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A P P E N D I X A
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Version 2.00
INTRODUCTION
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS is three level software designed for use by
both people who have a few family photographs in their home
and by the professional as a cataloging tool. For
Photographers allows you to create a catalog and then locate
a photograph or negative by any one of up to 21
characteristics. For example, you'll be able to get a list
of all of the sunset pictures taken at the beach; or all of
the photographs of New York city.
Another nice feature of For Photographers is that it can be
used with photographs, negatives, slides or almost any other
photographic material. Entries can be made for individual
pictures allowing you to list the individually unique
information about each picture.
THE THREE LEVELS OF FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
The three levels of For Photographers are: Amateur,
Photographer, and Professional. Each level provides
progressively a greater detail of information that can be
stored for each entry.
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The following is a list of the information that can be
entered at each level. As the higher levels are used, the
data files use more disk space.
Amateur Photographer Professional
Title Title Title
Subject Subject Subject
Description Description Description
Cat/Negative # Cat/Negative # Cat/Neg #
Note Note Note
Value Value Value
Subtopic-1 Subtopic-1
Subtopic-2 Subtopic-2
Other Other
Type Type
Date Date
Grouping Grouping
Equipment Equipment
Film/Processing Film/Proc.
Printing Printing
Client
Address
City/State
Zip Code
Phone
Fee
The spaces for Note, Other and Grouping provide spaces for
you to enter miscellaneous information that is important to
you.
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The following defines what I intended each line to be used
for. If a line title means something different to you, or
you'd like to put other types of information on a line, do
it. There is nothing in For Photographers that restricts
what can be entered on any line.
(Amateur Level)
Title - The title of this photograph.
Subject - Who or what is shown in the photograph.
Description - A description of the photograph.
Cat/Neg Number - The identifing number used to find the print
or negative in your files.
Note - This line is provided for miscellaneous information.
You can enter an abbreviation for the type of entry; or
describe the condition of the print; or any other information
you feel is valuable.
Value - Enter the current value of the print. This
information is useful for insurance purposes.
(The Photographer page)
Subtopic-1 - Addition information about content of the
photograph.
Subtopic-2 - Additional information about the content of the
photograph.
Other - Like the NOTE line you can enter whatever information
you feel is useful.
Type - Use this line to classify entrys by type. The
classifications you use will depend on your requirements.
Date - You can use this line for the copyright date or the
date you took this picture.
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Grouping - Several individual pictures can belong to a group
or set of photographs. For example, a set of wedding
photographs. This line is used to identify the group (or
set) the individual picture belongs with.
Equipment, Film/Processing & Printing - Use these three lines
to describe the equipment used to take the picture, the type
of film and film processing, and the printing equipment and
procedure.
(The Professional page)
Client - The name of the person who paid for this photograph.
Address - The above person's street address.
City/State - The city and state the address is in.
Zip - The zip code.
Phone - Telephone number where this personal can be reached.
Fee - The fee charged (enter only once for a group of
pictures). This line title can be changed using the
customize feature.
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INFORMATION ABOUT FILES
For Photographers creates a separate file for each level. A
number is added to the end of the filename to indicate the
level it is associated with. If you are using PHOTO as your
filename, then the software will create PHOTO.DA2 for the
Research level and PHOTO.DA3 for the Librarian level.
The more levels used, the fewer entries can be stored in a
given space. The following chart provides a _rough_ estimate
of the number of entries that can be put within a certain
space (360K is the space on a double sided, double density
floppy disk):
Indexed Indexed
360K 1 Megabyte 360K 1 Megabyte
Amateur 1700 4900 700 2000
Photographer 750 1800 500 1200
Professional 500 1400 350 1000
For Photographers also needs to use a data file called
PHOTO.BMS. This file should always remain on the same
floppy, or in the same directory as the PHOTO.EXE program.
This file is used to store the settings used by PHOTO.EXE.
In creating data files For Photographers uses the following
method:
The Basic level data file has an extension of .DAT
The Photographer level data file has an extension of .DA2
The Professional level data file has an extension of .DA3
The file holding the setting used for each filename has an
extension of .PTO.
If you are using the default filename of PHOTO, then at the
Professional level the following files would be created.
PHOTO.DAT - Basic level data
PHOTO.DA2 - Photographer level data
PHOTO.DA3 - Professional level data
PHOTO.PTO - Set up information for the PHOTO files
Photographer level data
PHOTO.DA3 - Professional level data
PHOTO.PTO - Set up info