I have a project to create a photo directory of the members in an organization. There are around 200 people that will be on it, and I'm looking for the best way to put it together. I have a digital photo of each current member, but want an easy way to keep things working with additions or changes. All I need is a print-out of the photos with their corresponding names and telephone numbers. It should have around 30 people on a page. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to do this? I was thinking some kind of database, maybe in Filemaker, but was hoping there are some templates for that or another program that I didn't have to set everything up for. Thanks for the help.
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Suggestions for creating photo directory?
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there is a photo plugin for dreamweaver for creating galleries if you want it online - http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/e...=10&extid=1009904&catid=0&product=dreamweaver
or photoshop 6.0 and higher has a function for creating an HTML gallery, or contact sheets.
or photoshop 6.0 and higher has a function for creating an HTML gallery, or contact sheets.
reaper said:
Why *not* just use address book? It will work just fine for printing a basic directory. You wouldn't have more than basic control over output, but it produces a totally serviceable directory. For a few more options, you could consider something like NOW Contact. A database is overkill for this project.
Thanks for the advice
thanks for the advice so far. I need to print hard copies of this, so I'll be making it also available as a pdf. I can't really use address book, because although nice, I need to fit more people on a page. I though of Photoshops contacts sheets, but I don't know if I can add the extra info I need. I think I'll be going to Filemaker still, but if there is anything else you can think of let me know. Thanks.
thanks for the advice so far. I need to print hard copies of this, so I'll be making it also available as a pdf. I can't really use address book, because although nice, I need to fit more people on a page. I though of Photoshops contacts sheets, but I don't know if I can add the extra info I need. I think I'll be going to Filemaker still, but if there is anything else you can think of let me know. Thanks.
You could also use the "mailing label wizard" feature in MS word. Essentially you'd be doing a mail merge; you could use Excel to store the names/pictures. I haven't checked to make sure the photos would work using this setup, though.
wordmunger said:
I think the address book would be a great way to do it in an informal setting (which is why I joked about it in the first place), but for a formal, job-related task I think that the address book would be quite limiting in the output and customizability arenas. There are better ways to produce a higher quality product and, if you are using a database for the project, you can tie in all of the information so that you have a complete and seemless information source for all of the personnel needs of the company.
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