Image cd catalog?

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Is there a freeware program that can catalog CDs that contain images
and allow thumbnail browsing when the CD is not in the drive?

e.
 
I've never used such a utility, but Google does return some
promising results:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=catalog+cd+images+++freeware
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Thank you for taking the time to reply but I aleady did a google
search before posting. The problem is that most of the results from
the search show programs that create online image catalogs (i.e.,
html pages) which is not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for
program that will catalog CDs but instead of showing just filenames,
it would show thumbnails. That way, if I'm searching for a
particular photo but do not remember the filename, I'll be able to
browse thumbnails and find in which CD it is stored. I searched for
such a program for about an hour without success. One alternative
that I'm considering is to create a HD folder for each CD and store
the thumbnails in each folder. However, it will be easier if there
is a program that can do that.

e.
 
EA said:
I'm looking for
program that will catalog CDs but instead of showing just filenames,
it would show thumbnails. That way, if I'm searching for a
particular photo but do not remember the filename, I'll be able to
browse thumbnails and find in which CD it is stored. I searched for
such a program for about an hour without success. One alternative
that I'm considering is to create a HD folder for each CD and store
the thumbnails in each folder. However, it will be easier if there
is a program that can do that.
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Here's one:

Program: FotoAlbum
Author: FotoTime
W: LFW
Ware: v 3.4.1
http://www.themolezone.cjb.net/


Susan
 
Irfanview
http://www.irfanview.com/
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As far as I know, irfanview creates thumbnail indexes but does not
create cd catalogs. I would prefer a program that handles the task
of creating cd catalogs. However, if I cannot find one, I plan to use
irfanview and create thumb index images, perhaps stored in a separate
folder for each cd. It's just more time consuming to do it that way
(each cd has 500-1,000 images in separate directories).

e.
 
EA said:
As far as I know, irfanview creates thumbnail indexes but does not
create cd catalogs. I would prefer a program that handles the task
of creating cd catalogs. However, if I cannot find one, I plan to use
irfanview and create thumb index images, perhaps stored in a separate
folder for each cd.
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Why not just let Irfanview load the lot from the CD as thumbs, select
all and save the thumbs as a "contact sheet" or image giving that file
the name of the CD? What sort of cataloging do you want that differs
from that?


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Why not just let Irfanview load the lot from the CD as thumbs,
select all and save the thumbs as a "contact sheet" or image
giving that file the name of the CD? What sort of cataloging do
you want that differs from that?
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A contact sheet image has about 40-50 thumbnails (decent size). It
will be time consuming to create contact sheets for 20 CDs that have
500-1000 images each (in 10-15 folders per CD) and give them
appropriate names so that I can locate the CD and the folder. It can
be done but it will be much easier to have a program that can read
the CD directory, create the thumbnails, and then allow me to browse
each CD's folders/thumbnails without the CD being in the drive.
Of course, another alternative is to follow my wife's advice and only
keep the images I really like. :) My first CD only has about 400
scanned images from 15 years when I was only using film. The rest is
from the last 8 years when I started taking digital photos and
insisted on "keeping everything." I have my best photos on my HD
(about 400 of them) but recently I stated experimenting with
manipulating images and I find new ways to use old photos. So, I
would like to have a way to browse and locate photos that I can use.

e.
 
EA <[email protected]> wrote:
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Thank you for taking the time to reply but I aleady did a google
search before posting. The problem is that most of the results from
the search show programs that create online image catalogs (i.e.,
html pages) which is not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for
program that will catalog CDs but instead of showing just filenames,
it would show thumbnails.
Click to expand...

Hmmm, would it be possible to use the .html based programs to
thumbnail image pages in each directory and then use your browser to
search?

I have used a program that does this and it worked pretty nicely.
 
EA said:
A contact sheet image has about 40-50 thumbnails (decent size). It
will be time consuming to create contact sheets for 20 CDs that have
500-1000 images each (in 10-15 folders per CD) and give them
appropriate names so that I can locate the CD and the folder. It can
be done but it will be much easier to have a program that can read
the CD directory, create the thumbnails, and then allow me to browse
each CD's folders/thumbnails without the CD being in the drive.
Of course, another alternative is to follow my wife's advice and only
keep the images I really like. :) My first CD only has about 400
scanned images from 15 years when I was only using film. The rest is
from the last 8 years when I started taking digital photos and
insisted on "keeping everything." I have my best photos on my HD
(about 400 of them) but recently I stated experimenting with
manipulating images and I find new ways to use old photos. So, I
would like to have a way to browse and locate photos that I can use.
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Well, you wife is probably right :)

But in lieu of that you might investigate JAlbum
http://jalbum.net/

I have it but haven't used it to any degree. It is mostly for creating
pages to be uploaded to the web but no reason the "albums" can't be on
your computer. It will read directories recursively so that should be a
plus for you.



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....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
 
dadiOH wrote:

Forgot I had this one...
DPic
http://www.cd2html.de/dpic.en.html

This might do you pretty well.

1. You can recurse directories which means you can read each of your
image CDs in one shot.

2. You can set it up so that the image index file (a jpeg "contact
sheet") is automatically named with the source directory page and so
that multiple indices (from same directory ) are "page x of x"). Should
make it easy enough to find the correct CD/folder after viewing the
index. Especially if you create a folder for all indices from a
particular CD

3. Additional reasonable configurable thumb options.

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.05...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
 
Well, you wife is probably right :)

But in lieu of that you might investigate JAlbum
http://jalbum.net/

I have it but haven't used it to any degree. It is mostly for
creating pages to be uploaded to the web but no reason the
"albums" can't be on your computer. It will read directories
recursively so that should be a plus for you.
Click to expand...

Thanks...I will try that. There are a couple of other similar
programs that might work too so I will experiment and pick the one
that works for me.

e.
 
Hmmm, would it be possible to use the .html based programs to
thumbnail image pages in each directory and then use your browser
to search?

I have used a program that does this and it worked pretty nicely.
Click to expand...

Thank you for the suggestion...I'll try that.

e.
 
dadiOH wrote:

Forgot I had this one...
DPic
http://www.cd2html.de/dpic.en.html

This might do you pretty well.

1. You can recurse directories which means you can read each of
your image CDs in one shot.

2. You can set it up so that the image index file (a jpeg "contact
sheet") is automatically named with the source directory page and
so that multiple indices (from same directory ) are "page x of
x"). Should make it easy enough to find the correct CD/folder
after viewing the index. Especially if you create a folder for
all indices from a particular CD

3. Additional reasonable configurable thumb options.
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That sounds perfect!!! I'm downloading it right now!! Also, on that
web page, they list CD2html which is shareware but on the download
section they have an older version which is freeware. I will try that
too because it also sounds along the lines of what I wanted. Thank
you for your help!!

e.
 
Someone on the ng suggested a program called CDVista 0.71v and maybe
what you are looking for. It scans a disk, hd or cd, for images, programs,
music, folders and has a search on it. After the scan, gives you the
tree and folders. The image part will give you either list, thumbnail
view, or thumbnail list. It's a very impressive program that may fit
your bill. http://www.gentibus.com CDvistaSetup.zip (2.5mb)

Frank
 
Frank said:
Someone on the ng suggested a program called CDVista 0.71v and maybe
what you are looking for. It scans a disk, hd or cd, for images, programs,
music, folders and has a search on it. After the scan, gives you the
tree and folders. The image part will give you either list, thumbnail
view, or thumbnail list. It's a very impressive program that may fit
your bill. http://www.gentibus.com CDvistaSetup.zip (2.5mb)
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Program: CDVista (v 0.716b)
Author: (Luc DI FELICE)
W: LFW
Ware: (Freeware) v 0.716b
http://www.gentibus.com/

http://www.gentibus.com/bin/CDVistaSetup716b.exe
2447 KB

Susan
 
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