Digital Prints

Canto Cumulus differs from Extensis Portfolio in that it catalogs assets (images) where
they’re from, not where they reside on the hard drive. This allows you to keep track of
images on outside CDs and other removable media. However, Cumulus does not dynamically
update the locations of files when they’re changed or moved. It also includes powerful
search capabilities and multiple-size thumbnail previews. PC and Mac.
iView MediaPro (see Figure 3.24) also has search tools and allows a variety of thumbnail
sizes (up to 640x640pixels) including smaller ones to speed the search process. There are
a host of powerful editing and organization tools, including “folder watching” and the
ability to track assets dynamically, shown with a question mark when the asset is not present
and a square with a blue arrow when the cataloged assets are on the local computer,
or on a connected hard drive or removable drive. Folder paths also can be reset after burning
to disk or backing up to other media.
Each catalog can contain over 100,000 media files, including most image, sound, and
video formats (JPEG, TIFF, MP3, .mov) plus many Raw digital camera files. “iView
MediaPro is indispensable as a digital camera file editing tool,” says Andrew Darlow, professional
photographer and digital imaging consultant. “With very fast Raw file previews
(processor dependant) at highly magnified levels, it can create HTML galleries and contact
sheets, batch resize and rename files, make slide shows, and do many other important
tasks in a very efficient manner.” PC and Mac.
To fully understand the digital printing process, you have to become an intimate friend of
color. It’s now time to tackle one of the most important and complex digital subjects of all.
Chapter 3 ■ Creating and Processing the Image 113
Figure 3.24 This screen shot from the
Mac OS X version of iView MediaPro
illustrates the thumbnail view with
medium-sized thumbnails(256 x 256
pixels). Under each thumbnail are lines
with customizable fields, (in this case
showing the file name and modification
date). To the left, in the Organize Panel,
is file information including an
automatic sorting function based on
embedded file information. Keywords
can also be easily created with drag -
and-drop simplicity.
Courtesy of Andrew Darlow
www.andrewdarlow.com