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1/13/2023 Topic: Not enough of virtual memory Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: Not enough of virtual memory Dear Stéphane, In order to assist you, we will need specific information about which of the StudioLine products and version you are using, as well as the diagnostic logs after you had encountered the error. Please start the software, visit the Help menu and then choose the option to send a “Service Request”. This will gather up the information we need and forward it to us for inspection. Once we have those details, we can see if the problem might be specific to a certain file, and then try to focus our attention on that.

1/13/2023 Topic: Not enough of virtual memory Stéphane Posts: 1	Stéphane Posts: 1 Topic: Not enough of virtual memory Hello, When I tried to import a directory with pictures and videos, I had a "Not enough of virtual memory" error.. Someone can help me ? Do we have a solution for this ? Thanks in advance Kind regards Stéphane, France

11/19/2022 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Wayne Hewitt wrote: Andy, on a dark and stormy evening will start to reload. Hopefully at least some of my files will simply read in. Wayne - if you DO have a Backup of the StudioLine Data Folder, or if you can somehow connect the old hard disk to the new system, then you could simply copy the "StudioLine Data" Folder to your new hard disk. When you open StudioLine (Version 4 or 5) for the first time, it will prompt for the location of the data folder and use all you info just like before. From previous communication, I remember that you had used non-standard path names for your "StudioLine Data" parent folder, e.g.: D:\STUDIOLINE DATABASES\ACTIVE DB\ and prior to that: D:\StudioLine3 Data\ACTIVE\ So the important thing will be for you to figure out what the precise folder path is, otherwise StudioLine wouldn't find your data.

11/18/2022 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Wayne Hewitt Posts: 38	Wayne Hewitt Posts: 38 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Andy, I didn't realize it had been that long. It has been a good run except for the past few months. I will order v5 and on a dark and stormy evening will start to reload. Hopefully at least some of my files will simply read in. Yes, still wayne.hewitt@shaw.ca

11/18/2022 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Hi Wayne, two options: 1. if you lost your Version 4 activation code, I can look that up for you. If you need the setup program for Version 4, that too I can supply. This way you can install on your new machine. 2. Yes, you can instead purchase Version 5 at regular price. (After having already used version 4 for eight years, there is no credit amount towards version 5). PS: Still with "shaw"? edited by Andy Schmidt on 11/18/2022

11/18/2022 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Wayne Hewitt Posts: 38	Wayne Hewitt Posts: 38 Topic: New Machine - Not sure how I will upgrade to P C 5 Andy, The machine I was running Photo Classic 4 on has crashed badly. I have a new machine. I plan to download Photo Classic 5 but I am not sure just where I was in terms of being able to upgrade as I can no longer access/run version 4. Can I get an update of my status so I know where to start. I have rescues lots of my data, just can't get at the app.

8/24/2022 Topic: Changing the date created Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: Changing the date created Ed wrote: Also, where can I view categories? I already responded to the question of static file-specific descriptors (EXIF) vs. editable content/contextual descriptors (IPTC). I generally would avoid Windows descriptors for your purpose, as the recipients of your project may not necessarily all be using Windows-based computers. I also responded on the different techniques (e.g, folder descriptors, ad-hoc applying of identical descriptors to a bulk of other photos, and descriptor "forms") on how reuse the same descriptors for the pictures in a folder. On the subject of "categories" and "keywords", StudioLine has a number of ways to work with those. One way to think of categories and keywords, is to think of an "alternate universe" of Folders and Subfolders. NORMALLY your picture will be located in some subfolder of a subfolder of a subfolder... of some parent folder. Now, with keywords and categories, you can create two additional "folder trees" that use other "subject" tags - let's say - Events -- Birthdays -- Graduation ---- High School ---- College ---- Graduate School -- Funerals In addition to such a nested tree of "event" categories, you can come up with as many different category and keyword trees as are sensible for your project. Then, when managing the "categories" or "keywords" of a single picture (or a selected group of pictures, even all the pictures in a folder), you can simply "browse" through those categories you had created and TAG them to that picture/those pictures. Alternately, you can NAVIGATE through your keyword/category trees, click on any one, and you'll see all pictures that have (already) been TAGGED with that particular category/keyword!

8/24/2022 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Ed wrote: Is it possible to make new descriptors and propagate them by folder. Yes, StudioLine has NO limit as far as creating your own USER DESCRIPTORS, with their own labels, and you can add whatever content (or automatically include/combine content from other user, system, EXIF or IPTC descriptors). However, my strong recommendation would be to familiarize yourself with the IPTC descriptors and attempt to use those as much as possible. The reasons is, that the museum, publications, news editors, etc. are more likely to use photo archiving/management and "placement" tools that will LOOK for IPTC descriptors to automatically retrieve the title, captions, date, photographer, location, etc. of a picture. They would not be able to retrieve that information from your own set of user descriptors. User descriptors are useful for adding searchable fields that you use to manage your own photo archive inside of StudioLine that might be very specific to your type of application. Then, once you have used your descriptors to select a set of photos, I would "populate" the IPTC descriptors (e.g., by including content from your user descriptors) before "exporting" your photos for use by/sharing with third parties. And also, YES, you can "propagate them by folder" using three different techniques: a) You can set up folders for a certain theme (e.g., a certain event/day/location in history). Then you can "preset" descriptors for that folder (e.g., copyright, location, date, title,...) and when you add pictures to that folder, they will all be initialized with your preset folder descriptors. Now you would just have to touch up individual photos where some of the details are different or should be elaborated on. b) You can use the "add hoc" ability to copy/apply some or all descriptors from ONE picture in your folder to all others (or a large batch of selected photos) in that folder. c) The third method is a bit of a mix of both: You create a "form" that combines any number of existing descriptors, you can fill in the descriptors with the information that you want to use for a whole group of pictures. Then, whenever you added pictures, you can choose to "apply" that form (and its content) to all those pictures.

8/24/2022 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Jürgen Wolz Posts: 32	Jürgen Wolz Posts: 32 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function StudioLine allows the creation of user descriptors for storing any image related info in it's database that is not covered by the standard descriptor fields in Exif or IPTC blocks. To do so, in the Descriptors tab, you can select "User descriptors" and "+" to create a new descriptor. But, in general, for the purpose of exchanging information with other photographers through image meta data, it is recommended to use the standard (Exif- IPTC-) fields, e.g. IPTC Title, IPTC Caption and IPTC keywords. If you want to pass your images on to others, I recommend using StudioLine Photo Classic, which allows updating image metadata of externally stored originals with information from the StudioLine database. Best Regards

8/24/2022 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Ed wrote: no help for 80 year old view camera shots. Not quite. The key is to understand the intended purpose of EXIF vs IPTC descriptors. To simplify, EXIF descriptors are specific to the "technical" digital file - while IPTC are specific of the content/context of a picture. So, yes, the "date" information of the file, is "fingerprinted" by the hardware that produces the file. Of course, with digital camera hardware, the date and location information of the "file" is usually identical to what's shown on the picture. Unless a user forgot to (re)set their camera's clock, the user travelled to a different time zone, forgot to set daylight saving time, the camera's GPS chip is failing to pick up a signal, etc. Consequently, for scanned images, it is correct that the Exif date information permanently documents the "creation" date of the digital file - no matter how old the original picture might have been. This way, if a progressively fading photograph is scanned repeatedly over the years with better hardware, etc. the EXIF date will document which one is the "most recently", or the "originally" scanned picture. It's also correct that most EXIF information is supposed to not be permanent and not open to be "falsified" after the fact, because the information is truly authentic with respect to the technical file. (Again, I'm simplifying, because EXIF descriptors were expanded so that a hypothetical user could theoretically add titles, categories, copyright, etc. - which is seldomly done while a photographer is clicking away hundreds of times hoping not to miss "the" shot.) What YOU are trying to do for the museum, is instead describe the content/context of the picture. That's what the IPTC descriptors are specifically for. They are intended for the "post processing" phase of a photo shoot, where photographer sits in front of his computer, sorts through the hundreds of photos taken during an event (or a researcher goes through all the scans), correctly orients each picture, straightens them to the horizon, picks out the "keepers",... and then spends time to properly annotate each one, by adding titles, captions, categories, copyright/photographer source, possibly adding GPS coordinates,... Ultimately, YES, there IS help for 80-year old shots - but you have to use the descriptor "set" that is INTENDED to document picture CONTENT and not focus on the descriptor set that is intended to fingerprint FILE details.

8/24/2022 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Ed Posts: 3	Ed Posts: 3 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function I see. So no help for 80 year old view camera shots. Is it possible to make new descriptors and propagate them by folder. After scanning the negatives for my own use, they are being donated to museums and the state historical society. I think there are about 3000 shots.

8/24/2022 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Jürgen Wolz Posts: 32	Jürgen Wolz Posts: 32 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Hi, The grayed fields in the StudioLine Exif descriptor block are for display only, not for editing. The protected fields are imported from the Exif block in images from a digital camera and displayed in the corresponding StudioLine fields. Fields such as Manufacturer, Model, Serial Number, ISO ... are stored by the digital camera when the photo is taken and are not intended to be changed by the user. Best Regards

8/23/2022 Topic: Changing the date created Ed Posts: 3	Ed Posts: 3 Topic: Changing the date created I'm scanning photos and negatives from World War 2, If I change the date created to 1944 it changes it to 3088. Of coarse there were no batteries in cameras back then and most of my descriptors are blank and unchangeable or filled in with whatever my Epson Perfection scanner filled in which is not much. I can fill in a few by using Windows properties but that is one picture at a time and I still cannot propagate them to all pictures in a folder. Any suggestions? We're talking 18 cubic feet of slides and thousands of negatives. Also, where can I view categories?

8/23/2022 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Ed Posts: 3	Ed Posts: 3 Topic: Using the "descriptor" function Studioline Photo Basic 4 ver 4.2.69, Windows 10. I've been scanning Dad's WW2 pictures with intent of creating a book. When I click edit-describe, almost all the descriptors (exif) are grayed out. If I enter camera model in windows-properties-detail, it shows in the describe tab but I am unable to propagate it to the other photos as the descriptor name is still grayed out.I am able to put the photographer name into the Artist descriptor block and propagate to all photos in the folder. Do I need an activation code for the free version or do I need an upgrade? Is there a setting I missed? I am evaluating several softwares for a match to my needs and so far I like what I see here.

8/2/2022 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image nlbarkman wrote: how can I print wallet size images with the descriptor below First gather up all the images you plan to print together (likely more than one will fit on a page?). #1 In the Print Spooler list select ALL the images (they should all be hilighted). #2 Set whatever size you want all the images to have #3 Use the More Settings button to choose which descriptor to print At this point, all these settings would only apply to the ONE preview image. #4 Use the "Copy" button to apply those settings to ALL the selected (highlighted) images. edited by Andy Schmidt on 8/2/2022

8/2/2022 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image nlbarkman Posts: 2	nlbarkman Posts: 2 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image Thank you! Now, how can I print wallet size images with the descriptor below? Or at least, smaller than what seems to be the default. I didn't see where the More option was in your photo.

8/2/2022 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image To customize the print output, you can choose "Custom Print" or "Print Spooler" and then use the "More Settings" button to access the additional print settings:

8/2/2022 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image nlbarkman Posts: 2	nlbarkman Posts: 2 Topic: printing a descriptor below the image To print captions below each picture, use the “Print descriptors below images” option. The panel “Choose” opens. It operates like the “Descriptors” panel covered in the “Adding Descriptors” section, earlier in this manual. I can't see the "print descriptors below images" option. I am attaching a screenshot. Could someone tell me where it is?

6/8/2022 Topic: System is re-naming my files Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114	Andy Schmidt Administrator Posts: 114 Topic: System is re-naming my files Hi Bill, I've never known of StudioLine using arbitrary file names such as that. Our team will be happy to look into this, once we receive a service request (see the Help menu in the software) with the diagnostic log files. Kindly do the following: - Start StudioLine. - Choose two or three photos to demonstrate the problem with, export those "Originals", so that they are exported with a sidecar XMP file. This way we can inspect all the descriptors. - Then use the Save As process to export. - Ideally take a screen shot of the Export screen so we can see all the settings chosen. Once you reproduced the problem, use the Help Menu to submit a Service Request so that we can see the diagnostic logs. Also, email us the exported Original(s) with XMP files. Best Regards, Andy

6/8/2022 Topic: System is re-naming my files Bill Doyle Posts: 7	Bill Doyle Posts: 7 Topic: System is re-naming my files Hi Andy, an odd new problem popped up with Studioline Classic 4. I have been ensuring I'm using the most current update. I process and use 3,000 - 5,000 photos annually. I've been using SL for 20+ years, my process is always the same: Import to SL Cull / Edit / Organize photos Re-name folder per project Re-name all photos per project, in a specific sequence When I send photos to clients or use for other purposes, I use "Export Save- As" to send to a Windows folder... I always specify FileName as {descriptor} in order to keep my re-named file-names. The Problem: The Exported files are automatically re-named... random Alpha-Numeric names are given (I've attached some files from a single batch so you can see the names they are generating)... these have nothing to do with the original camera name OR my SL re-named names. This is a problem!

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