PembrokeSteve Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Hi, How do all you Astro Imagers on this forum "SAVE" all of your precious hard earned work? So far i have bought three Toshiba mini portable hard drives to save my Astro images on. Do the majority of you also do this to safely back up your images? I have started to save my images within created folders (ie) named "Astro - Mar-2018" etc according to month and year. I then name my finalissed processed image (the image that I feel "is the best" I have processed) , as follows :- M42-02-24-2018_20.15UT_VixenVC200L_Canon450D I also keep a manual log book, cross referencing the above File Names (ie) detailing exposure information, amounts of subs, darks etc. My final image is Always saved as a seperate Tiff and a seperate JPEG. Am I on the right track here, in what I am doing? Grateful for tips and advice. Regards, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carastro Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I have mine stored in several places. The actual Raw/Fits files are on my computer, in case I want to re-process them at a later date, or add to them. I also have folders where I stack and process them, so I have the final tiffs for each filter stored here too. I tend to name the files according to the camera and scope used, and also the length of files so I can refer back. Normally each folder contains the relevant flats as well. The final images are generally kept in a separate folder, and these I have hosted on Flicker and Astrobin as PNG files. I also have a digital photo frame which I update now and then, and finally I have a website where I have them all posted up with capture information. As well as posted on 4 different Astro sites. Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien 13 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I only ever save the stacked image now.. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I have years of files stored all over the place on CDs, portable and backup drives, whether I could actually find anything is another matter Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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