This is the royalty-free image database browsing application for image catalogs created with Canto's Cumulus Network Image Database, the award winning client/server image database that can help you to organize and intelligently manage your valuable digital image assets, e.g. your scans.
Cumulus Network Image Database sets the standard for professional image administration and offers multi-level boolean search, similarity search, drag and drop, automatic thumbnail searching and hierarchical keywords. Adapters to integrate Cumulus with Photoshop, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Illustrator and FrameMaker are included.
Cumulus is OPI-ready, and fully supports AppleScript. It is great for automated catalog production, database publishing, prepress workflow, and Internet authoring. Supported file formats include: TIFF, PICT, JPEG, GIF, EPS, PhotoCD, QD3D, Photoshop, QuickTime, AIFF, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, FreeHand, FrameMaker, and many more.
Cumulus Image Database Browser offers all the functionality of Canto's Cumulus Network Image Database except that it can only open two database files at the same time, and that it cannot add records if the database already contains 50 records or more. The purpose of the Cumulus Image Database Browser is to allow Cumulus Network Image Database users to distribute their image catalogs together with a royalty free viewing application.
The Cumulus Network Image Database retail package offers additional software not included in the Cumulus Browser:
Vento
• A new folder watching application that provides automatic update of Cumulus databases whenever documents in designated folders or subfolders change.
FilterGenerator
• A program called “FilterGenerator” that allows you to create File Filter modules for Cumulus to catalog files of any type into a Cumulus database.
System Requirements
• System 7.0 with TuneUp or later
• Color-capable Macintosh
• For cataloging QuickTime™ movies, AIFF, JPEG, JFIF, compressed PICT files or PDF documents you need to have QuickTime™ 1.5 or later installed.
• For working with AppleScript™ you need to have the AppleScript™ System extension installed.
• For drag and drop between different applications you need to have the System Extensions “Macintosh Drag and Drop” installed or run System 7.5 or later.
• To catalog and preview QuickDraw™ 3D files you need to have the QuickDraw™ 3D System extensions installed. These are not part of the Cumulus package.
Installation
To install Cumulus Image Database Browser just copy the "Cumulus Browser" folder (the folder this Read Me is in) from the CD-ROM to your hard disk.
For best performance it is also recommended to copy any database file you want to open onto a local hard disk.
