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Article #9570Re: PictureBase Replacement?
From: Chris Ellens
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:04
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:04
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In article <85377@ut-emx.uucp>, miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy) wrote: > > PictureBase was a good old image database. First you put all your clip > art (PNTGs and PICTs only) into files called Libraries, and then you > typed in keywords to describe each image. Inputting the keywords took > quite a long time, but after it was done, you could use the PB Retriever > desk accessory to search for images by keyword. > > The interface was a little offbeat, and searches on a Mac Plus could take > a while (about 5 minutes for about 60 libraries of roughly 15 images > each), but it did the job. Old as it is, it still works on System 7.0.1. > > Is there anything newer out there that will do at least as much, and > accept or convert existing PB libraries? Now Scrapbook, part of Now Utilities 4.01, catalogs images, text, sounds, and movies. It dosen't appear to be able to import PictureBase libraries though. Chris Ellens ellens@bnr.ca
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!nott!bnrgate!bcars267!NewsWatcher!user From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens) Subject: Re: PictureBase Replacement? Message-ID: <ellens-151292105817@47.220.2.151> Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps Sender: news@bnr.ca (usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: 47.220.2.151 Organization: Bell-Northern Research References: <85377@ut-emx.uucp> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:04:19 GMT Lines: 21