Quoting cvermeylen:

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For now, I'm keeping the updates in 3.1 format. This way everyone can implement it.

Good. I would do so until 3.5 is official.  Thanks for your efforts.

In my headshot hunting I've come upon a pretty decent site:

http://www.hotflick.net/

They've got screenshots from quite a number of movies of quite a number of actors. While having actor headhots of them in character is not as desireable as out of character, it's better than nothing in those cases where you can't find another photo.

Quoting cvermeylen:

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This would mean more work than I have free time.

Oh, I completely understand. Was just asking.

KM

Hi,

I am having difficulty following the steps.  I have downloaded surfeur's headshot DB, but it looks like I will need to upgrade to 3.5 beta first.  However I don't understand what I am supposed to do here :

"Add the cast and crew members with an updated headshot to the Headshots profile (for crew, just use director for every member, don't loose your time by selecting the correct role)."

I created a profile called Headshots and deselected Download from Invelos.  Do you mean just pick any other existing profile and manually go through and add headshots, but list the director as the same for each selection (director, producer, etc.)?  All the rest seems pretty straightforward, but I do not understand what I am supposed to do for this step.  I would like to use the headshots file I downloaded and add them for all of my actors.

Thanks,
DD.

Quoting Rooster6975:

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Hi,

I am having difficulty following the steps.  I have downloaded surfeur's headshot DB, but it looks like I will need to upgrade to 3.5 beta first.  However I don't understand what I am supposed to do here :

"Add the cast and crew members with an updated headshot to the Headshots profile (for crew, just use director for every member, don't loose your time by selecting the correct role)."

I created a profile called Headshots and deselected Download from Invelos.  Do you mean just pick any other existing profile and manually go through and add headshots, but list the director as the same for each selection (director, producer, etc.)?  All the rest seems pretty straightforward, but I do not understand what I am supposed to do for this step.  I would like to use the headshots file I downloaded and add them for all of my actors.

Thanks,
DD.

Download Dr. Killpatient's Headshots v4 database, listed in the post just above. This is still in the 3.1 format.
Perform a database restore of this file. You will only see options concerning the cast/crew db in the restore. Select "Let Me Compare" as option. Any images in your local db will not be automatically overwritten. You will get a window where you can select the image you want. If you already have a lot of headshots, this can be a lengthy process.

Then go to this site. Restore Addendum v10, then in order Aug08, Sept 08, Oct 08.

These last 4 updates are very small and only take a few minutes to process. They will correct quite a few errors (you can find the corrections somewhere in this topic) plus some new additions.

Quoting Dan W:

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I downloaded this just to see what you had.

You need to make a policy that if a person is not sure the image is for the correct person, do not submit it. On the older actors, I had to correct at least 20 probably closer to 30 or more (I quit counting) different people because you have accepted images from bad sites.

By "older actors" I mean actors and actresses from the 50s and earlier.

If you detect errors, maybe you can post a list over here. Or you can create an update file yourself. This would help everybody.

Quoting Rooster6975:

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Whohoo!  Man, does that ever make DVDP look slick!  You guys should be advertising this feature, it's great!

Thanks for the explanation, all up to date with October's update.  Having never noticed that headshots even existed in the DB, selecting Let Me Compare had nothing to compare so the Restore was very fast.
DD.

Glad you enjoyed it. Just be aware, this is all a compilation of several user's downloads. We can't really advertise, nor will Invelos take part in any of this due to copyrights existing on images.

Another thing, this being user created, it can, does and will contain some errors. Should you spot any errors, just post them in this topic, if possible with a link to a correct image. This way, it can be included in the next update.

By the way, welcome to the DVD asylum 

Now that the DVDP beta now in RC status, I've started putting serious effort into v5 which will be in 3.5's format and will release on or shortly after the day 3.5 is released.

Since 3.5 allows you to use custom headshots for profiles which overrides the global headshot, I'm going to maintain the current standard of accepting photos of the older actor.  Since you can put a younger version in for your personal preference, I don't see a need for complicating things.

November update of my headshots database.

The address is here.

The file is backupphotos0811.dpb