The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Techno Files: How Google Took the Work Out of Selling Advertising: "Vivísimo, founded by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, which clusters search results into useful categories rather than putting them in one big list.
But Google is the clear leader, among competitors like Overture and Kanoodle,"
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Software to manage personal imaging project - advice needed
Posted on usenet and in a few others places ... Looking for input ...
I might try askSlashdot too ...
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I'm looking at doing a largeish (3000+ image) scanning project [2]. For various reasons I'm probably going to hire a student to do the scans and buy a Nikon V ED negative scanner (hard to find btw, most vendors are sold out).
The image acquisition part is relatively straightforward. I'll be keeping the negatives of course. I'll image at about 2000 dpi and store as 99% JPEG. [1]
My main questions are about image mananagement. I've looked at a few reviews of lower end software (iView MediaPro, Microsoft Imaging Suite, Adobe PhotoAlbum, Picasa, ACDSee, etc), and I can't tell if anything does what I want. I've used iPhoto extensively on my OS X machine, but this project will probably be PC based. Here's my short list:
1. I want all the metadata to be accessible, ideally stored using a commercial database structure. So I can directly manipulate image identifiers, image paths, image titles, descriptions, roll information, catalog/album names, etc. I'd be happy with an Access database, a FileMaker database, or an open source database.
2. I'd like very good support of embedded EXIF tags. So the album software should be able to write data to EXIF tabs within the JPEG headers -- such as image title, description, data of acquisition, etc. This data will mirror what's in the image management database.
3. I want the album software to manage unique identifiers, ideally also within the EXIF header. I want to be able to go from any image to its metadata. The album software also needs to manage filename collision. I'd be just as happy for the album software to name every file with a unique identifier and blow away the original file names.
4. I'd like to be able to set a prefix or suffix applied to images in addition to the album maintained image unique identifier.
5. The solution needs to scale to tens of thousands of images and to manage image migration to external media catalogs.
6. I'd like to be able to define a subset of the catalog and burn it to a CD along with a local catalog.
7. I'd like to be able to edit images in an external editor (Photoshop, etc), and have the image software handle versioning (retaining the original).
8. Indexing, searching, keywords, etc are nice, but not the main thrust of this project.
I think these requirements are more typical of high end professional solutions. I hope to cobble something together from a few packages. I wonder too about some of the less familiar open source image management solutions, including some that are web based. I'd guess they'd be more likely to meet my needs.
I don't care as much about integrated image management tools.
Any thoughts from experienced users -- esp. Pros?
Thanks!
john
jfaughnan@spamcop.net
meta: jfaughnan, jgfaughnan, image management, photoalbum, database, photo album, metadata, scanning, imaging, home, personal
[1] In 10 years I may do this again with 2014 technology. Then it will be lossless. I am also consider JPEG 2000 for the better color management.
[2] I have thousands of unfiled family photos. I plan to image the negatives and then manage digitally. I'll discard the prints and keep the negatives. After imaging everything, I expect to delete at least half the images over time.
I might try askSlashdot too ...
--
I'm looking at doing a largeish (3000+ image) scanning project [2]. For various reasons I'm probably going to hire a student to do the scans and buy a Nikon V ED negative scanner (hard to find btw, most vendors are sold out).
The image acquisition part is relatively straightforward. I'll be keeping the negatives of course. I'll image at about 2000 dpi and store as 99% JPEG. [1]
My main questions are about image mananagement. I've looked at a few reviews of lower end software (iView MediaPro, Microsoft Imaging Suite, Adobe PhotoAlbum, Picasa, ACDSee, etc), and I can't tell if anything does what I want. I've used iPhoto extensively on my OS X machine, but this project will probably be PC based. Here's my short list:
1. I want all the metadata to be accessible, ideally stored using a commercial database structure. So I can directly manipulate image identifiers, image paths, image titles, descriptions, roll information, catalog/album names, etc. I'd be happy with an Access database, a FileMaker database, or an open source database.
2. I'd like very good support of embedded EXIF tags. So the album software should be able to write data to EXIF tabs within the JPEG headers -- such as image title, description, data of acquisition, etc. This data will mirror what's in the image management database.
3. I want the album software to manage unique identifiers, ideally also within the EXIF header. I want to be able to go from any image to its metadata. The album software also needs to manage filename collision. I'd be just as happy for the album software to name every file with a unique identifier and blow away the original file names.
4. I'd like to be able to set a prefix or suffix applied to images in addition to the album maintained image unique identifier.
5. The solution needs to scale to tens of thousands of images and to manage image migration to external media catalogs.
6. I'd like to be able to define a subset of the catalog and burn it to a CD along with a local catalog.
7. I'd like to be able to edit images in an external editor (Photoshop, etc), and have the image software handle versioning (retaining the original).
8. Indexing, searching, keywords, etc are nice, but not the main thrust of this project.
I think these requirements are more typical of high end professional solutions. I hope to cobble something together from a few packages. I wonder too about some of the less familiar open source image management solutions, including some that are web based. I'd guess they'd be more likely to meet my needs.
I don't care as much about integrated image management tools.
Any thoughts from experienced users -- esp. Pros?
Thanks!
john
jfaughnan@spamcop.net
meta: jfaughnan, jgfaughnan, image management, photoalbum, database, photo album, metadata, scanning, imaging, home, personal
[1] In 10 years I may do this again with 2014 technology. Then it will be lossless. I am also consider JPEG 2000 for the better color management.
[2] I have thousands of unfiled family photos. I plan to image the negatives and then manage digitally. I'll discard the prints and keep the negatives. After imaging everything, I expect to delete at least half the images over time.
Friday, June 11, 2004
Biloxi Mississippi Current Local Time - Time Zone - Time in Biloxi MS
Biloxi Mississippi Current Local Time - Time Zone - Time in Biloxi MS
this is an even better travel page for time zone determination
this is an even better travel page for time zone determination
No G5 iMac?
Analysts weigh in on Apple's newest Power Mac G5
I wasn't expecting a G5 PowerBook, given IBM's production issues. But no G5 iMac?!! He didn't say that, but he lumped the PowerBook and the iMac together.
Ouch.
Yesterday, Apple's Director of Power Mac Product Marketing, Tom Boger, cast aside that policy to say that there would be no PowerBook G5 anytime soon. Boger explained that there were engineering challenges involved in migrating the G5 architecture to both the PowerBook and the iMac. Boger's comments effectively put rumors about Apple's future in those product categories to rest -- a move analysts applaud.
I wasn't expecting a G5 PowerBook, given IBM's production issues. But no G5 iMac?!! He didn't say that, but he lumped the PowerBook and the iMac together.
Ouch.
Apple Remote Desktop 2 w/ VNC
Think Secret - Apple Remote Desktop 2 nearing completion: "Remote Desktop 2 will boast standards-based reporting, task scheduling, VNC support,"
All uninteresting, except the VNC support. Is Apple going to anoint a VNC solution for remote access? That would bring OS X up closer to XP's Microsoft Remote Desktop.
All uninteresting, except the VNC support. Is Apple going to anoint a VNC solution for remote access? That would bring OS X up closer to XP's Microsoft Remote Desktop.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
OS X "System Migration" assistant -- new feature
MacFixIt - New Power Mac G5 models include "System Migration" feature
Introduced with the newest G5s. In the old, old days moving between a Mac took only a few minutes. Moving between DOS machines was about as hard. Moving between Win 3.1 machines became interesting, moving from an XP machine is an ordeal. If anything, an OS X machine migration may be worse.
This is way overdue.
Introduced with the newest G5s. In the old, old days moving between a Mac took only a few minutes. Moving between DOS machines was about as hard. Moving between Win 3.1 machines became interesting, moving from an XP machine is an ordeal. If anything, an OS X machine migration may be worse.
This is way overdue.
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