Photo Xplorer  
                                                               © R. Emson 2005 (All rights Reserved)                   


Specifically designed for Railway Photography, this software can also catalogue any subject

For example, Family Photos, Antique collections, Architecture, Business Products, Field Research photos, Hobbies, etc.

I even have a client who is using it to catalogue denture mouldings!




This simple software package allows you to catalogue your jpg files and have the ability to search on any of the information you have provided.

For those who scan slides, there is a slide numbering system incorporated

Imagine, with just 3 clicks you can find 4472 (Flying Scotsman) on the Mishref (Container Ship) at Darling Harbour or Susan on Holiday in England at Penzance.




Here are some of the other features of this software:


Having folders for each event makes it frustrating to find Photos and create a montage of pictures from different folders.

With PhotoXplorer you only need one folder & with the powerful search feature you can quickly create a photo album or slide show by selecting the Subject, Event, or Location. You can also mix and match selection criteria.

Creating photo albums has never been easier, No need to select a Portrait or Lansdcsape frame, No need to find photos to put in the frames & best of all no need to add captions (the caption is already stored with the photo)

No need to save photo albums either, its’ so simple you just create a new one when you need to, which will also include recent photos since you last printed an album

For those who want to create copies of images with a copyright or text can do so either at the cataloguing stage or as a standalone process, a simple click allows text colour change from 4 colours



Naming photos has always been a problem, how do you name a photo with the same subject, but taken at a different angle? Maybe you used a,b,c or 1,2,3; PhotoXplorer does this for you, once you have named the first photo, same photos are named with a single click! No more right click to  rename.  Sample photos can be downloaded for learning to rename, & to Demonstrate the search features.


Details you enter are stored, so that next time you want to name a photo, the details you entered before are able to be selected without typing.

On screen instructions make it easy to navigate the renaming process


The search feature to locate photos is extremely fast, you can search by:
Subject; Event; Location, or a combination of these, you can also search for Susan on Holiday in UK at Trafalgar Square. You can also search by Date.

For Railway enthusiasts you can also find all the photos with a particular locomotive in the combination or all the photos with that locomotive leading. 

Photos selected for the slide show or album can be copied for you to a folder for email or burning to a cd, with an option to reduce size (this program does not send emails or burn cd’s)

After using this program and realise you want photos identified differently you can amend the Subject, Event or Location; all of these can be changed with a single click.

You can also rotate photos, or delete photos that are out of focus.
Also, you can view the exif data to check camera settings

There are 2 basic purposes of using this program to catalogue photos, the first is a typical Family Photo scenario which allows you to print in a typical Album format, note the captions are obtained from the cataloguing process so no additional text has to be added.






The second option is for people who may be doing research projects and want to add text to the photo

Some photos do not conform to the Exif standard, if they do not conform, it is not possible to add notes

This is how it looks when photos need to be printed with the attached note, which allows 1160 characters or about 190 words.

There are also other options for printing individual photos either with or without, captions or notes



Download an 5 Month Trial version with all features
Check the last panel for updates/bug fixes, please advise of any problems or suggestions

This version will only work with English Regional Settings with date formats (dd/mm/yy or mm/dd/yy)
Download the demo files  which should be loaded on the C drive before running the program, they should also be burned to a cd (9mb) by Downloading Here

see Zip extraction instructions below this panel
 Program installation for Windows  XP or Vista   (28mb) by Downloading Here

Program installation for Windows 7 & Vista only    (2.7mb) by Downloading Here

Cost of Unlocked version is $45 Australian
 see last panel for notes, bug fixes & upgrades

Alternatively you can puchase a trial CD version (Same as Download) that has the Demonstration module and sample files to trial the catalogue feature
For more information 
send an email to the developer:
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join this:   "enquirer"  
     to this:   "@mail2me.com.au"
See below for payment options to obtain a Licence Key

Enquiries or suggestions, send an email to the developer:
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Instructions after downloading 'zip files', presumably to My Documents/Downloads

       _Photo_Xplorer.zip
         1. Right click, then select 'Extract All'
         2. Click Next, (make sure you include the underscore) Modify folder name to read 'C:
\_Photo-Xplorer', click next
         3. At this stage you should burn the folder
'C:\_Photo-Xplorer' to a cd for backup to install on a new computer
         4. Goto Folder
'C:\_Photo-Xplorer', double click 'Setup.exe'

          Demo-Files.zip
          1.
Right click, then select 'Extract All'
          2. Click Next, 
Modify folder name to read 'C:\'
          3. Burn the 6 (_zz-AllMy-Photos, _zz-Train-Photos, _zz-Trial-Photos, _zz-Jamie-Fisher, _zz-ByDate-Carol, _zz-ByDate-Trains)                         folders to the Install CD, and leave CD in when running program, or select one of these folders when running the demo option

        

Instructions for obtaining a Licence key
Before purchasing, you will have had ample time to decide if you are happy with this program, No refunds will be given

Send an email for payment options : to the developer:
(to avoid spam by hackers join the 2 sections in quotes below to create a complete email address)

join this:   "enquirer"

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Bug Fixes & Updates in the last 2 months
to take advantage of these changes:

Whilst using trial version:    Uninstall Photo Xplorer, download & unzip new files,(yes to replace) ,re-install, then run program

After Purchase:                     Contact the developer for options




01/03/10 when using slide show, exif data for the displayed image was incorrect
05/01/10 added copyright feature
10/12/09 If using previous date, an error in setting prev date occurs, just reset required date
06/12/09 added slide numbering feature
14/11/09 modified combination check to make it simpler, fixed out of memory for slide show, also disabled screen saver for slide show
17/10/09 Previous update caused an incorrect folder location which would not allow cataloging files from an external drive, now fixed
04/10/09 Database rebuild failed to  allow multiple folders, now fixed
02/10/09 after using copy feature for same details, ability to set new details was disabled, now fixed
02/10/09 selecting single entry for cataloguing had to have destination folder selected each time, now fixed
22/09/09 Adding notes to some images which do not conform to Exif std will fail, original image is in folder Photo_Xplorer-temp2, Now disabled when detected