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Best photo archiving and/or cataloging software? (more inside)

Asked by jenlk1207 (440points) November 3rd, 2009

I was using iview media pro which was working well. When they upgraded, they changed to Expression Media 2. I tried the trial version, and it was pretty much the same as iview. However, when I went to purchase a key online, I couldn’t find the cataloging software on the site. I only found web building software, among others. So, I am now in search of the best archiving and/or cataloging software for Mac. This is for a business, I am a photographer, and need to be able to recover images from years past with tagging words, by people’s names, etc. Can anyone suggest anything? Thanks

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timtrueman's avatar

I’ve always been a big fan of ViewIt but I’m not sure about tagging support as that’s not a feature I ever used.

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gemiwing's avatar

Have you tried Adobe Bridge? A photographer friend of mine loves that one.

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Naked_Homer's avatar

The latest version of Adobe Bridge is really sharp

Picasa is free and does a nice job as well. It has face recognition as well as time line.

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mattbrowne's avatar

Your own directory tree and good naming conventions. No tool. Tools come and go. Tools create dependencies. File systems live long and prosper.

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row4food's avatar

Have you looked into Aperture ?

You are able to assign keywords to each photo and organize into projects and albums. I use it all the time for my photo organization/collection.

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rottenit's avatar

I use bridge this guy has a good guide on how to set-up a decent archival system:

http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/05/07/your-complete-guide-to-adobe-bridge/

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jenlk1207's avatar

Thanks everyone, I’ll look into those and see what might work best.

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JohnMur's avatar

I also use Photo Manager Deluxe for basic editing and some patch processing of images but it’s great for archiving pictures with different export options. link

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