For anyone who came from an HTC WinMo device, in the more recent ones the camera app had the option in the Camera settings to name photos using the date and numerical order of the photo, i.e.: 20100806_001.jpg.
This was GREAT for sorting photos easily even if they don't have a time stamp as part of the actual photo, and also ensured that when switching between various roms, the naming of the photos remained consistent and there was never an issue. This was even more important for me as I sort my photos into folders within the sd card file structure, i.e.: /sdcard/my documents/family photos
With the Dinc, it only wants to name photos IMG0001.jpg and progress in numerical order. So when I flash a new rom, it always wants to start over at IMG0001.jpg. So now whenever I try to move new photos from /DCIM/ of course I have to go through the tedious process of renaming all of them to keep from overwriting older photos with the newest ones.
Is there ANY way to change the file naming used by default in the HTC Camera application?
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We have an app developed on XDA11's that retrieve the latest Jpeg from a specifi directory( default is my documents\my pitcures). This enables the end user to just run the camera app, take an image, shut down the camera app, touch the screen and the image appears and is stored in the databse.
We have just tested on our shiny new XDA11i and on saving an image it creates a new directory based on todays date. Therefore we do not know which directory to search in.
Is there a regristry hacks or something to revert back to the old way.
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I've loaded some photos onto specific contacts so they show up in the TouchFlo People tab as speed dial links. The photos look crap when they're shown in the flickable list. I've tried all resolutions (from large to small). One photo looks fine (no idea why) but others look like really heavily compressed jpegs.
Photo slides in the Photos tab look just as bad. The original ones loaded onto the machine looked fine but whatever resolution I try for my own images they look heavily compressed and pixellated. They're all jpegs, just like the originals.
Can anybody help please?
Just recently got the HD Touch myself coming off of the Pro Dual and yea, had the same "issue". Basically had to re-do my photos for contacts; ended up doing 500x500 saved as pngs...
Hope that helps!
Thanks for that. I'll try making some pngs and see if it helps.
Well png images for the People tab has certainly improved things. Thank you for that tip. They also look great in the Photos tab. I guess TouchFlo doesn't know how to optimise png images.
But what about the 'Photos' tab? My albums are full of jpegs and I don't want to have to reproduce them as pngs just for the bloody TouchFlo screen. Why do the original photos look so much better?
There are people in this forum complaining about the sharpness of the TouchFlo background image, but am I the only one whinging about these album pics? Grrr...
Try using photo album, then choose the photo and assign to contact.
i used the people tab and from there added the people and then choose menu --> change picture. looks a lot better and no resizing pictures needed.
mouki_9 said:
i used the people tab and from there added the people and then choose menu --> change picture. looks a lot better and no resizing pictures needed.
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I've tried all ways and the png method is the only thing that made a difference.
I had the same prob....You need to add the photo from the people tab using the menu button, they look fine if you do it this way.
I found the way that gave the best quality by far was to add them via the Favourite People tab as a 256 x 256 JPG. A bit of a pain in the arse to do but at least you only have to do it once.
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Try using photo album, then choose the photo and assign to contact.
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calvin55 is right - I had the same problem and then moved good pictures into "My Pictures" folder and then from the photo album used the "assign to contact" option.
Big improvement !
OK, I've taken a photo of the screen to show you what I mean about the poor quality images in the Photo tab. Hopefully it's clear what's wrong with the preview image...
I confirm that the album method works fine and fix this problem.
Create thumbnails of your choice and move them all to My Pictures folder.
Then open Album, choose an image, and 'Save To Contact'. works great.
Can I remind all people to read the tips & tricks part of the wiki
It already has the solution to your problem amongst other tips/tweaks you may all like
Hi Res Contact Photos
Assign contact photos on your SD card directly to specific contacts for hi-res thumbnails. If you assign contact photos in Outlook and then sync, the contact photos on your phone will be low-res.
All contact photos should be saved to My Pictures folder on your Storage card
Normally, People will go to
>>menu>>change picture>>name.jpeg
But that will give u low resolution.
Try using this method, it eliminates the trouble to resize or change format.
>>file explorer>>[open pic file]>>menu>>save to contact>>select a contact
and this will solve your problem
refer to point 7 of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=463783
Let's say I have a folder of images on my SD card that I don't want showing in the pictures app. Is there a way (besides chmod 000 on the folder) to make it so the images are no thumbnailed?
Yeah, sure, make jokes about adult photos being on the phone, but there is an actual use. I use my phone as a thumb drive of sorts, and I carry all my apps on it when fixing peoples computers. Having all the apps, majority of them having images in the folders, fills up the pictures app with thumbnails of things I don't want there. All I want to see are the pictures I take, or want to be there, not program icons and the like.
So, anyone got any ideas?
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Let's say I have a folder of images on my SD card that I don't want showing in the pictures app. Is there a way (besides chmod 000 on the folder) to make it so the images are no thumbnailed?
Yeah, sure, make jokes about adult photos being on the phone, but there is an actual use. I use my phone as a thumb drive of sorts, and I carry all my apps on it when fixing peoples computers. Having all the apps, majority of them having images in the folders, fills up the pictures app with thumbnails of things I don't want there. All I want to see are the pictures I take, or want to be there, not program icons and the like.
So, anyone got any ideas?
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The best way that I know of is to rename the folder with a period in front like ".foldername" and then reboot the phone. The folder will then be hidden from the pictures app and they shouldn't show up. However some apps like 1cast load TONS of thumbnails that show up when you are trying to change your wall paper for an example and it can cause a long time to load all of the pictures depending on how much you have. Based on personal experience when setting my wallpapers with Locale, for example, I've had to wait almost 5 minutes for all of my pictures to load just so I can find the one that I want. If you find a better way, I'd like to know it.
I've done a search but can't see anything... I've uploaded various photo albums to my new TF, but for some reason each album is shown in reverse order (i.e. it's coming up with the end of our holiday first and the first photo is right at the end!)
The EXIF contains the correct datestamps and the filenames are alphanumerically in the correct order (i.e. Holiday001.jpg, Holiday002.jpg, etc). I've even played with the order in which I copy them over - makes no difference.
All I can think is that it's deliberately ordering them back-to-front, but I can't seem to find any option to change this (it seems bonkers that this would be the default and with no option to put it back to normal?)
I've also installed Quickpic which is okay for viewing, but it doesn't help in situations where the phone uses the gallery to select a photo, etc.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
For some reason, Sony and a few other manufacturers insist on the photo naming convention the same as their digital camera lines e.g. DSC_001.jpg, DSC_002.jpg etc, as compared to the more meaningful date-time format e.g. 20140502_131510.jpg. This may pose problem if you are an active ROM flasher, or if you backup the photos to a common NAS or on cloud with multiple devices, as the file names may clash. Sorting files by name will be useless too, though you may sort it by exif, you cant do the same on video files.
This had bugged me for years, and I'm glad there is finally an app to solve this problem - DSC Auto Rename - it will automatically rename the photos and videos into date time format after they are taken.
If you are on KitKat and save your photos on SD card, you will need Root and SDFix as well.
I fought with the same problem. Now I use DropboxI for several years, which solves all issues I once had. It renames the files to format you mentioned and also automatically uploads, so they just appear on my PC without any cables.
zhuozhi211 said:
For some reason, Sony and a few other manufacturers insist on the photo naming convention the same as their digital camera lines e.g. DSC_001.jpg, DSC_002.jpg etc, as compared to the more meaningful date-time format e.g. 20140502_131510.jpg. This may pose problem if you are an active ROM flasher, or if you backup the photos to a common NAS or on cloud with multiple devices, as the file names may clash. Sorting files by name will be useless too, though you may sort it by exif, you cant do the same on video files.
This had bugged me for years, and I'm glad there is finally an app to solve this problem - DSC Auto Rename - it will automatically rename the photos and videos into date time format after they are taken.
If you are on KitKat and save your photos on SD card, you will need Root and SDFix as well.
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Excellent app, Thanks for sharing!!!!