Transferring Photos From a PC to an ipod Touch

Question

I'm just learning some of the capabilities of a new ipod Touch, and have a question re how to transfer photos from my desktop PC to the ipod. I have Photoshop Elements, but do not use that for organizing my pictures. Instead, I manage my photos through my own folder management.
What I would like to be able to do, is set up hierarchical folders such as Photos --> Trips --> Countries --> Cities --> etc. I would also like to have other branches coming off of Photos such as Family, Landscapes, Nature, etc.
Is there an easy way to do something like this with the ipod Touch?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Stew

Answer 1

You can choose the update option to sync from selected folders, however this will only go one level down. If the main folder you are syncing from has sub folders they will show in the box below "Sync photos from folder". For example you may choose to sync from My Pictures and inside My Pictures you have folders for different subjects. You can choose which of those subject folders you want to update to the iPod or you might want to make a folder in there especially for iPod photos. You can drag these folders into an order of your choice.
Here's a simple "How To" on downloading photos from a folder and sub folders on your hard disk to an iPod:
1 Create a folder on your hard drive to hold the photos you want on your iPod. Call it iPod Photos for example
2 Inside this folder create as many other folders as you want (or drag and drop existing ones from other locations on your hard drive)
3 Drag the photos you want from your usual picture folder into the appropriate folders you just created. (not necessary if you are using pre-existing folders already containing photos)
4 Open iTunes, select your iPod in the iTunes Source list.
5 Click the Photos tab and select “Synch photos from.”
6 Choose “Choose Folder” from the pop-up menu and select the iPod photos folder you created.
7 Choose the radio button "Selected folders"
8 Tick the folders you want to go on the iPod and click Apply
When you go to Photos on your iPod you'll see each of the folders you have chosen in the menu and you can choose whichever one you want to view.