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====== Descriptors ====== | ====== Descriptors ====== | ||
- | Descriptors are used to store your descriptive information in different categories. | + | Descriptors are used to store your descriptive information in different categories. |
- | Once you load an image into the Image Archive the descriptors “Image Name,” “Description,” and “File Date and Time” will display below the thumbnail, some will already filled in with information from your camera. | + | Once you load an image into the Image Archive the descriptors “Image Name”, “Description”, and “File Date and Time” will display below the thumbnail, some will already filled in with information from your camera. |
- | “Image Name” defaults to the file name of the imported picture. | + | “Image Name” defaults to the file name of the imported picture. The same information is also stored in the descriptor “File Name”. Often, the file name is automatically generated by digital cameras or scanners is rather cryptic (for example “DCF0033”), |
- | The descriptor “Description” is left empty, inviting you to enter your own text. The “File Date and Time” are carried over from the creation date of the original file. | + | The descriptor “Description” is left empty, inviting you to enter your own text. The “File Date and Time” are carried over from the creation date of the original file. |