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Q. Heard of FlipAlbum Pro?
Asked by Andrew A
(K=25) on 4/27/2009
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Hi there, I'm a pretty messy amateur photographer, and have always been on a lookout for something that could catalog my photos. Was wonderin' if anyone have used this software called FlipAlbum Pro? (check it out here - http://www.flipalbum.com/fahome/product/professional/index.php)
Found it pretty useful as it has a realistic page flipping feature which blew me away. Looks like an actual photo album, and i could even add music and video to the pages. Cool stuff. :)
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
(K=127263) - Comment Date 4/29/2009
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Hi Andrew!
There's no need for such additional "software" actually. The capabilities of any operating system of nowadays are already more than enough. You have folders, thumb views, and on the Mac also labels and comments for each file, and even cover flow view. Such "cataloguing software" does nothing more than re-inventing the wheel (and getting some more of your money). It's like having 37 swiss knives that do all the same thing. Why not using the already available capabilities of the one swiss knife we already have?
It's really crazy, in its general evolution. First the users of computers cry out aloud for a more comfortable built-in interface for navigation and view of files, and then they get it right out of the box and simply ignore it. So, it wouldn't be as unexpected to see the next versions of operating systems returning back to the old good command line interface. ;-)
Cheers!
Nick
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Andrew A
(K=25) - Comment Date 5/5/2009
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Thanks for the feedback Nick.
What i actually needed was a software that compresses my photos so that they can't be edited when i distribute to friends or colleagues. Since i could compress them into an 'e-book' i thought might as well show them with the flipping features. I've got positive feedback for this since it actually looks like flipping through my photo album. :-)
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
(K=127263) - Comment Date 5/6/2009
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Hi Andrew!
You can do all that too right out of the OS, no problem.
Compression is not collecting them in an e-Book but rather (and only) reducing their file sizes. BTW, a JPEG would not really compress very well since it *is* already compressed. Still you win some space.
Collection in an eBook... Take a folder and put them all in. The folder can be viewed also as something like an eBook on nowadays' machines. Even the mist simple software like for example "Preview" on the Mac, or any media player will do that, provided the users do know what their machines contain right out of the box. (And they should know that, or else why do they need computers?)
Now, preventing people form editing images is only partially possible. One can always take an electronic shot of the active window that contains the image in question, and edit that. If it is the original image at full resolution then here you go. Such things are not subject of software but of copyright. Still you can save each image at lower resolution or with a watermark or even turn the whole collection to PDF and protect the PDF with a password. This can be viewed and "flipped" too, while it is not possible to copy or edit the contents.
I really wander how long are we going to be drown in a cup of water. Such "problems" take only 2 grey cells to be solved with the equipement one has right out of the box.
Cheers!
Nick
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