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My 4chan folder is starting to get a bit messy (pic related), so I want to clean it up a bit. I assume that most of you have been collecting wallpapers for years, so I'm sure you know what structure works best.

In short, how does /w/ organize their wallpapers?
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)09:24 No.458431
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no organisation...
pic related
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)09:38 No.458443
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I started naming and grouping my walls so that each folder would have the most walls in them. Example Starwars i went through all my walls any looked for anything that had to do with starwars. As i was doing this I found around 60 duplicates. most were the same wall just different sizes. now i know if they are any new black lagoon or chicks with headphones walls i don't have. I even combined some different groups to make 1 folder like I have a HaloHalflife, slayersSamuri7 folders i even have a GodziGokuGuyver or Godzilla,Gokuson,Guyver folder
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)10:34 No.458459
I use danbooru ( http://trac.donmai.us ) ruby hard to install etc, but the php port should work as well ( http://trac.shishnet.org/shimmie2 )
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)11:01 No.458469
Danbooru? I believe you just won the "best organizing system" contest. My stuff looks somewhat like OP's chaos, some structure will be a nice change. There's only one problem - I can't figure out where the download button is.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)11:09 No.458470
16:10 > anime > code geass > codegeass-1680x1050-03.png
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)11:43 No.458492
Two folders: 4:3, and 16:10.

If I find a particularly large collection of one show, I'll make it its own folder within one of those. Otherwise, just thrown in there with the default numbers.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)11:43 No.458493
wallpapers -> animu
wallpapers -> non-animu

animu -> series name

non-animu -> landscapes
non-animu -> space
non-animu -> movies
non-animu -> comics
non-animu -> musicians
non-animu -> other people
non-animu -> animals
non-animu -> et cetera
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)11:51 No.458500
I have everything in one big folder. Wallpaper randomizer ftw
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)12:10 No.458504
Same, everything in one sorted by name folder sorted by name. Each wall is named by the show+a number so it's still easy to find.
>> KZN 04/22/08(Tue)12:11 No.458505
Pictures -> (Here I have a few categories such as 'Anime,' 'Graphics,' etc.) Wallpapers

Pictures -> Wallpapers -> (Organized by series name, and if I don't know the series or it's not anime, it goes in the 'Misc' folder.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)13:01 No.458519
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I got mine sorted by aspect ratios, content and size.

So, first:
4:3
Widescreen
Dual-screen
Triple-screen
Odd resolutions

The 4:3 folder is divided into Anime, Pretty girls and Other

After that, sorting is by standard resolutions.

I find it works well, although sorting 25Gb of wallpapers on those criteria took a while...
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)13:27 No.458530
I have everything in one big folder (like many others), but all the images have default filenames. It gets kinda tiresome to find a specific wall that way. I'm thinking of making a wallpaper database application for personal use, although it's still in the planning phase... Maybe it would be useful for the average anon, too?
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)14:21 No.458559
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43 subfolders, 868 files. 514mb

ones at the bottom havent been placed in a folder yet, generally 1 or 2 from a series. If its not in a folder i give it a name. if it is , i just leave the generic number generated.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)14:54 No.458565
My documents/4chan/Wallpapers/Anime

Subfolders for a few shows, the rest in Anime folder with default numbers.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)15:53 No.458595
wallpapers and everything else is thrown in one folder after being given a proper set of tags
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)16:36 No.458607
>>458530
That would be awesome! I'd love one!
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)17:00 No.458627
>>458530
you should definitely write the script. tons of people would use it.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)17:21 No.458654
Any anons willing to make zip files of all or as many of their wallpapers and post it on rapidshit or anywhere better?
>> TitaniumSun 04/22/08(Tue)17:30 No.458670
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I split my stuff into different categories., and different resolutions for anime wallpapers.
>> Kou !!Bzfs+5yATPi 04/22/08(Tue)18:03 No.458708
Wallpapers > Series name (or themes large enough to warrant it get a folder here. Landscapes/Catgirls/OS-tan/ect.)

Most folders only go that far. Folders with 200+ walls then get organized by character. If still 200+ (thankfully only happened once) I have another set of folders, going off anything that can take off a large chunk out of the character folder.

Then I rename them based on the folder(s) they are in to something like "Azu_Kagura_01"
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:09 No.458709
Mine are simply organized by interest or source.
Such as Women, or Gurren Lagann. Inside those folders they are organized by resolution proportions. Ergo Standard and Widescreen.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:30 No.458721
my 9000+ pics are sorted by series. if one series has many files then there are sub-folders such as "walls". i also have some general folders sorted by resolution.

the problem i have though is that i want a way to browse them more dynamically. sort of like a photo organizer but with a slightly different set of features. for a start, the ability to sort/search by resolution. i have been playing with a design of my own, but it will be some time before it is in anyway complete.

if anyone knows of any good image organizers / browsers i would be very interested. particularly if they can do stuff based on the resolution of the image (all the photo-orientated ones have have tried can't).
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:31 No.458722
>>458469
Dozo
http://rapidshare.com/files/109644294/danbooru-rev1505.zip.html
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:32 No.458723
All wallpapers I have are in 1 folder, only split by either Nokia 6555 (useless since I can just stick a couple of regular ones by Bluetooth), PSP/DS (for R4) & Dual-Screen.

No reason for me to make any extra folders.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:45 No.458736
how do the logistics of running danbooru or shimmie locally work out? do you end up with 2 copies of every picture or does it preserve file locations or something?
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:45 No.458737
>>458721 the ability to sort/search by resolution

no one is going to highlight this feature because it was part of Windows 3.X and has been built into every OS since then...
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:54 No.458752
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>>458428
You have to ask how to organize? Fail. But since you ask, I have main folders, and then a shitload of subfolders in Videogames, Anime, Artsy and Comics. Only 1978 walls so far.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)18:59 No.458759
Just run something like this locally http://konachan.com/post
Works for me. You can search for sizes, and tags. Also with all the ajax makes things easier to move and catalogue instead of folders and moving files.

If ruby is too complicated to install like this anon said >>458459 you can use shimmie, pretty much does the job, but no ajax, a little more rudimentary to work with.

There was akibakko too but the code is now closed source for now
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)19:02 No.458762
>>458736
After they get on the database they are named after their md5 and copied to a /data/ folder. Then with the md5 of the image it's added to the database with tags.

I delete the external file after it has been added to the database as it's pointless to have two copies.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)19:05 No.458763
>>458500
fuck yeah
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)19:07 No.458765
>>458762
ah ok i was wondering about that, been thinking about rocking out one for awhile but the lazy prevents me
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)19:09 No.458766
During the week, if I get a wall that's the wrong aspect ratio or I jsut don't feel like sorting it at the time it goes to My Documents/Unsorted. At the end of the week I sort the folder out properly.

As for sorting, each theme gets it's own folder and each wall is named and numbered for that theme. For example: My Documents/Wallpapers/Hayate no Gotoku/Hayate 01.jpg Series' aren't the only themes, though, things like "Headphones", "Tech Girls", "Anime Angels", etc. are themes.
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)19:28 No.458773
Any non-tag sorting method sorta fails. An Image could fall in multiple folders

For example >>456704
>> Anonymous 04/22/08(Tue)21:11 No.458899
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Well, if anon really wanted to know... here it is.
But relax, I have the same problem in sorting as the rest of you, as in these sorted folders contain about only 10% of the pictures on my computer, the rest are scattered god-knows-where.
Basicly, when it comes to walls, I just put them in the main section and sort out the junk after in other folders. 30.000 sorted, about a milion to go, lol
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)04:40 No.459222
>>458899
This looks real neat! I like although wtf is metadata?
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)04:53 No.459228
I have 2 folders tits and gtfo the gtfo
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)05:57 No.459236
how'd you get the back of your folders black like that? i'd love a way to customize my folders to look fully black like that.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)06:22 No.459241
>>459236
in the classic theme:
1. right-click desktop - properties
2. appearance tab.
3. advanced btn.
4. ???
5. profit!
>> Lynxy 04/23/08(Wed)06:23 No.459243
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>>458766

My filing system is similar to this Anon's. Everything is filed, labelled, and numbered by anime name with no distinctions for actual image resolutions. If I have the exact same image with different resolutions,tints, or backgrounds, then I sort everything around so the images are all next to each other so I can easily check for future reference and have virtually no chance of saving doubles. All random/unknowns go into a Random folder where they're labelled and subdivided by themes like "Headphones", "Christmas", or under the name of the artist such as "Carnelian", "Tony Taka", etc. Whenever possible, I try to track down the game/anime/artist of my unknown images so they can be labelled properly.

It's a bitch to sort out at first, but once you get into the habit of labelling them as you get them, it makes images much easier to find. Hint: copy/paste helps cut down the labelling time, but if anyone knows of a faster labelling method which can relabel whole folders at a time, I'd love to hear it.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)06:28 No.459245
>>458431
How do I get thumbnails like this?
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)07:51 No.459272
>>459245
use linux.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)08:00 No.459273
Is there anyone who uses a system based on tags rather than actual sorting. It would make life a whole lot easier, as everything could be placed inside a single folder.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)08:25 No.459278
In my pics folder i have a few sub folders like wallpapers, funny, 4chan, photoshop, materials, Made wallpapers, Cosplay... you get the point.

Everything is sorted except my wallpapers folder, which is a huge mess of randomness.

My pictures folder is quite small do to the fact of my hdd getting wiped.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)08:45 No.459289
>>458428
that tree view gives the illusion of a greek pillar.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)09:33 No.459337
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>>458654
if you go to /rs/ and search the term instaset you can get many many desu and azu, will be working to improve my junk and boku and then do the rest

pic is my /a/w/ set which is about 1/4th overall. my art folder for example is much messier because it can be harder to get good folders for distinct categories (city, horizon, space, etc) where as /a/w/ are mostly a single obvious folder
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)09:42 No.459346
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also for those who do sorting by dimension, I find it easier to browse a folder and then sort by dimension

and if I am going to upload I make a dump folder somewhere else and copy what I need there and delete when done. i suppose in other situations that would be less than ideal but fwiw
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)09:59 No.459359
>>458607
>>458627
Alright, I'll start planning how it should work. I won't be able to start on the actual project before a month or so, school's killing me. When it's done (or atleast a beta is ready) I'll make a thread about it in /w/ and /wg/.

>>459273
Exactly what I'm planning. Until my system's done, I guess that danbooru script should do the job nicely. I guess what I'm planning won't be too far off, but I hope to make it even more efficient and user friendly.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)10:23 No.459368
1. make good use of the delete key. Stricten your choice = save a lot of time, you can't use all of them anyway unless you are running a server for others.

2. I use acdsee pro 2 to organize.
Can filter/group by tag, rating, (image/file) size, or other ways inside a folder;
Do quick search if you add keyword to favorite image (otherwise it can only search filename) etc.
DB Management (a DB would allow faster duplicate hunting)

but its not freeware
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)10:28 No.459371
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i organize all my wallpapers by hand.
i have my whole computer set up like this
i hate having an unorganized hard-drive
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)12:59 No.459417
>>459359
In case I don't see the threads, how can I contact you?
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)13:02 No.459419
>>459222
Information collected on certain files by Shareaza (P2P program). The folders with red icons are the ones I share, I'd share all, but last time I did that Shareaza crashed, LOL.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)13:09 No.459422
>>458530
i also have something like this in planning. i sort of have a proof-of-concept but AMT it only indexes files and records their resolution and hash code. The 2 main features i am working towards:
-play-lists: pre-defined lists of images for random desktop switching.
-tagging: needs no explanation.

though i suspect it will be some time before it is done. if i do ever write it, i will post it in /w/.
>> Wallpaper Organzation M@Sk 04/23/08(Wed)13:09 No.459423
My wallpaper collection is organized like this
Wallpaper
Full Screen
Series A
Series B
Series ...
Wide Screen
16:9
Series A
Series ...
16:10
Series A
Series ...
Multi Screen
Dual Screen
Series A
Series ...
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)13:59 No.459433
>>459417
When it's done, I'll put it in the downloads section of my website (www.praetox.com). I'll try to add a development log there somewhere.

>>459422
It's funny how everyone get the same ideas, although I mentally called it "wallpaper queue". Let's see who makes the best user interface?
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)14:46 No.459453
use IDimager
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)15:28 No.459485
>>459368
Most non freeware software can be found via BT with a keygen/crack.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1067261
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)16:36 No.459520
Poster of >>458899 and >>459419 here, about >>459371, I relate to you, did all that by hand myself, but I'd be greatful for a software that helps me do this a lot easier. Hope some of the things posted here will help.
I don't like to be a tripfag or sorts, but I'll put an email to ppl who can provide what they think is the best image sorting program on the web. Thanks.
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)19:20 No.459585
Wide
>Animu
>>Series
>>Assorted
>IRL
>Amerikan (anything not animu)
Normal
>
Multi
>
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)20:06 No.459618
I sort them by series
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)21:35 No.459690
>>459618
Bad end for a good thread.
To quote a Matrix line "Not here, not like this..." *flatline*
>> Anonymous 04/23/08(Wed)23:11 No.459805
>>459368
any difference between Pro 2 and regular ACDSee 10?
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)03:56 No.459959
>>458428

what theme is that
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)05:44 No.459978
>>459959
windows classic. see:
>>459236
>>459241
and next time read the who thread before asking!
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)08:19 No.460000
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Sorted simply by series.

I usually browse the folders with Picasa if I'm looking for something, and use ThumbsPlus for finding walls to match a certain res. Also use AWC to properly make use of the collection.
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)08:36 No.460002
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>>460000
Damn, wasted the GET opportunity

Here's the whole collection, it's 960 MB in size. Everything that I don't know the sauce of or that's from a series I've not seen yet goes in the Unsorted folder
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)08:56 No.460004
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im the only person finding anything here
but its too much to make a new system~
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)09:26 No.460006
File deleted.
this takes some time to maintain and is still growing at quite an alarming rate. though konachan.com is mostly to blame for that.

non-anime art is in another folder and takes a couple of GB in its self.
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)09:29 No.460009
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>>460006
sorry, clicked on the wrong image.
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)10:24 No.460025
jesus fuck christ you browse 4chan too much

fuck
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)11:16 No.460040
>>460004
dude post the arjuna
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)11:22 No.460046
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pic related.
fuck cropping. i'm lazy.
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)11:30 No.460062
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>>460046
oh, and this. it physically moves the files when you move them among the folders.
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)11:31 No.460063
>>460009
ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)11:57 No.460077
wow some of you need to get off the internets for once
>> azuretan !!gQBepgPDKl3 04/24/08(Thu)12:00 No.460078
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c:\wallpapers
And I organize all of them depending on series; sometimes if I don't know where it's from, I'll just throw it directly into the Wallpapers folder.
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)16:27 No.460166
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pretty much as shown, animu by series, games and everything else by series, random, and $Incoming for saving new random shit I don't feel like organizing yet.

4,042 files in 109 folders, 2.45GB
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)18:18 No.460243
>>460004
you mispelled Azumanga Daioh
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)19:08 No.460266
Congratulations, you must have very little space on your hard drive and in your life hehe
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)19:22 No.460269
>>458428
i still can't get my folders to look fully black like that. can someone tell me how to do it?
>> <(^-^)< v(^-^)v ^(^-^)^ >(^-^)> 04/24/08(Thu)20:46 No.460278
hey i posed some of those moe-tan ones XD
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)21:44 No.460320
/r/ing megaupload / rapidshit of that rosario vampire folder i see
>> Anonymous 04/24/08(Thu)23:54 No.460397
F:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\My Pictures\wallpapers <-- walls go in here lol
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)08:12 No.460614
So... I have ~130k images... 33GB... Not sorted, tons of duplicates... Anyone got a good program that's relatively fast for detecting duplicates by similarity?

As for wallpapers? Probably like 4gb or so, mainly stupidly high res scans, with proper wallpaper ratios.
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)09:04 No.460640
>Anyone got a good program that's relatively fast for detecting duplicates by similarity?
ThumbsPlus does a fairly good job, although it takes a while to create the database the first time you use it
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)09:31 No.460651
>>460640
picassa can find dupes too
though it misses some and its a pain in the ass to actually delete the dupes
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)10:20 No.460675
>>460651
Picasa only finds files that are exactly the same, so it misses a lot
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)11:22 No.460705
if you want to just detect EXACT matches by hash code, then search for a program called clonespy. very quick and nice review interface. though it is designed for files in general rather than images.
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)12:01 No.460732
I use SimiliarImages which is pretty good for close matches. I am always afraid to do automatic deletes tho
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)13:05 No.460753
you guys are uber geeks.. organizing wallpapers... wow... realy that bored that you have to change your wallpaper 50 times a day.. i mean no one is there to see it apart from you...

-> See Cool wall -> Right Click -> Set as background -> ????? -> Profit

Noobs.
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)17:16 No.460896
>>460640
Alright, thanks! I'll give it a shot. I was using Duplicate Finder, Duplicate Image Finder, Image Comparer and some other ones... they took forever to compare images.
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)17:26 No.460900
>>460753
"Aww, shit. I liked the old one better, I wish I'd saved it..."
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)18:23 No.460924
>>460753
No one gives a shit what you think.
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)18:24 No.460925
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Against my better judgement, I decided to start on the image database. It is far from completed, both feature-wise and design-wise... Does anon like what he sees, or does anyone have suggestions?
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)18:49 No.460934
>>460925
i like it alot and would love to help - it already looks better than my feeble attempts. out of interest:
-what is it written in?
-how does is store the DB?
-can it take into account existing directory structure along side tags? (e.g. on import auto tags based on folder names)
-can i get a copy to test / play with?
(i write the yuki.scr screensaver so can at least provide technical bug reports even if i don't know the specific language used)
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)18:55 No.460935
I wrote a script last night which intelligently downloads every wall on /w/. It maintains a database of metadata, which threads it's read, which posts it's seen, such that it only downloads thread pages or images when it hasn't seen them before.

When it downloads an image, it hashs it and checks if there's an existing hash for that image. If there is, it links the post's image entry to the pre-existing image and discards it.

The initial dump of /w/ done last night took about half an hour, downloading about 1200 images (taking up 1GB of space). I ran the script again this morning, took about 5 minutes to fetch all the new stuff. It's kind of slow because it fetches them in a linear manner, one at a time. Not the fastest for downloading, but it's nice on the server and easier to deal with code-wise.

The next logical step is to add useful image metadata to the database -- image resolutions, most frequent color in the image, average color in the image, etc. Eventually I'll probably write a tag system too, but it's a bit of a nightmare to even attempt to tag (what will be) thousands of images by myself.

Ultimately, I might hook this archiver up to some fat pipes (if I find a set of pipes fast enough) and write a web interface that's actually intuitive and easy to use. So you could search for red wallpapers with a 1.6 aspect ratio of minimum size 1280x800 and it would be able to pull those up, without any human help.

If I ever find some fat pipes, you guys will be the first to know :(
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)19:00 No.460936
>>460934
>what is it written in?
I'm currently studying C#, so it's written in C# Express.

>how does is store the DB?
I haven't done that much planning on the DB structure yet, but I assume it will be an xml-ish textfile containing all essential info.

>can it take into account existing directory structure along side tags? (e.g. on import auto tags based on folder names)
As of now, you are able to choose what subdirectories it should implement in the imagename/tags, and how it should be formatted.
For example you could get "4chan, anime wallpapers, azumanga" from this path:
c:\images\4chan\wallpapers\anime\azumanga\
Like this: "[2], [4] [3], [5]".

>can i get a copy to test / play with?
(i write the yuki.scr screensaver so can at least provide technical bug reports even if i don't know the specific language used)
Ofcourse you may, but right now it's next to nothing more than a basic GUI. I'll try to implement some more functions during next week, so there'll probably be a beta ready about then. Love your screensaver btw.
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)19:05 No.460938
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I gave up a long time ago.
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)19:12 No.460942
>>460934 me again.
>>460936
have you considered using SQLite? i have used it in several project with great results. plus if you ever want to up scale it is very easy to replace with MySQL or similar.
also, can it used the high-speed image loading interface that the default windows image viewer uses? I know there is an API into it, bit is a little fiddly to figure out. (the default one loads images faster than any other viewer i have tried.)
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)20:03 No.460962
>>460942
I haven't messed about with SQL stuff before, but maybe I'll take the plunge with this project. However, wouldn't that force the user to install an SQL server in that case?

When it comes to image loading speeds, I guess It's not the fastest thing in the world right now. Currently it clocks in at 2-3 seconds to load 16 images. The thumbnails you see on-screen are the actual images though, so when you want to see an image up close it's loaded instantly (as long as you cba to wait for the thumbnails). Thanks for the idea of using explorer's image loading API, I'll have a look at it when I get time.

Last minute note: It currently uses 25mb of ram whatever you do with it. I don't know if this is good compared to other tools like it - should I try to reduce it even more?
>> Anonymous 04/25/08(Fri)20:29 No.461001
>>460962
Another recommendation for SQLite (it's what I used for >>460935). SQLite is great because there isn't a server. Everything you need is linked into the project -- the database is a single file you "connect" to. For an application where there will only be one connection accessing a database, SQLite is key.

Additionally, it'll give you a good opportunity to learn SQL syntax, something that's really universally useful.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)01:07 No.461226
One folder, thousands of wallpapers
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)02:32 No.461279
>>461226
This. I tired to be more organized but failed. They're just all in one folder now.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)06:45 No.461349
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>>461001
>>460942
You've convinced me - I'll try to base it all on SQLite. Finding and editing information are much faster there from what I've heard, and it's always an advantage to know moar methods. Thanks.

I'll take a break from dev'ing until wednesday though, I really need to study for my math exam. Still open for suggestions, so keep on telling me what you want in the app!
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)07:10 No.461358
>>461349

there is no spoon
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)07:27 No.461370
>>461358
wat?
>> Shuffleblade 04/26/08(Sat)09:23 No.461408
No one using the vista tagging system? Right now mine is organized in folders by series and such like most people. But I've just started tagging in vista and it seems to work aldrig thus far, only tagged like one category as of yet through :P
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)10:30 No.461432
>>461408
Not that many people use vistaids, including me. I can't wait for >>460925, it looks like win
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)13:03 No.461489
Maybe you could combine chanmongler and imgdb? That way it can mongle threads and get tags automatically. A coupon for one free internet awaits you if you pull that off.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)13:53 No.461542
>>461489
That is a brilliant suggestion, my good sir. I second this suggestion.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)14:01 No.461546
>>461489
interesting, though of course all img's DL'ed and not user-reviewed would have to be tagged as such. i am sensing the need for more formal project control system... sourceforge project anyone?
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)14:11 No.461548
I just keep a folder for each show/video game/etc and within each folder are a bunch of images, a /w/ folder and /e/ folder (which is actually a mix of /e/ and /h/)

30 gigs of 4chan shit so far
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)14:16 No.461550
>>461408
I dont know about the vista system. I dont really tag my shit. I wish I could tag it as I download it, rather than having to dig through gigs of shit to do so.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)14:25 No.461553
>>461550
That's actually one of the features which pImgDB will implement. It will parse the Image URL directly from the browser (much like Chanmongler) and prompt you for information as it downloads.

>>461546
If you meant that it should have a big common DB of image tags, I don't know whether that's such a good idea. We're talking about /b/tards here, and they love to mess things up (bad tags on purpose). Also, I'm not really sure about Sourceforge - I was going to see how quick I could pull this off on my own once I get started, something like a personal test if you will. But great to hear that you want to join in, maybe I'll set up a SF-project later on.

>>461489
I was thinking of that myself, but I'm not sure whether that would work really great in reality. I'll give it a shot.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)14:33 No.461559
damni dont want to retype what i just wrote
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)14:53 No.461568
don't worry about /b/tards doing bad tags, when it reads them you just need a batch strip and batch rename feature. (besides /w/ackos seems to get along a lot nicer with everyone)

what I would love is if download 100 pics from a thread just based on the tags with one or two clicks I could have them move to the correct directory (ie [default path]/[series]/[character/[res]

And also work in reverse, getting tagged based on the directory it is in.

check mp3taggers for more ideas
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)17:19 No.461640
>>461568
Okay then, I'll try to add some kind of tag-share system... I guess everyone would be happy if it's possible to choose whether it's active or not.

My plan was for pImgDB to move all the images to the same folder, and have the structure based solely on the tags. That way there wouldn't arise any problems due to foreign charsets. Maybe that's not such a good idea?

Tagging images based on their folder structure is alreadu a central part of adding images. That part is just about done, so atleast that's for sure.

Thanks for the tip about MP3 tagging software, maybe it'll be a good source of ideas.

>>461559
Say what now?
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)17:49 No.461651
>to move all the images to the same folder, and have the structure based solely on the tags.

You mean all the images would be in the same folder with no subfolders and everything is tag based?

Imagine this, you have a folder with 10,000 images and someone says 'I want the Bebop with his ship in space' and you use the util to find it and it's file 124423442134.jpg and you go to upload it and you have to select that file from the 10,000 others in that folder. Ugh.

Of course if that isn't what you mean tl;dr

Also! Can you borrow some code from Dumpchan and/or XchanDump to make an uploader?
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)18:45 No.461670
Anyone got a simple guide for dummies (first timers) trying to set up a database using MySQL? I'm using, , MySQL and PHP5. Trying to install, Shimmie2 ( http://trac.shishnet.org/shimmie2 ). I have everything else set up except imagemagick (which I also need help with). Any links are appreciated!
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)18:48 No.461674
ohhhhhh another thought - the ability to rename the file based on the tags and hash code so you download file 1241234132.jpg but then click click and it becomes FSN-Saber-1280x1024-3db57e2.jpg
>> Praetox 04/26/08(Sat)19:00 No.461686
>>461651
That's not going to be a problem. See, I've added an export function. You can export a single file, a set of selected files, or all the search results to properly named files with a good folder structure whenever you need to. That way uploading stuff becomes a breeze. Does that justify the means?

Also, about the dumping - I never borrow code, but I plan to implement an uploader at any rate. It will probably not be implemented in the first version though, so don't hold your breath.

>>461674
What I wrote above is highly relevant. :P
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)19:00 No.461687
>>458722 http://rapidshare.com/files/109644294/danbooru-rev1505.zip.html

I wish I had some sort of clue as to how to install this :O
>> Tysenalex 04/26/08(Sat)19:05 No.461688
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I dont have too much anime but here is my pic
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)19:42 No.461733
>>458530
Software originating in MY /w/? Someone better archive this shit.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)19:57 No.461744
>>461733
Request posted, head over to 4chanarchive to petition. DO IT, more of you!
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)20:04 No.461747
>>461733
Wouldn't be the first time. A few months ago we got an original program that automatically dithers walls and converts them to low-res pixellated walls with old CGA color palettes. A bit of nostaligia. Pretty cool to play with.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)20:33 No.461758
>>461747
Now THAT's awesome. Do you happen to have the link still?
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)20:54 No.461762
>>461733
Did you forget all about the Yuki screensaver? Well, maybe that doesn't qualify as "software", but still.

I bet OP is full of himself now.
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)23:19 No.461871
another thought about the uploader part, if you download files from a thread using it it should remember the hash and then when you go to upload and you tell it send 'these 20' who should notice which ones are already in the thread and remove them automatically
>> Anonymous 04/26/08(Sat)23:45 No.461929
>>461687
You aren't the only one...
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)01:21 No.462087
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>>461758
I went and made an embedded rar twice (forgot about minimum res the first time) only to discover you can't post them here :\ So I uploaded the file here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J3ZB81AU
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)01:37 No.462100
>>462087
Oh, I forgot something rather important. You'll need to point the program to the folder with the images via the command line. The easiest way for any layman to do this is to create a new .txt file in the folder with CGADither. In the file write on the first line:
CGADither.exe <path>
where <path> is the directory of the images. For example:
CGADither.exe C:\Wallpapers

Save and close the file and then rename it to a .bat extension like "CGADither.bat". Now you can run the program via the .bat instead of the .exe file.
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)02:57 No.462153
oh yeah, uploader should know hen the pic is too small or large for the board
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)07:06 No.462228
>>462153
>>461871
I'll get it all added somehow, thanks for all the great suggestions.

>>462087
You can upload embedded rars, you just have to use a custom binder program - www.encyclopediadramatica.com/PFBind
Thanks though, this'll be awesome.
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)07:20 No.462231
>>462228
>pFBind
I guess from the name that you made this as well. Seriously dude; how much time did you waste on creating progs for anon? And where do I see a complete list?
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)08:06 No.462250
>>462231
Yeah, that's correct. My way of relaxing is by writing stuff, and I've felt like doing apps for 4chan lately. I haven't wasted that much time on it though, maybe 1 day an app or so? Anyways, you can get everything (except for loic and scid) on praetox.com.
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)11:56 No.462321
ok so for the tagger what I would like is a one-click mode:

Say you have 100 Azumanga group pics but there are different people in each one. I tell the program I am tagging Osaka pics, it gives me the Windows-explorer-esque thumbnail display of the files in the directory and I just scroll through and each pic I click gets tagged (or what until the end to do a batch if the proces takes more than a second)

Also you should be able to multi-tag this way so I could start with all the ones that have Osaka and Chiyochan and Tomo etc. As may tags as possible at once.

also we should be able to change the size of the thumbnail display so sometimes you have them little 20x20 or 800x600

and a sort by number of tags so that we can easily get all the no-tag and few-tags together to see what should be added
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)11:59 No.462323
ah, and for tag display there should be a 'display number of characters' setting so you can tell it for example to just show the first three letters of the Series Tag to see 'Azu' instead of 'Azumanga Daioh'
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)14:42 No.462433
>>462321
It's funny how we always have the same ideas. As of now, you select all the images just like in windows explorer, then you right-click one of them and select "Append tag(s)". That way the existing tags of each picture (if any) retains, and it will just append whatever you enter.

Also, about changing size - did you notice the text field to the left in the screenshot? There you can select how many thumbs you want displayed vertically, so that's already covered. ^^

I really liked the "sort by number of tags" idea. I've already added a "tag orphanned pictures" feature, but that only covers the pictures with no tags at all. Your method sounds much more efficient.

Finally, for the "display number of characters" idea - I guess that could be nice in certain situations. Sure, I'll drop it in.
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)16:00 No.462461
LOL fan va moget o sortera sådär! xD
>> Anonymous 04/27/08(Sun)17:47 No.462503
>>462461
Sorry but I don't speak moon.
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)00:35 No.462929
can you have the tags organize alphabetical? and perhaps we can set a standard using characters like ^ and # and _ for Series and Dimension and Character
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)01:13 No.462951
>>462929
That sounds like a good idea. Even though how each user tags their stuff is up to them, I guess I could add a list of "suggested tagging conventions" at the very least.

I don't think there would be any need for a resolution tag though; there will be an option to only show images within a certain resolution range while searching.

>>462461
That was swedish, but I didn't get all of it either.
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)07:07 No.463040
>>462929
danbooru.donmai.us (and related) allows for different types of tags (e.g. artist, character, general, etc.). what do you think?
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)11:06 No.463090
>>463040
That's something that I've missed out on completely - I just assumed that my idea was somewhat like danbooru. Maybe I should have a closer look at it before making claims like that. At any rate, I'm rather suruprised I haven't thought of doing it like that myself. Ofcourse it's much more efficient than having a common tag field - I'll do something about it as soon as I resume the development.
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)11:47 No.463103
oh i thought we already talked about different types of tags when i mentioned the mp3 systems which have specific fields and then a general comments type (which should also be included)
>> DaDavidov !!NZDjbmvLoG5 04/28/08(Mon)13:45 No.463169
>>462461
Translation: LOL damn mature to sort that way
>> T-Anon 04/28/08(Mon)15:31 No.463217
>>458428
Originally, I had my wallpapers completely unsorted, but when they started numbering in the hundreds, I decided to speperate them by source, then after consideration I sorted by resolution. Now I have to sorted by catagory and source and style.
I Currently have 2,011 wallpapers
>> T-Anon 04/28/08(Mon)15:59 No.463226
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too many paths to show...
>> T-Anon 04/28/08(Mon)16:05 No.463228
>>463226
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>>463226
this might give a better idea
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)20:27 No.463450
I sort my wallpapers by the Anime / Source from which they came (if there is no anime, then the artist fulfills that tag) and then sometimes by the characters in them.
(Example, if it is a single character wallpaper with Nagato Yuki from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, I put it in the folder "\4chan\anime\wallpapers\Suzumiya_Haruhi_no_Yuutsu\Nagato_Yuki"
So I have the folder structure as follows:
4chan>type_of_image(anime/other)>resolution(wallpaper/other)>Anime/Artist>Character(if only single character in image)
I find it works pretty well for when someone tells me "I want a Yuki Wallpaper" or "I want a C.C. wallpaper" and I can just pull up the folder and say "Which one?"
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)20:32 No.463452
>>463450
As an added note, if I do not know the artist's name or the series name, I go to picture characteristics, like if the character is wearing glasses, or if it's a catgirl, etc.
I label those folders misc_catgirl or misc_glasses, etc.
On a side note, I usually prefix my misc. folders with "z_" so they show up after the sorted stuff, so I would have z_misc_catgirl or z_misc_glasses, etc.
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)21:08 No.463475
ignorant anon here.
how does one get their interface to look like OP's?
>> Anonymous 04/28/08(Mon)23:21 No.463563
>>463475
Seconded. Is that some kind of Aero or WindowBlinds manipulation?
>> Anonymous 04/29/08(Tue)00:29 No.463628
>>458428

iphoto
>> T-Anon 04/29/08(Tue)00:32 No.463630
>>463563
Dosnt look to dissimilar to mine. Im guessing its just a standard windows theme with modded colors and text.

I had 'bblean' (blackbox) running on mine when i took screens before
>> Anonymous 04/29/08(Tue)01:13 No.463648
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