Abstract: A method of tracking digital images includes inputting data identifying a subject of an image into a camera, acquiring an image with the camera, and storing the image and the inputted data, as metadata, in an image file when the image is acquired. The method can be implemented using a scanner, a digital camera, and a data processor. The scanner obtains the identifying data and transmits the data to the camera. The camera obtains digital images and embeds the data into digital image files encoding the digital images. The identifying data has a format different from any of the formats processable by the digital camera. The data processor converts the format of the identifying data to one of the plurality of formats processable by the digital camera loads the converted information into the digital camera as metadata.

Abstract: A method of tracking digital images includes inputting data identifying a subject of an image into a camera, acquiring an image with the camera, and storing the image and the inputted data, as metadata, in an image file when the image is acquired. The method can be implemented using a scanner, a digital camera, and a data processor. The scanner obtains the identifying data and transmits the data to the camera. The camera obtains digital images and embeds the data into digital image files encoding the digital images. The identifying data has a format different from any of the formats processable by the digital camera. The data processor converts the format of the identifying data to one of the plurality of formats processable by the digital camera loads the converted information into the digital camera as metadata.

Abstract: A photographic processing system is disclosed in which subject and other data is stored in a database and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera.

Abstract: A method of automatically checking digital camera images for dust on the image sensors of the associated cameras is disclosed that enables operators to check the performance level of digital cameras in real time and correct or take out of service those that do not pass the checking procedure.

Abstract: A photographic processing system is disclosed in which subject and other data is stored in a database and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera.

Abstract: A photographic processing system is provided that is capable of storing subject and other data in a database and automatically linking such data to photographs as they are taken using either a film or digital camera.

Abstract: An automated studio and control system for taking photographs is disclosed that alleviates many exposure problems and simplifies variables with which the photographer must deal in order to achieve consistent high quality photographs. The studio includes a multi-light portrait lighting system, a subject location verification system and a system for varying backgrounds, all of which are tied to an integrated control system and synchronized to a camera.

Abstract: A photographic processing system is disclosed in which subject and other data is stored in a database and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera.

Abstract: Page layouts are created on a computer using low-resolution versions of image files stored on a production computer system. The page layouts are then transferred to the production computer system and the low-resolution versions of the image files are automatically replaced by the high-resolution versions. Cropping and scaling of the images used in creating the page layouts are retained when the low-resolution version is replaced by the high-resolution version.

Abstract: Automation of the process of creating pages for publications is achieved by developing on a publisher's computer a database including images and data related to the images. The data are used to select, sort and organize the images on page layouts based upon instructions from an authorized user from that user's computer.

Abstract: A photographic processing system is disclosed in which subject and other data is stored in a database and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera.

Abstract: A CRT apparatus for illuminating color photographic negatives to faithfully produce colored hard copies in photographic printers without the use of dark shutters, heat shields and/or moving color filters. The preferred embodiment of the present invention employs an ordinary color television with a R, G, B input, driven by a signal controller and a specially designed CRT. The controller previews and analyzes the negative with inputs from an ordinary color television camera illuminated by a standard light source. A sample of the recording media for the hard copy, which was exposed to a pattern generated by the controller and displayed on the CRT, acts as a standard reference for the controller's mathematical manipulations to analyze the hard copy media sample, and control the Kelvin temperature and luminance settings of the CRT when exposing the hard copy through the subject negative in order to achieve automatic color balance in the hard copy.