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Contents
Introduction
This page is about efforts to formalize different levels of curation, et c.
- Example, to discuss materials, individual media and/or sets of media in term like:
- on workflow of media in 7 phases: 1.Capture, 2.Collate, 3.Organize, 4.Curate, 5.Share, 6.Archive, 7.Find
- Curation Levels: C00, C01, C1, C1X, C2, C3, …
- MQ.R Media Quality Resolution (Indication) Levels:
- Sharing/Storage Levels:
Curation Levels – C00, C01, C1, …
Coo (C-zero-zero) and C01 (C-zero-one) are essentially raw materials with possibly limited time spent on removing obvious similar-looking, closed-eyes, et c shots.
| Level: | C00 | C01 | C1, C1X | C2 | C3 | C… |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Name: | Uncurated 0 | Uncurated 1 | Basic Curation | Minor Curation | Details Curation | … |
| Applies to: | Set of media | Set of media | Set of media | Inside media file | Inside media file | |
| Where: | File system | File system | File system | Tools (Apps) | Tools (Apps) | |
| Description: | Completely raw shots, including lots of similar shots, for handling blinking people, … | At least some efforts to remove ‘duplicates’ and obviously bad media | Made an at least somewhat more serious effort to remove ‘duplicates’, narrowing down media to a set of media we want to keep. (On set of files, not inside any media itself.)
C1X: As above on OWN media (some cleanups of duplicates) BUT in this case a set include media from other parties, “3rd parties” like friends et c, and for courtesy of such sources, may end up with actually more possibly similarly looking media. |
Of/inside media file itself, using some tool, for tweaking some aspect(s), like sharpen/soften, modify brightness, contrast, colors – tweaks on whole photo/frame. | Of/inside media file itself, using some tool, for tweaking some details – removing/fixing red-eyes, remove some glares, et c. | (For possibly future use) |
| Filename fixings (date&time naming) | √√ (The sooner the better) |
√ | √ (Especially C1X may need some work.) |
– | – | – |
| Time spent on curation: | Zero | Seconds to minutes per up to some 10 files | More like minutes to even 10s of minutes per each 20-50 files | Some minute+/- per each file | More ‘Some minute+ per each file’ | |
| Level: | C00 | C01 | C1, C1X | C2 | C3 | C… |
| Workflow Phase | (on set of media) | (on set of media) | (on set of media) | (inside media) | (inside media) | |
| 1.Capture Shoot media |
√ (“Day 1”) TRY to NOT allow too many similar |
√ (“Day 1”) Make effort to APPLY C01! |
(Sometimes may happen, despite typically small screen) | (Some may happen, e.g. turn media 90 deg.) | (So far extremely rare, as prefer working on computer w larger screen) | |
| 2.Collate | No curations during collation, gathering of media. Of course. Some examples of processes: Apple eco system: Automatic (incl. deletions, edits and propagated bi-directionally) Dropbox -“-: Typically have to open (iOS) app to transfer media into eco system) GoPro: example of more complicated process … (C1X: when getting media also from friends et c.) |
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| 3.Organize Folders… |
√ (“Day 1+”) |
√ (“Day 1+”) |
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| I.e. in process of organizing media into folders, curation C01 and C1 may be performed | ||||||
| 4.Curate Cleanups |
√ (“Day n+”) |
√ (“Day n+”) |
√ (“Day n+”) |
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| 5.Share Make Accessible |
(Never sharing C00, strictly internal, work-in-progress) | (Never sharing C01 directly.) | Sharing C1 materials is most common in 2026. Sharing C1X materials (Media from multiple sources, friends et c) is common in 2026 |
Sharing C2 materials is relatively rare, in 2026. |
Sharing C3 materials is relatively rare, in 2026. |
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| Commonly sharing (2026) using one of the following: 1. Apple email, Large (SLA3L), up to some 10+ files, with Apple’s Mail Drop as required 2. Apple message, (SLAMS) – a few files 3. JAlbum-created (SLJAL) – larger sets of files |
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| 6.Archive (Internal) |
Avoid storage C00/C01 level materials (waste of storage space) | Most commonly stored. | Any C2 and higher should always be backed up. | |||
| 7.Find… (Internal) |
One – of course – should be able to find any / all media, independently of curation level, sizes, …. Problem here is more what tool(s) to use, that covers variants of online and offline storage solutions(s). |
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MQ.R Media Quality Resolution (Indication) Levels
(See The J&P Private Collection (/mlabs/collection/) for examples of use.)
- Axxs and Dxxs: idea to indicate resolution based on time era where xx is decades
- Analog: 1800s, …
- Digital: 2000s, and so on
- Dy…M: idea for indicated quality on digital materials using actual resolution info, like
- D0,3M = for 0.3MP
But… older materials, with Analog indications can be a little bit better at giving at least some some hint of quality but digital materials are more difficult. Especially actual resolution indications. A D48M (48MP) doesn’t need to be any better what so ever than a good 12MP or even 8MP but depend so much more on quality of camera or smartphone. Why era-indications may still be a better indicator.
| Designation(s) | Description | xx |
| A18s | Analog media shot in/around (later) 1800s. | |
| A19s | Analog media shot in/around (earlier) 1900s. | |
| A40s,A50s,A60s, A70s,A80s, A90s, |
Analog media shot in later decades in 1900s, e.g. use A40s to indicate 1940s, A50s to indicate 1950s, and so on. | |
| D00s | Digital medias from the 2000s (2000..2009) but more refer to earlier years of the decade, like 2000, 2001, 2002. The kind of Initial/Beginning years of digital photography. (For us.) |
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| D05,D09,D23,… | Digital medias from device from 2005 era, from 2009 era, and so on. | |
| D0.3M | Digital media around 0.3MP, (e.g.) 640×480 (e.g. Treo 600 (2003) Treo 650 (2004)) | |
| D1.3M | Digital media around 1.3MP, (e.g.) 1280×960, 1280×1024 | |
| D5M | Digital media around 5MP (e.g. 2560×1920, 2592×1944 like Canon PowerShot SD450 (2005) | |
| D8M | Digital media around 8MP (e.g. 3264×2448 like Apple iPhone 4S (2011) | |
| D12M | Digital media around 12MP (e.g. 4000×3000, 2592×1944 like Canon PowerShot SD780 (2009) Apple iPhone6s (4032×3024) .., iPhone 12/Pro, iPhone 13/Pro, iPhone 14, |
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| D48M | Digital media around 48MP (e.g. 8064 x 6048 like iPhone 14 Pro (2022), iPhone 15 Pro (2023), iPhone 16 Pro (2024), iPhone 17 Pro (2025)… |
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_image_resolutions_used_in_digital_cameras
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format
Sharing Levels / Storage Levels
| Level | Sh./ Sto. |
Description | Width | Height | Aspect Ratio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL01S | Sh+Sto | Thumbnails, small | 75 .. 200 | 75 .. 200 | 1:1 (1.00) | As references to ‘actual’ media |
| SLA1S | Sh. | Apple #1, Small (emails) | 320 | 240 | 4:3 (1.33) | (E.g. ‘Small (48.0 KB)’) |
| SLA2M | Sh. | Apple #2, Medium (emails) | 640 | 480 | 4:3 (1.33) | 480p (E,g, ‘Medium (130 KB)’ ) |
| SLA3L | Sh+Sto | Apple #3, Large (emails) Strongly recommended for sharing when send emails. (So receivers gets at least “some” decent resolution mtrls.) |
1280 2016 |
720 1512 |
16:9 (1.78) 4:3 (1.33) |
720p (E.g. ‘Large (1020 KB)’) |
| SLA4A SLAMS |
Sto+Sh | Apple #4, Actual (emails) Apple, Messages |
x 4032 |
y 3024 |
depend on device 4:3 (1.33) |
depend on device (E.g. ‘Actual (2.9 MB)’) |
| SLJAL | Sh+Sto | JAlbum-created, details depend both on source materials (inputs) and settings in JAlbum. Goal is however to try balance: good quality (~SLA3L, Large) and reasonable size/bandwidth requirements (especially important for video). Resolutions are EXAMPLES –> |
16oo 1600 1280 900 852 |
900 1200 720 1200 480 |
16:9 (1.78) 4:3 (1.33) 16:9 (1.78) 4:3 (1.33) 16:9 (1.78) |
Photos Photos Photos Photos, portrait Movies (480p) |
| SLTV0 | Sh. | TV screens – VHS-level (only include here to show this low-quality level) | 320 | 240 | 4:3 (1.33) | 240p, wikipedia Low-definition television |
| SLTV1 | Sh. | TV screens – (DVD), DVD Video disks (up to 8.5 GB, 4 hrs at typical bit rates). This is typically the largest format used for (regular) Sharing (via email / JAlbum / similar due to bandwidth and other limitations.) |
720 704 720 704 854 |
480 480 576 576 480 |
NTSC, 3:2 (1.5) removed overscan PAL, 4:3 (1.33) removed overscan 16:9 (1.78) |
480p, |
| SLTV2 | Sto | TV screens – HD TV, Blu-ray disks (from 25 GB single-layer, 50+ GB on other variants) | 1920 1280 |
1080 720 |
16:9 (1.78) 16:9 (1.78) |
1080p, 1080i 720p |
| SLTV2K | Sto | TV screens – 2K, … | 2048 2048 |
1080 1556 |
256:135 (1.9) ~4:3 (1.32) |
DCI 2K native res. 2K scan from 35mm film |
| SLTV4K | Sto | TV screens, 4K, .. | 3840 4096 |
2160 2160 |
16:9 (1.78) 256:135 (1.9) |
2160p |
Legend:
- Sh./Sto. If primary use is for Sharing and/or Storage.
- Thumbnails are good for both general sharing AND storage, latter as reference and in index databases
- Actual size is of course absolutely Storage level primarily
- Large is ok for materials received for own Storage.
WIP! TR!
###More advanced forms of Curation, with ADDITION and/or REMOVAL of meta info, et c.
- Timestamp info: Add / Remove / Correct
- Geoloc info: Add / Remove / Correct
- Description info/CC: Add (unlikely to have any part of media files themselves, at least in June 2024 when write on this section)
Apple email apps (macOS, iOS, …)
- Please use (at least) Large when asked/change settings
- Small and Medium doesn’t give receivers any possibilities to look at any details, no real zooming
- Actual is nice but may be overkill.
- Use Mail Drop when/if asked.
- https://jandp.biz/mlabs/lib/Aspect Ratios/
- Apple iPhone, Mail, Messages; SMS/MMS
- JAlbum
2024-06-29 WIP:
| x | x | x |
| Original: | D###12M | ddd |
| Curation: | C00 | ddd |
| Sharing | ||
| Timeinfo | Correct | |
| Geoloc | NO/Yes ###Included |