Man, did I ever strike the mother lode today.

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31. Any suggestions on naming the image files

so they load/run in chronological order? or some other order you might desire?

What works for you? or anyone with experience at this? Am I overlooking something simple?

I am scanning my old slides and family photos. I haven't found a satisfactory naming convention yet. Year/month/day followed by a general description then a number is useful for more recent pics. (e.g., 2013-12-25 Xmas01.jpg - sometimes with a special photo I add a name, e.g., 2013-12-25 Xmas 01 Santa.jpg)

But it gets more complicated when working with very old family pics with no idea of the dates. Or old slides and no certainty of the year (some have printed dates on the mounts, some don't, and my memory is not what it used to be).

Thanks for any help/ideas on this. I'm about to tackle a slide tray of my Christmas shots of my kids from the 1960s/70s and would love to start off this year of scanning with a good naming system.

Wat