I am looking to find out what programs people use for archiving, organizing, key wording photos for easy retrieval.
I read the DAM book but just wanted to see what people use and/or like.
May 14, 2008 at 08:28 PM
claudermilk Offline Image Upload: Off
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What OS? It makes a difference.
For me, on XP I use IMatch. Wonderful program that does all I need & more.
May 15, 2008 at 04:16 PM
dmldl123 Offline Image Upload: Off
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It will be for Mac. I have been looking at Aperture and , but just figured there are probably better options?
May 16, 2008 at 02:26 AM
dogear Offline Image Upload: Off
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I'm using Expression Media, formerly iView Media Pro (the catalog software used in the DAM Book). I tried Aperture for a while and liked it, but I need to keep up with more than just pictures.
May 16, 2008 at 06:22 PM
Chip Payet Online Image Upload: Off
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Lightroom. Not sure if it works as well on a Mac, though, and it doesn't really do archiving. However, for organizing/key words, etc., along with some good editing tools (can't wait for LR 2.0 to come out), it's a great program for me.
May 18, 2008 at 02:42 AM
DL Cunningham Offline Image Upload: On
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I shoot youth league sports T&I and action. I move through thousands of images in a setting.
I have found Photo Mechanic to be indispensable to my workflow.
FWIW
May 18, 2008 at 07:49 PM
Jonathan Knight Offline Image Upload: Off
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Photo Mechanic. Hands down.
May 18, 2008 at 08:57 PM
Beowulfenator Online Image Upload: Off
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Lightroom?
May 20, 2008 at 09:01 PM
claudermilk Offline Image Upload: Off
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I would say iView/Expression Media or Photo Mechanic then. IMHO LR's DAM capability leaves a lot to be desired.
May 21, 2008 at 04:22 PM
Wayne Fox Offline Image Upload: On
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Lightroom on the Mac is tremendous, completely on par with the Windows version.
I've heard Aperture is also very good. I have it and have tried it, but I use LR because it supports my PhaseOne back.
Lightroom is more than a DAM. Beyond that it also is a very good RAW processor/metadata editor. For many images/workflows it is more than capable of doing everything from importing and managing files to Processing and final output.
May 21, 2008 at 09:26 PM
Michael H Offline Buy and Sell: On
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Jonathan Knight wrote:
Photo Mechanic. Hands down.
PM is a jpeg only solution, right?
May 21, 2008 at 10:14 PM
dogear Offline Image Upload: Off
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No, PM supports raw files too. OTOH, it's a browser (a very deep, good one) not a cataloger. I understand Camera Bits is working on a database, though. That will likely be included in the next major release.
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