Digital cameras with no direct processing costs, immediate image previews and low image storage space are going to increase the number of photos we take and keep several times over. What do we do with all those images?
• Photograph is taken • Preview checked for framing, exposure and general quality. If not adequate then back to step 1 • Image transferred to computer • Image manipulated in image editor until satisfied. This may result in the production of one or more offspring • Master image and offspring archived to cd-rom Somewhere in this process there has to be included a method of finding an image again, a method of viewing selected images only. Our opinion at CyWarp is that a cataloging program must be used to describe the images, record their location and to retrieve them. Accordingly we have produced the CyPics program to do precisely this. There is an issue with offspring and tying them back to the original master. Our image cataloging FAQ suggests one simple alternative.
