Comments on: I Like Big Bytes, and I Cannot Lie http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/ Tips, Tricks, and Articles on Photography Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: PShizzy http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-921 PShizzy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:31:49 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-921 Ben, no solution is perfect. But being aware of every services limitations is good. Like I said, a lot of people use Flickr and are happy with it. Smugmug also is very popular and offers more features, but at a price. I love Photoshelter, because I feel completely secure with them maintaining my archive, but I am paying a healthy price for that security. You must always look at your needs and budget. If your budget is free, then Mediafire may be your best choice because it's possibly your only choice. Finally, remember that while places like Mediafire look safe, your work is still online and hosted by someone else. This is why I don't endorse the program as a backup site or anything, but for the sake of transferring files too large for emails, it's great. Ben, no solution is perfect. But being aware of every services limitations is good. Like I said, a lot of people use Flickr and are happy with it. Smugmug also is very popular and offers more features, but at a price. I love Photoshelter, because I feel completely secure with them maintaining my archive, but I am paying a healthy price for that security. You must always look at your needs and budget. If your budget is free, then Mediafire may be your best choice because it’s possibly your only choice. Finally, remember that while places like Mediafire look safe, your work is still online and hosted by someone else. This is why I don’t endorse the program as a backup site or anything, but for the sake of transferring files too large for emails, it’s great.

]]> By: Benwall http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Benwall Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:09:46 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-920 Ar...didn't realize that it converted tiffs, and there is a 20mb limit. Oh well, suits my needs. Mediafire sounds like a good deal though. Ar…didn’t realize that it converted tiffs, and there is a 20mb limit. Oh well, suits my needs. Mediafire sounds like a good deal though.

]]> By: PShizzy http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-913 PShizzy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:00:29 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-913 Ben, flickr is a thought, but not free if you want to upload full res images. Mediafire's limitation is 100MB, which is big enough for RAW files, jpegs, and most reasonable PSD files. 25 bucks a year is not much, but you also cant upload any filetype. Flickr's own page tells you that TIFF's or other image files will be converted to JPG, and that you're limited to 20MB per file. And that's with the Pro account. All in all, I'd stick with mediafire for now. Or consider Smugmug if I didn't have a lot of RAW files. Ben, flickr is a thought, but not free if you want to upload full res images. Mediafire’s limitation is 100MB, which is big enough for RAW files, jpegs, and most reasonable PSD files. 25 bucks a year is not much, but you also cant upload any filetype. Flickr’s own page tells you that TIFF’s or other image files will be converted to JPG, and that you’re limited to 20MB per file. And that’s with the Pro account. All in all, I’d stick with mediafire for now. Or consider Smugmug if I didn’t have a lot of RAW files.

]]> By: benwall http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-895 benwall Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:10:41 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-895 Hello... I upload my pictures to either my webspace or flickr (pro account, unlimited uploads) and the host the lnks on my blog and password protect a post so only the people I want seeing the post can do. Hello…
I upload my pictures to either my webspace or flickr (pro account, unlimited uploads) and the host the lnks on my blog and password protect a post so only the people I want seeing the post can do.

]]> By: Abraham http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Abraham Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:58:17 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-890 Hey...Media Fire is pretty cool...I am uploading files as we speak Thank you. RAW TO JPEG..Again pretty cool stuff, soo thank you for this one. it is going to save me time like you would not believe it.. awesome stuff. THANK YOU AGAIN!!! talk to you soon!!! Abe Hey…Media Fire is pretty cool…I am uploading files as we speak Thank you.
RAW TO JPEG..Again pretty cool stuff, soo thank you for this one. it is going to save me time like you would not believe it.. awesome stuff. THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

talk to you soon!!!

Abe

]]> By: PShizzy http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-889 PShizzy Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:26:44 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-889 Abe, .rar files are created by Winrar. You can decompress them using 7-Zip on the PC (its shareware but never dies), or with the free Zipeg on the Mac. Both open the usual assortment of compressed files, making them both useful and convenient. I don't know of anything that would come close to QImage. If you find anything, let me know. At best, you can do certain aspects of QImage in Photoshop (ganging photos, uprez, ICC profiles), but that's not free either, and while Photoshop is great for editing photos, QImage is meant to print photos, and does a great job of it. Next up, BACKUP. Your system is thorough but may be a big time sink. Burning 3 copies of DVD's for a job probably requires a lot of time, which in effect means you've spent money by NOT working. remember, time is money. Consider a third backup, say a hard drive in a security box at the bank. Or you could go online. Carbonite is highly regarded, but ultimately, the problem is uploading. Even with high speed networks allowing us to move a megabyte a second, that means every gigabyte would take over 15 minutes. If like me, you have a Terabyte of files, that's 15,000 minutes, or essentially over 10 days of uninterrupted uploading at peak efficiency. Basically, you're asking the impossible. Not only that, but 1MB per second is a bit of a reach for most standard cable or DSL users. At some point, I will be writing an article on backup, covering hardware, software, and online services. I'm not an expert but I've tried a lot of different methods. Look for that article in the future. Abe, .rar files are created by Winrar. You can decompress them using 7-Zip on the PC (its shareware but never dies), or with the free Zipeg on the Mac. Both open the usual assortment of compressed files, making them both useful and convenient.

I don’t know of anything that would come close to QImage. If you find anything, let me know. At best, you can do certain aspects of QImage in Photoshop (ganging photos, uprez, ICC profiles), but that’s not free either, and while Photoshop is great for editing photos, QImage is meant to print photos, and does a great job of it.

Next up, BACKUP. Your system is thorough but may be a big time sink. Burning 3 copies of DVD’s for a job probably requires a lot of time, which in effect means you’ve spent money by NOT working. remember, time is money. Consider a third backup, say a hard drive in a security box at the bank. Or you could go online. Carbonite is highly regarded, but ultimately, the problem is uploading. Even with high speed networks allowing us to move a megabyte a second, that means every gigabyte would take over 15 minutes. If like me, you have a Terabyte of files, that’s 15,000 minutes, or essentially over 10 days of uninterrupted uploading at peak efficiency. Basically, you’re asking the impossible. Not only that, but 1MB per second is a bit of a reach for most standard cable or DSL users.

At some point, I will be writing an article on backup, covering hardware, software, and online services. I’m not an expert but I’ve tried a lot of different methods. Look for that article in the future.

]]> By: Abraham http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Abraham Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:24:06 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-888 One more question. BACK UP files. I usually back up my work in two different hard drives, one stays in the studio and the other at home. I also burn three DVD copies of each job two are archival and one stays in the studio.Now how about also backing it up on line such carbonite.com (this is unlimited space or what do you think would be a good backing up photo jobs workflow... thank you again ABE One more question. BACK UP files. I usually back up my work in two different hard drives, one stays in the studio and the other at home. I also burn three DVD copies of each job two are archival and one stays in the studio.Now how about also backing it up on line such carbonite.com (this is unlimited space or what do you think would be a good backing up photo jobs workflow… thank you again

ABE

]]> By: Abraham http://www.pshizzy.com/2008/10/i-like-big-bytes-and-i-cannot-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-887 Abraham Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:16:11 +0000 http://www.pshizzy.com/?p=246#comment-887 Cool..I am checcking it..it is a waist of time emailing a bunch of photos at a time..this may help. Speacking of helping websitesI found a website: youconvertit.com I need to convert a .rar file to something I can use. What is a .rar file and how the heck can I use it. I downloaded several PS brusshes from deviantart.com but they are .rar file, i which I can use these files. Now speacking of FREE stuff do you know a free software which may do the same as QIMAGE, thank you for the help and info!!!! Abe Cool..I am checcking it..it is a waist of time emailing a bunch of photos at a time..this may help. Speacking of helping websitesI found a website: youconvertit.com I need to convert a .rar file to something I can use. What is a .rar file and how the heck can I use it. I downloaded several PS brusshes from deviantart.com but they are .rar file, i which I can use these files. Now speacking of FREE stuff do you know a free software which may do the same as QIMAGE, thank you for the help and info!!!!
Abe

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