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Re: Digital photo archive



on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 06:11:28PM -0800, Osamu Aoki (debian@aokiconsulting.com) wrote:
> What is the best archiving approach for bundle of digital photos.
> 
> Requirements:
> 1) Use Debian with CD-RW
> 2) Files (main photos) are in jpeg file as obtained from camera.
> 3) There should be thumb nail images which fit in normal web browser.
> 4) Reading should be through web browser (i.e., any platform).
> 5) Organization shall require minimum efforts:
>     Just simple subdirectory structures.
> 6) Commenting on photo/folder should be accommodated with minimal care.
>     If not given, date range or subdirectory name is used as text message.
> 
> My idea is simple script to create web page. Use "du -s" to check
> archive size,...  (imagemagic + perl script + make should do this.)
> I do not like this to be complicated.
> 
> Did anyone do this?  Any pointer is appreciated.

Hope that this is helpful -- there's a package which will create a photo
gallery / archive.  It includes thumbnails, full size links, and
captions.  But I don't remember the name.  Poke through the package
list(s) or Freshmeat.  I do remember that the results looked pretty slick.

Peace.

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