The
following files & instructions will create categories to organize
your digital scrapbooking kits. You can use as is, edit them, delete
them or rearrange them. The best time to use the styles is right from the very beginning before you organize.I would highly recommend picking one style and customizing that one rather than using multiple styles.Using multiple styles might give you a lot of extra categories or duplicate categories. If you already have started organizing with ACDSee Photo Manager, it will not overwrite anything that you have organized, just add the categories. Here are some pointers.
Backup: I would suggest doing a backup before you add do the following in case you don't like you can just restore your backup.
Delete similar ones: Once the categories are installed you can delete similar ones that you
used. (i.e. you used the category "preview" and the style uses
"previews", just delete the previews category.) Don't ever delete a
category that has anything assigned to it and ACDSee Photo Manager warn
you about not doing this. If you were to delete the category with
images assigned to it, you would lose your organizing for that
category.
Transfer organized data to new style category & delete your old category: If you would like to transfer your cataloged images from one category to another.
Search on your old category,
Select all (ctrl-a)
Bring up the Properties Pane, View | Properties
Select
the new category you want them assigned to (VERY IMPORTANT: Do this
step first otherwise you will lose your organization.)
Click
on the old category that they were assigned to unselect it (VERY
IMPORTANT: Make sure you have done the previous step before doing this
step)
Delete old category
Instructions on how to use these styles:
Download & save the organizing style categories zip file.
Unzip the file you just downloaded.
Start Photo Manager
Select Database | Import | Database
Select Next
In #1, Select Information from a text file, including any combination of keyword and category definitions and image information
In #2, Select where your category text file is saved.
It is fine to let it optimize database files after import
Select Next
Select Next
Select Finish
Select OK to allow Photo Manager to restart.
You should now have the categories that are listed.
Print Sizes
Find all companies that print a particular size.
Photo Book Sizes
Find all photobooks of a specific size.
Visit DigiScrapFinder to find digital scrapbook kits from around the digital scrapbooking community (currently over 4000!)
Do you know of a Photo Book or Printing company that you would like to add to the list? Or are you a representative of one of these companies and would like to manage the information and photos on these pages.
