Photo Album Storylines

Inspired by Memory Miner I started thinking about story lines in Photo Albums. How are story lines created in Photo Albums. How do we go from the big pile of digital photos to a story. I am not aware of any work in this field, so I will start looking at some applications and services and see how these can create story lines.

I see several aspects to the story:

• Selection - not all available photos will fit the story line. So a selection must be made. This selection can be automatic or done by hand;
• Ordering - for a story the order of the photos is important. The story line goes from one photo to the next. This story line could follow the the stamp of the photos, but that is by no means required;
• Context - usually a photo needs a context. This context can be given through associated text or audio. A single context might apply to multiple photos;
• Format - one should no longer think of photo albums in the classic format, the books. Photo albums can also have digital formats, such as a DVD, a presentation (video), web-pages, etc. Each of these formats might have other story line possibilities;

I will I add some conclusion to this post when needed.

Categories/tags: MicroContent • client • application
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