OYA-App (Organize Your Albums)

Monday on 3rd of december 2007.

Why
Introduction
Shortcuts
Improvements
Contact

Why ?

I decided to create this software for several reasons. I use iPhoto software to add my photos when I create a DVD of a movie (with iDVD or iMovie HD). To manage my albums via iPhoto, turns itself loud and uncomfortable. That's why I decided to create OYA-App which manages my own albums, by adding tags in the finder comment, and simply by creating symbol links between my photos and my album represented by a directory. This management is light, symbol links use few KiloBytes, and at the proper time, I can add or delete my albums in iPhoto as I want.
The use of symbol links have the advantage to link the wanted file even when it is moved to another directory.
At present time, I have almost 3000 pictures. Try to manage this quantity of pictures with iPhoto, you will see that is loud, due to iPhoto loading all thumbnails of the pictures at launch.
By adding, Spotlight comment in your images, you will be able to retreive them by a Spotlight search.
I hope you will appreciate this software, and I am opened to add functionnalities on demand.
The main objective is to organize not modify any of your pictures.
Yours pictures will never be modified, even you change its orientation, it's my choice, but I prefer to keep the originals pictures unmodified.

Introduction

The OYA-App interface is divided into four parts :

Part A : will display all images supported in the selected directory (in your album, or in the directory by the command).
Part B : display all your OYA album. To browse your images contained in your OYA album, select it either by arrows keys or mouse.
Part C : display Exif information and finder comment of the selected OYA album or image. You can set your own finder comment (to retreive your image by a Spotlight search.
Part D : Commands button.

Shortcuts

Now you will find a short description about the shortcuts :

	To do a multiple selection in the browser image
	Open a directory to browse its content in the image browser
	Create a new OYA album
	Delete an OYA album
	Delete the selected images of an OYA album
	Import the selection of images (from the image browser) in iPhoto
	Create a new OYA album from a selected images' directory
	Rotate the selected images to the right
	Rotate the selected images to the left
	Reveal in Finder the selected image
	Display in a new window the current image
	Update the Spotlight's comments of the images selection

Improvements

I'm waiting for any ideas, but in the next release, a orientation tool will be added.

Contact

If you want to contact me, feel free to send me an email at the following address : jlesaux (at) free (dot) fr. Thank you.
You can also check if your version is up to date by clicking here.