Photo management

[Jeff]

Hi
I have looked in the search area but could not find the answer. Have you guys got any ideas on a good photo management software,something that will help me organise my photos into albums to store on the computer,and then be easily viewed.
Jeff

[big pix]

have a look at Photoshop Elements 3 here is a link

cheers
bp

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop ... w.html#top

[stephen]

does anyone here use Picassa??

[LOZ]

stephen I do great price as well

[leek]

does anyone here use Picassa??

I had a quick look at it a few months ago and it looked fine apart from the fac t that it didn't handle NEW files correctly... It claimed to handle them, but gave all photos a horrible blue cast...

I use folder structures to store groups of photos and then use Adobe Bridge (comes with Adobe Photoshop CS2) to categorise and index photos...

[LOZ]

leek Have you tried Picasa 2 this one was strait in (RAW) + sharpening then to flickr then here .I think PICASA is pretty good for a quicky.

[Kristine]

Hi Jeff

I use Adobe Bridge; it comes with Adobe Photoshop CS2.

[nodabs]

atm i use picsa but mianly for it's RAW viewer to sort after a shoot i'm developing my structure in Extensis Portfolio if your serious about it something like extensis is the go totally customisable and searchable all my images will be tagged with key words of who is in them and any prominant brands activities so you ca search for say DC shoes and any shot that has a DC shoe logo prominant will show up there are heaps of other features check out

I recomend you watch the first video here[/img]http://www.extensis.com/en/products/Portfolio7_Video_Demos.jsp#[url]
it's a tutorial but it gives you an overview of the product

extensis also has a server so you can have it on you server and just have clients this way you can build up your database on a mirrored secure server and just access extensis from your clients

personally i'm using this as a model to develop my own php/sql database system that will be more my style run from a web server on a dedicated photo box but because i'm pretty slow with non work software dev it'll take a while so extensis it is in the meantime[/url]

[Jeff]

Thank you for your thoughts and will do some investigation but you have given me a good starting point.
Jeff

[Marvin]

I use Thumbs plus 7. I really find it excellent!

http://www.cerious.com/

[Deano]

Jeff,

I shoot NEF and use PS Elements 3 for the cataloging and then PS/CS for editing. Elements and CS integrate nicely including version control.

Cheers
Dean

[big pix]

Jeff,

I shoot NEF and use PS Elements 3 for the cataloging and then PS/CS for editing. Elements and CS integrate nicely including version control.

Cheers
Dean

Dean
Just use PSCS as it does the same job of cataloging as Eements3, just use the browser, this will save you time

cheers
bp

[Matt. K]

Cumulus
It will handle the load when you eventually get to 10000 images. Very useful and very fast. Search Google on Cantos Cumulus.

[Jeff]

Thank you guys again,what a source of information.
Jeff

[stubbsy]

For details on Cumulus - look here. To work with NEF's you also need the Photo Suite addon

[Deano]

Jeff,

I shoot NEF and use PS Elements 3 for the cataloging and then PS/CS for editing. Elements and CS integrate nicely including version control.

Cheers
Dean

Dean
Just use PSCS as it does the same job of cataloging as Eements3, just use the browser, this will save you time

cheers
bp

BP,

Thanks for the tip. I haven't explored the browser yet. I started with Elements and I like the interface and the fact that I don't have to worry about managing directories or file naming. I make heavy use of the tags to flag the status of my shots as I edit.

I'll check out the browser when I have some time.

Cheers
Dean