{Photomatica is more than just a Relational Database program to organize all your pictures. It is a management tool for professionals and amateurs to keep track of their prints, negatives, Photo CDs, equipment, etc.
Photomatica helps you associate all your pictures with important information such as film type, shutter speed, lenses, equipment used, etc. More importantly it lets you type any comments or descriptions about a picture, and if it is in a PhotoCD format and you have a CD-ROM you can store an alias of the picture in the record for quick viewing at any time (see "Photo CD support"). Once you have entered all your pictures into Photomatica you can then search them by date or by any word you wrote on the comment field.}
{How to register the software}
{This program is shareware (US$20.00) . This version of Photomatica will only let you store a maximum of 25 pictures or records. Once I received your shareware fee I'll send you a serial number with a key to unlock the program.
{With Photomatica you can store images of pictures stored in a Photo CD. You can view them at any time by clicking the "Open Picture" in the Photomatica main window.
Photomatica will remember in what CD the images are stored and ask you for it.
NOTE: It is important to unmount (by dragging the icon into the garbage can) all previously seen Photo CD. Otherwise you will be force to swap from one CD to another. This is because ghost images of previously viewed PhotoCDs are left on the desktop when they are ejected.}
{Equipment}
{You can store all your equipment information in the "Equipment" database.
• Under the "Equipment" menu select "Equipment entry" and select the type:
- Cameras
- Lenses
- Flash
- Films
- Screens
- Other
• Enter a short description.
• Press enter
This will facilitate entering information in Photomatica. All the equipment you enter will be available in the pull down menus on the Photomatica main window.}
{Phomatica main window}
{Here is where you enter all the information about your picture.
• Date: Date you took the picture.
• Record N#: Number of records you have entered into the database.
• File N#: This should be a reference number that will help you locate prints or negatives.
• <PhotoCD field>: This area of the window will show an icon of an image if a picture have been loaded into the record by pressing the command "Select picture"
• Select picture: A select dialog opens up for you to select the image or PhotoCD picture. It is recommended that you select PhotoCD images of the format 192x128. This will open faster.
• Open picture: If an icon shows on the "PhotoCD field" and this bottom is press, Photomatica will try to open the picture using a compatible application.
note: Photomatica moves to the background when the image opens. If the PhotoCD where the image is store is not mounted a dialog will ask you to insert the disc. I recommend Aaron Giles' JPEGView. It is an excellent viewer for PhotoCD files. JPEG View is postcardware and available on Compuserve and other online services as well as several ftp sites.
• Speed: Select the Shutter speed by either typing it or using the pull down menu.
• f: Select the f lense setting by either typing it or using the pull down menu.
• Film: Select the film type. The pull down menu can be modified by entering film types under the "Equipment entry" window.
• ASA: Film specs
• Camera: As specified under the "Equipment entry" window.
• E. Equipment: This field for any extra equipment used related to the picture taken.
• Lense: Lense used as specified under the "Equipment entry" window.
• Filter: Filter used as specified under the "Equipment entry" window.
Description: type here any comments about the picture. It is important that you enter key words that will help you later when you do a search by comments. (i.e. Landscape, portrait, sunsets, etc..).
Navigation commands
|< Displays the first record in the database.
< " " the previous record.
> " " the next record.
>| " " the last record in the database.
Icon: Garbage can: Deletes the current record.
Icon: Camera: Clears the form to enter a new record.
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{Customize Photomatica}
{• How do I change the user name? I want to type my name instead of typing "Photos" all the time when I open the program.
1 - Open the program and enter "new name" instead of "Photos" as a user name.
2 - Select "Edit user" from the "New name" menu
3 - Select the name "Photos"
4 - Click "Duplicate"
5 - Enter your name and press OK
6 - Press Done
7 - Select "User" from the "Set" menu
8 - Enter your new user name and press OK.
From now on the system will open the program with your name or by typing "Photos".
Note: Please note that this procedure should not be used as password protection. To use a password see "Security".
• How do I customize the pull down menus on Photyomatica's main window?
You can change the pull-down menus for most of the equipment (i.e. camera, lenses, film.. etc). Under the "Equipment" entry window you can delete or add additional equipment, changes are automatically reflected on the main window.}
{Print Note Pad}
{You can print a template to help you record your data while taking pictures on the field.
There is 3 formats:
1 up: Prints one template per page.
2 up: Prints two templates per page side by side
with aprox 50% reduction.
4 up: Prints four templates per page with aprox. 70%
reduction.
You will have to decide which of the above formats to use. You can further change the format by changing the scale on the Page Setup dialog.}
{Searching}
{You can search any picture by knowing the date it was taken, the file number, record number or any word you typed in the description field. Select the type of search you want to do, enter the data criteria and press the tab key to start the search.
Search by date: Displays all the pictures that were taken between the two specified dates.
Search by word: Displays any record that contains a word in the description field that starts with the specified word.
Search by File N#: Displays any record that starts with the specified letter codes.
Search by Record #: Displays the record that matches the number entered.}
{Reset}
{If you ever wish to erase all the records from the data base, select reset . This command will erase all the records, and the process can not be undone. Make sure you preform a back-up before executing this command.}
{Load/Dump}
{The load and dump commands under the Reset menu will permit you to download/upload to/from a text file. These commands will be needed for future upgrades.}
