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in the viewer with more than one foto displaying,
zoom (+) enlarges all photos at the same time -
if you drag one you drag them all - super for comparing details of similar photos.
- Ctrl+drag just moves one ...
-tomos (April 04, 2007, 02:51 AM)
) me this about a year agoAt a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared
the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had
kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be
driving$25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press
release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would
all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love
this part):
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have
to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason.
You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the
windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you
could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would
cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you
would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was
reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on
only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would
all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed an Illegal
Oeration" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you
out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door
handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to
learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would
operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate -
their computer!
I've been trying to think over the last view posts how to slip this comment in and haven't succeeded so, baldly, let me state that I still think exifPro is AMAZING. I haven't composed a coherent note to the developers yet but am off to try that right now. Because I am a lazy sod, I'll probably direct them to this thread!Yeah,-Darwin (April 04, 2007, 08:43 AM)
I'm going to show my ignorance & ask what the advantage of creating a "catalogue"-me again
I might be totally off beam but I'm wondering if the size of the files has something to do with the metadata it's trying to save???Worth a look-see, anyway. I've no idea how to go about checking this and will wait to hear what the developer has to say. In the meantime, can anyone else who's used/using exifPro comment on the size of the database that results from indexing digital camera photos (files sizes in the 700-800KB range) using the normal thumbnail size setting (560 X 560 BOX)?-Darwin (April 04, 2007, 01:47 AM)
then i clicked on a shortcut to my photos folder & it proceeded to create thumbnails for all 12,180 picturesbut
(I didnt know how many were there till now )-me
) tomos - exifPro installed "normally" for me! Based on your comment I created a folder called exifPro in My Documents and dropped the *.exe into it, expecting the app to run. Instead, it installed to my Program Files folder.-Darwin (April 03, 2007, 12:27 PM)
Just tried to install ExifProI dont know,
and it doesnt install - it runs ...-tomos (April 02, 2007, 01:21 PM)
Wow, exifPro IS fast! That's pretty cool. I don't know how much it will slow down once it has thousands of pictures, but it's definitely faster than any other application I've tried. It seems to have a lot of nifty features also, at first glance ..........-superboyac (April 03, 2007, 10:59 AM)
From scanning thread again, one advantage of SmartPix -Smart Pix does read IPTC data, and can write new data to an image also.-JeffK-tomos (March 20, 2007, 04:04 AM)
) Features at a glance:
» Photo optimisation with just a click of the mouse.
» Fully automatic improvement of contrast, brightness, colour
intensity, sharpness
» Picture preview possibility to undo the picture optimisation any time
» The untouched original remains as a backup
» Batch processing of all pictures in one folder is possible
» Turn picture to right or left
it would be good - wouldn't it?NOTE: All these annoyances can be removed if you apply for a generous 2 month Demo Registration (via the About box)
Bits du Jour (http://www.bitsdujou...og2/wordpress/?cat=7) has an upcoming discount on WinCatalog (http://www.wincatalog.com/) - DC forum search reveals no mention of this cataloger - does anyone have experience with it?-mwb1100 (April 01, 2007, 09:35 PM)
Ability to catalog any storage devices accessible from Windows environment.
Ability to catalog individual folders on disks.
Automatic extraction of archive file descriptions when scanning a disk.
Scanning archives contents and adding archives to the catalog as folders.
Support of ZIP, RAR, SFX RAR and multipart RAR archives.
Automatic extraction of mp3, html file descriptions when scanning a disk.
Retrieval of Audio CD track names from Internet CD database (freedb.org).
Support of non-file items: it is enabling you to catalog your books, videos or even postage stamps and coins!
Individual comments for each item: disk, folder or file.
Ability to manage your collection between virtual folders using Drag'n'Drop.
Each item is associated with a set of keywords to increase the search relevancy.
The catalog can be searched by file name, comment and keywords, date and size.
(NEW) Powerful search functionality: ability to use AND, NOT, OR operators and wildcards.
Ability to search the entire catalog or an individual disk.
Ability to find duplicates by all or any of the search criteria.
When the disk data is updated, the previously entered comments and keywords are preserved.
Ability to delete from the catalog the unnecessary files and folders.
Handy management of the lent disks.
Ability to export and import parts of collection and the list of contacts.
Ability to generate reports.
Ability to generate HTML reports for sending to someone, publishing on the Web or printing.
Ability to export any folder to .CSV file (comma separated values) for opening catalog in MS Excel or other applications.
Ability to automatically open the last catalog when the application is started.
I am, for several years, in the lookout of a cataloger with indexing capability (something similar to the desktop search tools). I use X1 for indexing my desktop. Unfortunately, it does not support disc spooling. Any recommendations-ganrad (April 01, 2007, 08:43 PM)
Video DVDs
Create Video DVDs from normal movie files.
Almost all formats are supported (WMV, AVI, MPEG, ASF, ...).
Add amazing looking animated DVD menus.
They not only look impressive, but they also allow you to directly choose the movie to play on your DVD-Player.
Many animated themes for the menu.
When you change the theme you instantly see an animated preview of the new one.
You can fit much more than 120 minutes of video on one DVD.
Burning Studio will automatically adjust the encoding quality according to the available space on the disc.
Create modified copies
Create modified copies of your existing CD/DVD/Blu-rays.
Those are similar to a normal copy, except that prior to burning you can add and remove files and folders. These changes will then automatically be incorporated when the copy is made.
Modified copies of bootable discs will stay bootable!
So you can now easily add fil to a bootable disc.
For experts
Allows you to directly change file systems
UDF 1.02-2.6, ISO 9660, Joliet are supported.
Make discs bootable and specify the bootimage.
Improved backup and restore files
Specify at what size backup files will be split up.
Select files and folders that you want to restore.
Improved Audio-CD ripping
Store your audio tracks as MP3 files.