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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Jean-Max on December 30, 2007, 06:12:22 am
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Hello,
In most of cases, when you shoot an lot of pictures, you store them on you PC in a classified mode, to be able to retrieve them :
For example, you create under a /Pictures/ directory, a new directory with :
- either a thematic name (ex : Flowers, My Baby, My cat),
- or a chronologic name (ex : Christmas 2007)
- or, as often chosen in professional fashion & press world, a coded name "Year_Month_Keyword" which allows an easy chronologic order classification
ex: "2007_04_Toronto" for all the pictures shot in Toronto in April 2007
All my 1To pictures are classified in the 3d mode
With J River MC, I have tried, without success, in normal view (and in some theatre view) to obtain what I want :
Thumbnail mode
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One album for each shooting series (ex :Album "2007_04_Toronto")
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Each album gathers all the pictures which exist in the physical "2007_04_Toronto" directory
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Chronologic inverse order (Newest Album in first)
And, by clicking on an Album thumbnail, (ex :Album "2007_04_Toronto"), all the images of this specific album, appear, in Thumbnail mode
Note : In Professional Fashion and Press world, this is most of cases, the default view mode, on their MAC's ;-)
My Questions :
With the actual version of J River MC, can I obtain exactly this, in Normal and in Theatre view ?
=> Must I use the "ALBUM" concept ?
note : In Music, it's easy to classify by "Album" because, the "Album" name is in the MP3 Tag, but .. in Images , it's not !
So, for Images, must I choose another system than Album ?
=> Can the "FILMENAME" classification, be the solution ?
To try to have the Thumbnails classified as I would like, I have tried without success, many a many combinations, in Details mode :
Classify columns following "Filename", "Filename (name)", "Filename (Path)",
=> Can the "GROUP" classification, be the solution ?
Without success, I tried Group classification (Album, Album (By date) Year.. etc..) (I had some hope, there..)
Last : Here is the simulation of what I would want to have :
(http://montaleigne.free.fr/J_RIVER_MC/Ideal_Images.JPG)
=> Can-it be possible ??
Thanks for any Help !! :-)
Best regards,
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Make an image view scheme.
Add "Album" as the only view scheme component.
In the view, switch from "Pane" to "Album".
Double-click any Album to see the files inside.
Is this what you're looking for?
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Make an image view scheme.
Add "Album" as the only view scheme component.
In the view, switch from "Pane" to "Album".
Double-click any Album to see the files inside.
Is this what you're looking for?
No , I tried to understand and make what you tell me, but I cannot have the result I want :(
Note :It's so complex to choose, in Image setup, the good associations of setups menu after menu, to obtain what I want ..
What I tried exactly after your reply
(And I write exactly how my setups are) :
(My remarks are in RED)
[Images] / Right Click / Add View scheme
In new Scheme window:
Step 1 "Create view Scheme"
Preset : <Custom> ( I let it as it is ?)
Album : "Album Jean-Max" (I write it)
Step 2
I uncheck (X)Autoname -> ( ) ; I write "Album Jean-Max"
Step 3 Modify Properties
Image Image
Tree Position <Automatic> (?)
I didn't modify anything:
(X) Populate tree
(X) Honor Parent scheme..
(X) Show in Theatre view
(X) Filter in both directions
Step 4
Pick file to show (Leave Blank : see all files) <Blank>
Media type : ~Sort: [Album]-d, [date], [Name] ?
In classical view, I had now on the left , my new scheme
An After ?
You tell : "In the view, switch from "Pane" to "Album".
Double-click any Album to see the files inside."
Where is it ?
Is-it Here ? : In classical view, I found "Pane' in the upper zone of the window
if I click on the small vertical arrow after "Pane", there is not my new scheme "Album Jean-Max", only classical menu : in this menu, in "View layout", my new scheme is not.. :(
Note : Coming from the MediaPortal French Staff, I find the J River MC Images classification system Very Too complex
There are too many zones to setup and.. each setup can modify another etc..
Pane , Genre , Year, Rating, Default, Thumbnails, Album Thumbnails, Sort, Group, View Layout
and I don't talk about the secondary menu no easy to understand..
It is impossible to predicate the result after setups
So : I don't understand anything :(
Last :
To obtain What I want, can you do this :
You start open a empty database
You create 2 folders named "2007_04_Test1" and "2007_03_Test2"
You put in each directory some pictures
and NOW .. : You try to obtain exactly what I want in the right Zone of the classical Window : 2 Thumbnails classified in reverse date order, the first for "2007_04_Test1", the second for "2007_03_Test2"
And by clicking on one thumbnail, have in the same right zone, the picures in thumbnail mode classified in reverse date oder
If you succeed, ( Champain bottle opening !!) Can you :
- >Write here EXACTLY what you have done?
:(step by step) ,
with each choice in each primary, secondary menu etc..
It's so complex ! (and more, no French translation, so some terms are not understood at all..)
Thanks for your Patience :))