BilderKatalog Files

Summary:

BilderKatalog is a image catalogue based on a MySQL database with the focus on labeling and searching the images without changing the image files on disk.
The program has several highly efficient methods of entering meta information (such a comment, peoples on the image, location, …) and provides the full power of SQL search through a user friendly interface.
Nearly all methods binary preserve the original files as the information are stored in a seperate database. Nethertheless export to and import from standards like EXIF and XMP are provided.
Some more details are explained in the Manual.pdf


Changelog:

BilderKatalog 3.9
- People from current selection can be prefered in auto-compled
- Some properties are customiezed

BilderKatalog 3.8
- Changed database layout. Now the database layout is checked at startup for all tables and updated if necessary.
- Add management of photographers
- Minor usage improvements

BilderKatalog 3.7
- Improved adding of photographers
- read only list of all photographers now available
- thumbnail generation can be aborted
- bug fixed: generation of the same thumbnail multiple times
- some internal improvements

BilderKatalog 3.6
- Find moved files based on their md5-Hash
- Automatically remove database entries of no-existing files
- A bug concerning the selection of images with a certain score fixed
- Previews are now generated in an external thread thus the generation no longer blocks the whole program

BilderKatalog 3.5
- Database layout has changed: new column for orientation added
- Database layout is checked at startup and updated if neccessary
- Exif Orientation flag read, stored and used upon display
- Images can be rotated (by changing the orientation flag in the database -> without changing the file)

BilderKatalog 3.4
- Edit and slide show window completly rewritten. They are now one window that can change view. This way all functions are directly accessible in both situations. The window now scales much better to the actual screen size.
- the table and the import/export window are now translated into English.

BilderKatalog 3.3
- Greatest change: Now there it is possible to export metadata to the image files using EXIF comment, IPTC and XMP; they can be imported and removed from thefiles as well (see updated manual)
- actual cache size is shown, cache can be emtied
- you can now permanently add names to the peoples database
- thumbnails are only generated when needed
- table improved
- in Edit Data window, only peoples' names are proposed if they are already in the database (you can set a threshold)
- some internal improvements
- sorry, that some of the new features are not translated, yet

BilderKatalog 3.2
- two major improvements:
  - now thumbnails are supported for better speed and memory usage:
    - thumbnails in different resolutions can automatically be generated using the external program "convert"
    - they are transparently used throughout the program
    - thumbnails can easily deleted for a selection (an image list)
  - there is now a table view
    - the table can show an arbitrary subset of the properties
    - you can save as many views as you like and recall them later
    - column widths are automatically saved on close and restored later
    - all properties can be edited in the table
    - a thumbnail can be shown
    - the table is synchronised with any open edit window, even the current index
- smaller changes:
  - there is now a log view directly in the main window
  - all error/warning/debug messages get redirected there -> no more messages lost to the standard output on the console
  - some small bugs corrected
  - small internal improvements


BilderKatalog 3.1
- possibility to execute SQL statement added
- easy search for people added
- easy search for grade added
- error message if image is missing
- better search for people in statistics
- directly replace from statistics window added
- now it is directly shown if the current value is also the default value

BilderKatalog 3.0
- Completely new tools to display the images which leads to several improvements: no memory shortage; high performance; more flexibility -> new features, currently two zoom levels are supported
- improved slide show
- Directly delete image files
- copy image files to folder
- names in MySQL database are now supported
- search in name database
- names from image list are directly avialable in dropdown

BilderKatalog 2.1
- Several improvements in slide show (e.g. directly show informationbar)
- Handles better missing EXIF data
- If cannot connect to database at start up, run configuarable command (e.g. to start database server)
- More memory efficient
- A bug concerning encoding Windows file names in SQL database removed

BilderKatalog 2.0
- New window to solve problems like missing images in database, checking of autodata and much more
- New window showing some statistics
- Import and export of image lists/selections to and from text file and the system clipboard
- Old searches are now saved for later usage
- Mark statistics directly in the edit form
- Better way to enter standard data in edit form
- Preview has always correct height/width ratio
- Support now longer path names
- Many small improvements

BilderKatalog 1.2
- Adding Panoramas added
- Search in address list added
- Replace Form added
- Better update of information like number of found images in main window
- Bug removed: now file names containing '&' support throughout the program
- English help window improved

BilderKatalog 1.1
Added internationalization and added English language support.