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WHAT IS IMAGEAXS™ PRO?
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IMAGEAXS PRO MACINTOSH USER’S GUIDE
RECORDS
An ImageAXS Pro data record contains information about a source
file. A thumbnail image of the file and some basic data (such as the
file size, and when it was created) are included in the record when
you acquire the source file. You can add to each record by entering
data in text fields and attaching keywords.
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 Pro 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.
ImageAXS Pro lets you organize keywords into hierarchies (or
families) so that one keyword may contain several related keywords.
For example, the keyword “United States” might have child
keywords for each of the 50 states; attaching a keyword for one of the
states (such as “California”) to a data record would attach the
“United States” keyword as well.