After our thread about storage of digi kits, I was totally *sold* on the idea of using iview media to organize my files (which was originally mentioned by Tali -- thank you!). I love the idea of being able to type in a keyword such as "flower" and having it pull up a thumbnail of every flower on my computer in an instant. How great will this be versus going by memory or searching for something manually!
I purchased iview media this afternoon, and now am having a little trouble getting started with the process of cataloging everything. I realize that I have some time consuming work ahead with tagging everything (and am prepared to plug through it), but I was curious if anyone could pass on some advice as to the best way to go about this.
For instance, do you create a new catalog for *each* kit? Or do you create a new catalog for each category (i.e. alphas, ribbons, etc.)? I'm also having a problem with creating keywords. My first "test run" involved importing an individual kit into a catalog. After doing this, I created keywords, but had trouble varying the keywords within the kit. It seemed to tag everything in that kit with the same keywords.
I downloaded the manual, but decided to "cheat" and ask here first before going cross-eyed reading the thing. Plus, I welcome any tips you may have in order to streamline this process for us digital scrapbookers!
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Dinah
