ImageAXS is a software application for organizing and editing digital photo

Digital photography

Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film...

s, originally created by Digital Arts and Sciences Corporation and later acquired by Caere Corporation (later ScanSoft and later Nuance Communications

Nuance Communications

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). "ImageAXS" is a blend

Blend

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 of the word Image and [sic] Access (AXS).

Native applications for Windows

Microsoft Windows

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, Mac OS

Mac OS

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 were available. Now unsupported but available for free.

Organization and editing

For organizing photos, ImageAXS has file importing and tracking features, as well as tags

Tag (metadata)

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 and collections for further sorting.

Searching

Application has basic and advanced search capabilities. It also supports boolean operators for searching. During HTML export some search capability is preserved by creation of static search dataset.

Viewing

Application provides capability of viewing thumbnails grid as well as zooming in out of individual images.

Creation of thumbnail image

The program creates a Collection of digital content files from Source files. The original image (source file) remains where it is located, but program automatically creates a thumbnail preview of the image. The name of the image and type of file is visible. There are options to customize the appearance of the thumbnail and the collection file. The source of the original file is recorded and remembers where it is. One can double click the thumbnail to view the full image without launching another application. Images can be identified with a keyword or up to 100 data fields so that the file can be found readily by complex advanced search functionality.

The benefit of this is that one can take the multitude of clip art, sound files, etc., that we sometimes buy or create, spend some time cataloging it with a name and keywords, and you will have a virtual database of files with searchable names instead of the number labels that clip art manufacturers so brazenly place on their media.

Portfolios

Using a drag and drop method, one can organize and display images in portfolios, including Web page portfolios. Subsets of records can also be created via drag_and_drop into your custom folders. Again, label and sort these records however meets your needs. Since thumbnails can be moved around, it is perfect for preparing a slide show presentation.

Creation of Web pages

ImageAXS automatically creates HTML pages of selected images with a single command-–export to HTML. Visitors to the Web site can click on the thumbnails to see full size images. I used the wizard to set this up and found it a little cumbersome. I was able to manually set up a web page and clicking on the thumbnail worked. In fairness to the evaluation of the program, I just did not have the time to play around with it and understand all the server-side references and terminology it referred to.

e_ZCard Export

e_ZCard is an electronic mini album that combines images and two fields of text in a self extracting executable.

Upgrade Options

ImageAXS is no longer a supported product. As Microsoft releases updated versions of DLL files, the Windows version may cease to function. The Macintosh version is only available for OS 9.

Conversion to ThumbsPlus is one option. http://www.graphicdetail.com/

Gallery Systems also offers a special upgrade to EmbARK Cataloguer. http://www.gallerysystems.com/imageaxs