Portable Projects

I don’t like talking about features prior to release but I’ll make an exception for this one. We’re currently reworking how your data is stored for PJ Remix as there are shortcomings with our current implementation. If you’re up for it, grab a cup of coffee and I’ll tell you the full story

First I need to explain our decisions to date.

In PJ Retro we (and users) had four things to keep track of (the PJF and PJT files and the High and Low Res image folders). Our point of view may be different from yours, but support was a nightmare – clients (and not just the computer illiterate) got it wrong, frequently.

PJ Remix came along and we (over)simplified things by putting everything into one database, from which you could “import” and “export” projects if necessary.

This hasn’t worked for everyone, but we do feel we’re on the right track. In other words we don’t want to “fix” our current problems by reverting to how Retro did things, with Retro’s shortcomings. Rather we need to move forward.

So we are going to create individual “project files” that contain the client/event/album data and the low resolution images. These files will be “portable projects” that can be moved and saved anywhere you like (eg on a networked server, your desktop or external hard drive).

Some data (eg supplier resources etc) will continue to be stored locally in the user’s central data base. Amongst other things, this will have a speed advantage if you want to operate over a network.

Keep in mind these Portable Projects will be reasonably large in size: 200Mb for a standard event and upwards of 500mb for a larger event (2000 images). While your first reaction may be to think that’s a big file, it isn’t really in proportion to the size of the ‘event’. For instance a 200Mb project file was generated from a set of 700 jpegs totaling 3.5GB.  That’s quite reasonable by comparison but a lot of data to open over a network.

These will be cross platform and will work on any machine, but keep in mind that high resolution exports will require access to the original high resolution images (which you can re-link, as now).

Portable Projects will also be ‘double clickable’ to open them in PJ.

By default PJ Remix will still store Portable Projects in a ‘managed back-end’ but you’ll be able to move them individually if you desire. PJ Remix will also try to keep a record of these files which will be opened whenever you access them.

We’re actually not that far off, in fact we’re ready for a small private beta to test so if you’re interested let us know by emailing info@photojunction.com

Cheers

Danny

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