Welcome


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Welcome to PhotoNotes! This application provides an easy way to attach labels to your favorite photos, find photos of a person in your Mac OS X Address Book via Spotlight and share your notes on the web. This guide will get you started quickly, should you have additional questions or problems, support is available on the omz:software website.
Have fun!

Quick Start


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Import: First, you need some photos in your document. The easiest way ist to drag them into your document's window from iPhoto or the Finder. Simply select the photos you'd like to import and drag them into the PhotoNotes window. With the new iPhoto 08 you can simply drag an Event's key photo in the PhotoNotes document window to import all of this event's photos. You can create several PhotoNotes documents using the File menu. It is recommended to use documents in a similar way to iPhoto Albums or Events. Documents are automatically indexed by Spotlight, so you can easily find a document containing a specific label or person. Opening the document from Spotlight automatically shows the person or label you searched for in the document.

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Add some Labels: When you have imported some photos, it's time to add labels. Simply double-click a photo to open it in the edit mode. Then drag a frame around the person or object you want to attach the label to. A dialog appears where you can select a person from your Address Book or enter a comment.
If you have saved the person's birthday, the age at the time the photo was shot will be displayed next to the name. After you created a label, you can move it around by dragging its frame or resize it by dragging the bottom right corner. To delete a label, select it and press the delete or backspace key. The same applies to photos you want to remove from the document (the original photos won't be touched). You can undo every operation by choosing "Undo" from the "Edit" menu (or Command-Z).
Click "Done" to return to the list of photos to edit another or use the arrow buttons to navigate through the list without leaving the edit view.

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Have a closer look: Persons you marked on photos will automatically appear in the sidebar of your document. When you select a person, all photos containing that person will show up and the person will be highlighted on the preview. If the person has a birthday in your Address Book, his or her age on each photo will also be displayed below the thumbnail. This is a great way to watch your children (or grandchildren) grow.
You can also use the "Filter" textfield at the bottom of the window to look for specific labels or to find a photo on which two specific persons are shown. This textfield will be automatically filled when you open a document from Spotlight and searched for a comment label (otherwise the person you searched for will be highlighted).

If you want to share a photo's labels, you can easily do so by clicking the "Export to HTML" button in the edit view. You can enter a title, specify the colors of the labels and how you want them to show up. In a photo meant to be displayed on the web, it might be appropriate to only display person's first names. When you click "Save…" in the Export dialog, you will be prompted to enter a filename for the HTML page. The exported page consists of this file and a resized version of the photo that is automatically created in the same folder.