LYNX Enterprise - User Manual Supplement Quick Acquire
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1. LYNXPM L L C secure Digital Photo Management Systems LYEN 877 955 7711 ext 82 CS RE suppot lynxpm com LYNX Enterprise User Manual Supplement Quick Acquire Quick Acquire feature in Lynx Enterprise is a fast and easy way of getting your images acquired annotated and filed into your projects The project must already be created in order for you to use Quick Acquire 1 1 Acquiring Annotating and Filing using Quick Acquire To open the Quick Acquire entry screen choose File Quick F le Edit View Options Win Acquire or click on the Quick Acquire icon on your toolbar ieee Database Selection Media Lab Set Quick Add Template File Transter d Quick Export Selected Photos Login as Another User Exit Lyns Enterprise The first time you use Quick Acquire it will EESE open the Select a Project to file photos Look for Doctor s Hospital window Highlight the project you want to By mwe o Quick Acquire into Click OK Apex Demo Job Eastern City Project Hone Construction Site 02046012 Lace ee oni Oa EEEIEE o a Clear OF Cancel Lynx Enterprise User Manual Page 1 of 5 January 5 2009 LYNXPM L L C secure Digital Photo Management Systems hy 4 a7 955 7711 ext B2 N suppot lynxpm com LYNX Enterprise User Manual Supplement The blank Quick Acquire entry Quick Acquire box now opens File to dL aH ospital File to Projec2. Closing Lynx Enterprise After Acquiring Checking the box in front of Close Lynx Enterprise after acquiring will exit the program after all of the images are acquired annotated and filed into your project 1 3 Results When you are done filing in the Quick Acquire window entry fields you will have File to a Doctor s Hospital something similar to the example on the right From at D Acquire Photos Taken By Bob Adams Z ic ian Caption Phase 2 Building Annex Permanent Descrpborn EE DME MAGES WERE TAKEN ie Photos Taken on 17 10 2008 All your images will now be THIS IS SUGGESTED JUST IN CASE THE DATE AND TIME acquired annotated and filed ON YOUR CAMERA WERE SET INCORRECTLY z into your selected project Notes Daily work in progress images The above example also will have compressed the images deleted them from the source lt lt S earch Fields SearchField Woe OOOO O and closed the program The next time you open Lynx Enterprise and choose Quick Acquire it will have saved this information for this Project Depending oain Compression Scheme information you selected you W Delete source images after acquiring can edit this information or C Do not compress apres continue to use it for the next f Automatic re beeper Dy vee regi cote a E N Me set of images ei 4 BD nk E Lynx Enterprise User Manual Page 5 of 5 January 5 2009
3. ession Scheme If you choose Do Not Compress then your Photos will be acquired full size If you choose Automatic your Photos will be compressed by a factor that you set prior to acquiring This is a mathematical factor not a percentage Once you set the factor it stays at that number until you change it again All Exif Meta Data included in the Photo image file is retained and saved with the Photo regardless of whether or not you use compression lal Note Any of the fields with the icon next to it will bring up another window that will allow you to change any entries in the field Lynx Enterprise User Manual Page 2 of 5 January 5 2009 LYNXPM L L C Secure Digital Photo Management Systems _ LW 877 955 7711 ext 82 a suppot lynxpm com LYNX Enterprise User Manual Supplement 1 2 Annotating Fields 1 2 1 File to To change the Project click on the icon next to File to and the it will open the Select a Project to file photos window Highlight the project you want to change to Click OK 1 2 2 From Click on the icon next to From and it will open EFE raen fx the Browse For Folder window Choose your source location folder i e camera drive hard drive etc by expanding your My Computer option then expanding your Physical Desktop Drive Leiter location and subfolder s until you O My Documents locate the source data El o
4. g My Computer H 314 Floppy A Note The source location must be a Physical H S Local Disk C Drive letter such as D in example to the right El i Local Disk L If your camera does not create a Physical D Acquire Photos Drive when it is connected to your computer E fr AD 5 Training videos then you will need a card reader Make sure G apps the card reader is compatible with your H Ge apps amp Installs Le c ml camera s card as you will be removing your camera card and plugging it into the card reader Click OK Note When using Quick Acquire in Lynx Enterprise all accepted formats of Photos image video audio and pdf files found in a source location are brought in to the roll of film at the same time If you have the right to Delete from the Project any unwanted Photos can be removed deleted from the database after they are acquired 1 2 3 Taken by Caption Permanent Description and Notes Enter the information into these fields that you want associated with all your images being acquired Lynx Enterprise User Manual Page 3 of 5 January 5 2009 LYNXPM L L C secure Digital Photo Management Systems _ LYA 877 955 7711 ext 82 A S suppot lynxpm com LYNX Enterprise User Manual Supplement 1 2 4 Search Fields Click on the icon next to Search Fields and it will open the Edit Search Fields window Edit Search Fields File Edt A
5. ssigned Photo Search Fields Search Field Value Available Search Fields Click to add Sub Contractor Look for Search Field Yalue Click to add new 4nchor Construction Bob s HYAL Regal Construction Group Value Concrete and Paving Wralt s Electric JK Lancel Add Replace Choose your Search Field Values for each Search Field Click OK 1 2 5 Compression Scheme Choose to Do Not Compress or Automatic When choosing Automatic you then can set you compression factor or leave it at the default of 60 1 2 6 Delete Source Images After Acquiring Checking the box in front of Deleting source images after acquiring will permanently delete your data from the source i e camera or hard drive etc after it is done acquiring from the specified location Lynx Enterprise User Manual Page 4 of 5 January 5 2009 LYNXPM L L C secure Digital Photo Management Systems AA A a7 955 7711 ext 82 N suppot lynxpm com LYNX Enterprise User Manual Supplement Not checking the box in front of Deleting source images after acquiring will leave the data on the source i e camera or hard drive etc If you choose No and your source is your camera remember to manually erase the images before using the camera again Lynx Enterprise will not only bring in your new images but the ones you previously took and did not remove from the camera drive 1 2 7
6. t you want to file F your Photos into Taken Ey From The Source location of maa your Photos Permanent Descnpbon A Taken by The name of the A person who took the Photos ots Once the name is input it will be in the drop down menu from then on Search Fields Caption This field is used as a brief description or title of the photo This field can be edited after it has been filed to your project The field can contain e up to 255 characters Delete source images after acquiring c a E NE Close Lyne Enterprise after acquiring Permanent Description This is used for any information that ok Cancel you want permanently kept with your photo This field can not be added to or edited after the photo is filed to your project This field can contain more than 15 000 characters Notes This field is used to add any type of information you want to include with your photos This field can be added to or edited after the photo is filed to your project This field can contain more than 15 000 characters Search Fields This field is used to collect and display specific information based on a defined Search Field and its chosen value Administrators can make individual fields Required and or Restricted for better collection of information Each Search Field and Search Field Value can contain up to 50 characters See below for more details on Search Fields and Search Field Values Compr
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