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Ray Haddad wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:12:02 +0800, Carsten Bauer <spam@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>i've got about 3000 photos, all in their own date directory, either on
>>cd, or hard disk.. does anyone know a way i can catagorise them, so
>>that i can search for an image easily and know where to locate it?
>>
>>I am using win xp's thumbnail'ing system to find the right one now,
>>but i want to be able to view thumbnails of every photo, even ones
>>backed up on cd
>>
>>Most images are 3072x2048, which is what my camera spits out.
>>Thanks
> 
> 
> As in any database, you need an identifiable numbering system. Even letters can
> be considered numbers for the purposes of database management.
> 
> Each item should have a code based on what the overall picture is. I know you
> like airplane photos so using that as an example, the photo series might go into
> a folder named AIR or AIR001 or A in a subfolder of AIR. Each photo inside could
> be further categorized by subcategories like JET or PROP or GLIDER and followed
> by a number like 0001 which allows for up to 9999 of any particular subcategory.
> 
> There's lots of Windows based photo managers out there. Come by the office (you
> do need to get those receivers back) and I'll dig one up for you. LINUX doesn't
> have that much but Ask Sam comes in a LINUX version which can be adapted to
> photo album use.
> 
> Ray


I have used Extensis Portfolio for creating searchable databases of my 
shots, and I think it's quite good (but more expensive than some 
others). It will preview and make catalogs, allow keywording, searching, 
viewing raw files, storing files on other media (i.e. dvd or CD) etc.

www.extensis.com