Image organisation Software

[W00DY]

Hi All,

Just wondering what software people use to view / organise all there images?

I have been using Nikon View and then Picasa 2 but have not been entirely happy with either application.

So what are you all using?

W00DY

[MHD]

my web gallery software on potofgrass.ath.cx/gallery/ does a lot for me... there is a search option that searches descriptions and keyowords...

just need to get a bigger HDD

[Mj]

Woody... might help if you spell out what you find a problem with what you currently have.

[bago100]

I'm using a system called a "bloody mess"

You put photos in folders and then spend ages looking for a particular one.

It's cheap, messy and is excellent therapy for those who are excessively organised.

The search function in windows explorer is fantastic though.

One day, I'll get it all together. Promise!

Cheers

Graham

[digitor]

I'm using a system called a "bloody mess"

You put photos in folders and then spend ages looking for a particular one.

It's cheap, messy and is excellent therapy for those who are excessively organised.

Snip...

Cheers

Graham

I'm also a current user of this system, in lieu of anything better I've discovered so far. Photoshop Album seems to do a reasonable job, but it can't be that good, as I sort of drifted out of using it. The major improvement I made to my system a long time ago was to name each directory with the date of transfer from the CF, such as 01feb05, which helps a bit.

Cheers

[Matt. K]

Hi Guys
I have been using an excellent program called Cumulus, by Canto. It is available from Databasics in Sydney and the Academic single user version costs about $150. (Half price of the retail version). It can handle tens of thousands of images...is easy to set up and maintain and can locate your imagery through a searchable database on many fields. I would be happy to demonstrate it at one of the meets if anybody is interested.

[sirhc55]

Hi

I use iView Media Pro 2.6 which is great. As soon as I write a DVD full of photos they are immediately catalogued in iView

Chris

[birddog114]

I'm using a system called a "bloody mess"

You put photos in folders and then spend ages looking for a particular one.

It's cheap, messy and is excellent therapy for those who are excessively organised.

Snip...

Cheers

Graham

I'm also a current user of this system, in lieu of anything better I've discovered so far. Photoshop Album seems to do a reasonable job, but it can't be that good, as I sort of drifted out of using it. The major improvement I made to my system a long time ago was to name each directory with the date of transfer from the CF, such as 01feb05, which helps a bit.

Cheers

I do the same way as digitor and found it's more easier than with the event name and date as "bpoint080105.NEF", and archive onto a DVD with all the description on the label.

[leek]

I use Adobe Photoshop Album and can recommend it... It imports photos from your camera and creates a new dated folder for each download... It also allows you to categorise your photos in many different ways. Very flexible.

It also provides basic photo fixes such as red-eye, lighting... etc. with links to your favourite photo editor for more detailed adjustments...

A free version (that provides about 80% of the functionality) is available here

It doesn't handle RAW/NEF images, but works very well with JPG...

I tried the free version and was so impressed that I went out and bought the full version (about $240)...

[stubbsy]

I have tried lots and pretty much settled on NikonView for reviewing my images after taking them so I can trash the bad ones (Yes I actually delete them), file the less good/bad and pick the keepers for PP.

I file by folder that's topic based then use Extensis Portfolio to catalog since it recognises NEFs and reads EXIF data which I can search on later (eg find all my shots at 300mm taken with the Nikon 80-400 VR lens in July) plus you can add your own keyword fields for searches. Demo etc is here. Plus it's scalable to gigantic databases (server based multi user even!) should that ever happen.

It also lets you burn your catalogs of images to CD/DVD with the database and an (optional) viewer.

[Marvin]

I use Thumbs Plus 7. It is great - recognises NEF files, you can tag and put them into sub folders like you can in Photoshop Album. You can see exactly what is on each disk in thumbnails and when you click on a thumbnail it tells you which disk it is on. All the information is stored in a database. I really like it!