CodedColor PhotoStudio Manual - digital photo software, picture viewer, image editor, page layouter and flash / pdf album exporter (similar ACDSee, IrfanView)

Organizer

The Organizer is a special Explorer window, displaying the CodedColor Wordirectory. All write operations of CodedColor are done in this location on your disk, whether you export albums, convert or mail images, create album shortcuts or add images to catalogs. Even the Recent List of edited images is kept here and can be browsed.

In fact, whenever you find images in the Organizer structure, the layout switches to the Explorer Imageview and you won't even notice you are inside the Organizer. Most images in the Organizer are linkfiles, like those in Catalogs, Print Orders and Search results, so the storage space in the Organizer is kept to a minimum. If you export albums or do batch conversions, the converted images are stored in the organizer file structure.

Organizer layout
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Folder for album shortcuts. Example: the album shortcut "Marokko" might point to D:\Images\2002\Marokko

Catalog folders with linked images: here you collect your favorite images and screenshows

3. List of album shortcuts: SHIFT+F2 opens the Album editor

Physical location of album (path to album): a Doubleclick opens the selected album in a new Explorer window

Album information (size and amount of images)

Album locations, that are currently not available (network drive, removable media like CD), are grayed out

Facts about the CodedColor Organizer

Only one instance of the Organizer can be opened at a time. The Explorer can have many instances (MDI children).

The Organizer is basically a simplified Explorer, pointing to the Workdirectory of CodedColor.

The main use of the Organizer is to store album and catalog linkfiles, thus acting as a shortcut navigator.

Exported albums and converted images are also found in the Organizer.

The organizer is the first window opened when you start CodedColor.

CodedColor PhotoStudio by 1STEIN is a Windows photo viewer and editor to organize, edit, resize, reformat, correct, compare, sort, watermark, annotate and print digital images, and to edit EXIF and IPTC data in digital photos. You can rename multiple images, remove scratches, create panorama pictures (stitch), convert RAW photos (from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc. cameras), send images via Skype, send photo SMS, burn digital watermarks, correct colors, run a screenshow, convert and correct JPEG images in a batch process, rename fields, open pictures and image folders from the Explorer, generate a webalbum in HTML and compress JPG images. The CodedColor full version is not free, but during registration you can choose the Freeware edition, in which some functions are deactivated. After the download you can try the PhotoStudio shareware for 30 days without any restrictions. The CodedColor software interface looks very similar to ACDSee, is easier to use than Photoshop and more versatile than Picasa and Irfanview, but still contains editing and correction features as effective as Paintshop. Have a look at our Before / After tutorials, in order to get an idea of the powerful editor capabilities. The software comes with a detailed handbook and a fast database to store EXIF / IPTC data and color informationen. CodedColor PhotoStudio is a powerful and versatile photo organizer and image editing software for digital camera users. The user friendly interface includes features like photo editing & printing, web & flash album galleries, slide shows, photo management & cataloging, custom sorting, IPTC & EXIF editor and display, GPS tagging, perspective correction, barrel distortion, effects, thumbnail generation, resize & resample images, jp2000, batch conversion, database keyword searching, red eye removal, color / sharpness / brightness & contrast correction, artefacts removal, clone brush, scanner & TWAIN import, screen capture, lossless JPEG rotation, transparency (alpha channel), gamma correction, print ordering and screenshows with many transition effects, watermark text, image annotations, panorama stitch & animation, video capture, PDF album export, photo layouts, collages, frames, shadows, histograms, automatic white balance, skype photo sharing, etc. Opens and converts all common image formats: BMP, WMF, GIF, JPEG, JPEG2000, TIFF, PCX, PNG, PSP, PSD, PCD, and all current RAW formats. Visit the CodedColor FotoStudio homepage to learn more and download a free copy! Includes BYNGO MMS messenger and CodedColor Publisher, a versatile photo layout and DTP tool, from which you can order individual photobooks through KODAK.