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Load
images from a camera, phone, scanner or CD,
or drag-and-drop them from other sources like e-mail. |
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Edit
and improve them them with ViewMinder's built-in image editor or your
favourite external editor. |
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Browse
and sort your pictures by date, country,
lightbox, photographer, person, location or event shown. |
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Copy,
resize and rename them for friends or colleagues, write
them to CDs or send them as e-mail. |
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Print
paper copies using your own printer or order
professional, long lasting photos on line. |
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Archive
your images with complete details of content, author,
location and technical characteristics. Suitable for
film management, too. |
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Record
image use. Find pictures quickly by searching for
words, characteristics, conditions or even past usage. |
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Choose from two editions
  Start off with
ViewMinder Express, a free trial program that never expires.
Download it from Tucows.
When
your collection gets larger, upgrade to
ViewMinder, which can manage tens of thousands of images with
blazing speed.
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Specifications
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OS
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Windows 2000, Windows XP
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Formats
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JPG, PNG,
BMP, uncompressed TIFF, up to 20
megapixels.
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Importing
metadata
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Reads EXIF (DCF) information
if image file originates from a digital camera. Reads XML metadata
if source file was created by ViewMinder
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Image
editing
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ViewMinder's
own
image editor can display, zoom, rotate and crop images, and adjust brightness.
External editors
like Photoshop and Irfanview can be
used for editing images within ViewMinder.
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Metadata
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Catalogues by predefined
fields. Unneeded fields can be disabled.
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Metadata
storage
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Technical and content
metadata is held in a relational database and backed up
automatically. Image elements are recorded separately and are
unlimited in number and size.
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Available
fields
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Technical
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ID, Size (w x h), Format,
Source, Camera, Scanner, Program, Original, Original size,
Original filename, Colour depth, Colour space
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General
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Country, Theme, Date, Time, Light, Season, Color, Texture,
Co-ordinates
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Content
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Person, Location, Event,
Other, Comment
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Rights
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Author, Distributor,
Usages, Limits
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Browse
and sort
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Classes
by image content, creation data, author (photographer), country and
user-definable lightbox.
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Search
and find
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Simple searches scan the
main fields. Complex searches can target specific fields. Search
rules can be saved, creating virtual albums that grow
automatically as new pictures are added to the collection.
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Languages
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Unicode-based. Non-logical
fields can be written in any natural language.
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File
export
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Images can be downsized
manually or automatically.
Catalogued metadata, plus image author and distributor data, can
be exported in XML form, either in the same file as the image or
separately.
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Editions
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ViewMinder
Express
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Free version. Maximum collection size 250 pictures.
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ViewMinder
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Price
includes all updates for 12 months
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ViewMinder
Limited, Cambridge,
England
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