I tried Picasa once and immediately removed it because it tied up my whole
computer searching all of my hard drives for photos. That might have taken
years!
Tina
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:09 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Excel is not a database program, if you put image files inside the
> worksheet, the file will be very large and very slow to work with.
>
> I just start playing with Picasa, it looks good. To make things simple you
> should put all your images in one folder (with sub-folders inside) and set
> the searching for this folder only otherwise it will search all your
> connected hard disks. Also, make sure you turn off the face detection, it
> runs very slow.
>
> You can set captions for each image, it can be found with search at no
> time.
>
> Concerning your slow computer, you should consider to upgrade it.
> I just upgraded my 6 years old core 2 duo to i7 with only $400. I
> don't even bother to upgrade the OS, still sticking with Win XP.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > Thanks for all the suggestions.
> >
> > I have just this afternoon realised that I have a perfectly good answer
> > right
> > here installed on my machine.
> >
> > The spreadsheet program MS Excel. I haven't tried this yet, but don't
> see
> > why it wouldn't work just like Archivist did.
> >
> > I can copy any image into a cell - I would use one on the very left
> > because
> > that's how my brain works now..
> > Make that whole row one record.
> > Create headings for columns ( applying to all) as desired, such as
> (maybe)
> > buildings, landscape, colour - you name it.
> > In each column for which the selected image possess the attribute enter a
> > '1' , (or something - need to work on that).
> >
> > It should be possible to search for all images with any existing
> > attribute, and
> > Excel should just flick up the chosen sort..
> >
> > Comment?
> >
> > Would save adding yet another to the host of programs already inhabiting
> > this computer.
> >
> > Brian Swale
>
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