e/460815cb/vol2/w95/other/Rname-it_v3
.11/rname-it.zip
>> theRat
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sure, why not
>> Anonymous can't fail
theRat, how many 1280*1024 wallpapers u got? Want give a MiHD link?
>> Anonymous
I just do everything manually. How fun.

Documents>Wallpapers>Anime Title>Character ###
Unless I don't know the character, of course. That's a bummer. Then it just gets Anime Title ###
Or if I don't know the anime itself. Then it just stays in "no idea" folder. :P
>> theRat
>>208188
186 files found. Will try to upload it in the morning.
>> Anonymous
For sorting I just put everything into their respective folder (Azumanga, Black Lagoon, Unknown, etc...). Name them the name of the show followed by a number (azu001, azu002,...).
If you mean sorting them for usage, then you should probably check out Wallpaper Master. I have about 1k wallpapers, and using Wallpaper Master I can have my wallpaper change automatically every so often.
>> anonymous can't fail
>>208446
Is it morning already? Daylight here, pm 2:20
>> ? !u20ruK34/.
I delete what I don't like anymore. That goes for music too, and movies that I've seen and don't feel like seeing again =D
>> Anonymous
>>208654
How is that at all relevant to this thread?
>> theRat
>>208620
err... sorry, I'm stuck for the day with a dial-up. Mañana
>> ? !u20ruK34/.
>>208655
It's how I manage my wallpapers.

Well, else ways I'd have a "Wallpapers" main folder. In that I'd put topic folders like "Anime", "Movies", "Lemonparty", etc. In each of those I'd put "x batch" folders, where X is a number and then just add a new folder when I felt like there's enough in the previous (or use one batch per month even). So that's in a chronologic way .. the topics are pretty broad, I wouldn't add batch folders to just a single anime folder.
>> Anonymous
Do you guys just collect wallpapers? I don't see the point in having gigs in wallpapers that you probably wont use. Then again... I do the same thing with mp3s.
>> Anonymous
I manage my wallz with kfm, good enough even with thousands files. I rename stuff with metamorphose since I'm too lazy to learn sed and other shits. So I drop all the stuff in wallpapers/, don't need to make sub-directories.
>> Anonymous
acdsee
>> Anonymous
I pity you, I sympathize minus the fact I won't deal with dial up unlike you...good luck
>> Anonymous
>>208688
For me, if I like a wallpaper I'll save it. When I save it, I think "this will be a good wallpaper to use later on" but I don't want to change my wallpaper at the time. So a lot of stuff just ends up collecting dust, metaphorically speaking.
>> Anonymous can't fail
Haahaa. Of course I use all of them (only best ones). I change my wp 1-3 times in a week.

theRat, are you still uploading it? :(
>> Anonymous
>>208702
people have collected weird stuff since the dawn of time... with the advent of the internet, we can find new and interesting things to collect.