Week 10, Part 2: Playing Catch Up

After all of the "analog" work yesterday, today was a "digital" catch up. I finished uploading all of the digital images and began looking at each one in Photoshop. Because I photographed each one before uploading any files, I took several pictures of each item to ensure that I got at least one good shot. My system to filter through the duplicates was to open every object in Photoshop, adjust the levels in each shot of the same item, then pick the best image. After I chose the file I wanted to use, I cropped the image (if needed) and did light modification. I included the filename tag, saved it as the JPEG, and moved it to the "To Be Uploaded" folder (that I had just created).

The reason I didn't upload it to Media Manager immediately is because I found it was easier to do all of the Photoshop-ing at once. As I went through 4-7 photos of each of the 38 items, I became very quick at it. By lunch, I had finished all of the image processing and was ready to begin uploading to Media Manager.

After lunch, I was able to upload the files very quickly. All of the descriptions and information were already written down in my notes along with the corresponding folder and item numbers. I made it through most of the files by the end of the day with only 10 files left.

I think today's methodology was much more streamlined than my approach has been in the past. I was able to quickly catch up, considering I was unable to connect to the Media Manager site yesterday. It was a very busy day and I achieved quite a bit.


In: 8 a.m.
Lunch: 1-1:30 p.m.
Out: 5 p.m.
On-site hours completed today: 8.5
On-site hours completed total: 80.75
On-site hours left: 19.25