| The image
properties are the key to ImageDB. Each image has a set of
properties associated with it. The most important being the
categories. When editing image properties the left pane of the
dialog box displays the same category tree that is seen in the main
application left pane. Multiple categories can be associated with
each image and new categories can be quickly and easily added (or
old ones deleted) using the buttons. The image index is the image
file name (without the file extension) this must be a unique name
and can be changed.
All the other fields are essentially
optional. The date, media name, media type, originator, caption and
description can be used to help narrow down viewing selections. The
date has been deliberately split up as you may wish to only specify
the month or possibly just the year. |
To try and make the rather tedious
task of setting these properties for a large number of images the
assumption has been made that there are likely to be sequences of
similar images that will share many of the same properties as each
other. Therefore when editing an image's properties for the first
time all these properties will by default be set to the same
properties as the last image edited. Using this technique, much of
the time you will only need to adjust one or two properties for each
image as you work through from one to the next. There is also an
option to add and remove multiple categories at once to and from
many selected images all in one operation. |
