Collectorz.com Photo Collector 2.0 Build 1

Photo Collector is a software that allows you create digital photo album by cataloging your photo collection in a database.

Catalog your digital photo files: Adding your files to the photo database is easy, just use the Add Folder to Database command and let the program scan your harddisk for JPG, TIFF, BMP or PNG files. It will automatically read the EXIF and IPTC tags to extract photo date, camera and other information. Use simple property editing screens or even dragging and dropping to catalog your photos by subject, event, category, etc...

Browse your photo album: Group your photos by year, month or day, or by subject, event or category. Then browse the folders on screen, viewing small thumbnails of your pictures. Just move your mouse over a picture to see a bigger thumbnail or double click to view the full photo.

View your photos easily: Double click any image to open the View Photo screen, then use Next/Previous buttons or the keyboard to browse through your photos one by one. Zoom in to see details or use the full screen mode to see your pictures in high resolution.

Edit your photos: The integrated Edit Photo screens lets you perform basic image editing functions, like rotate left/right, flip horizontal/vertical, red-eye reduction, resizing, cropping and brightness/color adjustment. The lossless JPEG rotate functions can even be used right from the thumbnail view of the main screen and from the View Photo screen.

Create self-running slideshows: Use the built-in slideshow tool to start self-running full-screen slideshow on any selection of photos. You decide how long each pic should be shown, in which order and which transitions should be used between images (many transitions-type available).

Search the photo database: Once you have added your digital photo files to the inventory, you can sort and search the database.

All lists can be sorted instantly, just by clicking the column headers in the List view or by using the Sort Order screen. You can sort on any field, e.g. alphabetically on caption, subject, file size, etc....

Use the Quick Search feature to find all photos that have a specific word anywhere in their property values, or use the Advanced Filter command to search in specific fields, even multiple fields at once.

Print photos, thumbnail sheet or property lists: Use the Print Photos features to print your photos, one photo per page. Or use the Print Lists/Thumbs feature to create reports of your photo database, either as columnar property lists or as thumbnail sheets (contact sheets).

Share your catalog online (Pro edition only): Using the Export to HTML feature you can generate HTML pages of your photo albums, for use on your homepage or website. Create thumbnail pages or property lists, linking to detail pages with a large image and detailed info about each photo.

Update EXIF and IPTC headers (Pro edition only): Change photo properties in the Photo Collector database and write them back to the EXIF and IPTC headers in the files, so that you can use the data in other programs.

• Screen Fonts:
• • Photo Collector screens look much better, because they now use the
  • Windows system font (Segui on Vista, Tahoma on XP)
  • Don't like it? Then use Tools/ Options / Screen Font to choose your own
  • font for all screens.
  • Want larger fonts for your lists? Just use Ctrl-PLUS and Ctrl-MINUS to
  • increase /decrease the main screen font size (or View / Font Size).
  • New toolbar icons
  • Many existing icons have been improved (smoother edges)
• Printing: New Print screen with improved layout, making it more logical and easier to use, especially when printing simple lists
• New online manual: The included Windows Help manual has been replaced by an online manual

Major Features:

1. Catalog photos automatically
2. Auto-scan your harddisk and CDs
3. Browse your photo album
4. Browse by date, event, subject, etc. view full screen, zoom in
5. Edit your photos
6. Rotate, flip, resize, crop, remove red eyes, adjust colors, etc..
7. Create slideshows
8. Many slide transitions available
9. Search your photo database
10. Find photos by caption, subject, keywords, etc...
11. Print photos
12. Print photos, thumbnail sheets or photo property lists
13. Share photos online
14. Export to HTML and place your pictures on your website (Pro only)
15. Read/write EXIF & IPTC
16. Read EXIF&IPTC, write back caption and keywords (Pro only)
    

Enhancements:

• New Screen Layout setting, offering six different layout configurations of tree, list and details panel
• Horizontal Split
• Vertical Split
• Full Width Details
• Full Height Tree
• Full Height Details
• Classic Layout (the pre v2.0 layout)