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Julie M. Cwik
 

Cataloging Images


I was looking into cataloging all my images and I know there are programs you can use to help get it all seprate.. what do you use? What do you suggest? What do you suggest not to use? Please advise!

Julie


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April 07, 2008

 

W.
 
Hi Julie,

I use Photo Mechanic for photo management. It's a kind of light table for your photos and makes sorting, deleting, rotating, tagging, etc. a breeze. It also integrates seamlessly with your favorite photo editor (CS3 in my case) so they work as if they were one application.
Photo Mechanic uses your operating system's standard folder/file system instead of an inaccessible 'proprietary library' like many other photo management apps do, and which I recommend you NOT use.

http://www.camerabits.com/site/index.html

Have fun!


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April 07, 2008

 

W.
 
Hi Julie,

I use Photo Mechanic for photo management. It's a kind of light table for your photos and makes sorting, deleting, rotating, tagging, etc. a breeze. It also integrates seamlessly with your favorite photo editor (CS3 in my case) so they work as if they were one application.
Photo Mechanic uses your operating system's standard folder/file system instead of an inaccessible 'proprietary library' like many other photo management apps do, and which I recommend you NOT use.

http://www.camerabits.com/site/index.html

Have fun!


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April 07, 2008

 

Pat Harry
  Will this work with offline images? I mean - does it store the thumbnails in a catalog so you can view without the CD? If so, if you build your catalog on your hard drive, but the move a folder to a CD, can you repoint to the CD? I hope this makes sense.


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April 07, 2008

 

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Photo Mechanic is a photo management app. It works with the images it can see. On connected, 'online', or mounted, volumes. Drop a folder with a thousand 10 megapixel images on PM's icon and they will flash up on screen in 2 seconds flat (if on FireWire or USB 2 busses).

You, however, are asking about a catalog, a database. With thumbnails, (EXIF ?) data, and 'links'/pointers to OFFline volumes like CDs or DVDs' with your photos. A kind of a photo jukebox really.
That is a different beast.
There are many photo catalogueing apps out there. Freeware and shareware too. Have a look, try out a few, and find the one that suits you best at:

http://tinyurl.com/46j6wt


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April 07, 2008

 

Julie M. Cwik
  Thanks for the advice! Now I know where to start.


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