User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 What Is ImageAXS™?
- Chapter 2 Getting Started
- Chapter 3 Viewing Collections
- Chapter 4 Viewing Records and Source Files
- Chapter 5 Creating and Adding to a Collection
- Chapter 6 Entering Field Data
- Chapter 7 Using Keywords to Describe Files
- Chapter 8 Creating Portfolios Within Collections
- Chapter 9 Searching and Sorting Collections
- Chapter 10 Managing Data Records
- Chapter 11 Managing Source Files
- Chapter 12 Exporting Data to Other Formats
- Chapter 13 Slide Shows
- Chapter 14 Printing
- Chapter 15 Scripting and Recording
- What Is ImageAXS™?
- Getting Started
- Viewing Collections
- Viewing Records and Source Files
- Creating and Adding to a Collection
- Creating a New Collection
- Overview: Adding Files to a Collection
- Acquiring Individual Files
- Acquiring All Files in a Folder
- Acquiring From Removable Media
- Acquiring From Digital Cameras or Scanners
- Acquiring From a Video Source
- Acquiring From an Audio Source
- Acquiring From Adobe Photoshop
- Changing Options for Acquiring Files
- Entering Field Data
- Using Keywords to Describe Files
- Creating Portfolios Within Collections
- Searching and Sorting Collections
- Managing Data Records
- Managing Source Files
- Exporting Data to Other Formats
- Slide Shows
- Printing
- Scripting and Recording
WHAT IS IMAGEAXS™?
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IMAGEAXS 4.0 MACINTOSH USER’S GUIDE
THUMBNAILS
A thumbnail is a smaller version (in both actual size and disk space
required) of an image. When you acquire an image, movie, or 3D
file, ImageAXS includes a thumbnail version of the file in the data
record.
KEYWORDS
Keywords are terms you choose that describe one or more source
files in a collection. They may describe the literal content of a file
(such as objects in a photo, or events in a video clip) or its subjective
aspects (for example, adjectives like beautiful or intense).
Unlike information in text fields, keywords do not have to conform
to a category that applies to every file in a collection. You simply add
them to the Keyword List for the collection, then attach them to one
or more records as you see fit.
Keywords are powerful search tools. If you add keywords
extensively across a collection, you'll be able to find almost unlimited
combinations of records instantly based on keyword searches.
VIEWS
Views are different ways of displaying information about a collection
and/or its records. ImageAXS offers four different views, including
two ways to look at all of the records in a collection:
• The Thumbnails View displays thumbnail images for each record
in a collection.
• The Text List View displays the text field data (in a row-and-
column table format) for each record in a collection.
The other two views let you see information about individual
records that you select:
• The Info Sheet View displays the thumbnail, text data, and
keywords associated with a source file.
• The Source File View displays image or 3D files, or plays movie,
sound, or animated GIF files.