Digital BW, The Print

Can anyone recommend an effective, afforable system/software for 
digital image cataloging?  I'm especially concerned that the data be 
usable over time.  A lot of the software out there seems too feature 
heavy (eg: includes image editing, photo album making, etc).

Saturday, May 18, 2002, 5:52:31 AM, sdsmith9999 wrote:

s> Can anyone recommend an effective, afforable system/software for 
s> digital image cataloging?\ufffd I'm especially concerned that the data be 
s> usable over time.\ufffd A lot of the software out there seems too feature 
s> heavy (eg: includes image editing, photo album making, etc).

Take a look at iMatch here: http://www.photools.com/

While ThumbsPlus and ACDSee are a little "hokey" and seem oriented
towards the more novice, iMatch has depth and functionality galore, and
is more focused on the databasing side than the others.  I wrote an
email to ACDSee asking about the stability of their DB engine and how
to back up and they literally told me it's not very stable and that
backing of the DB is very iffy.

Best regards,
 Richard  

mailto:richreg@...

iView Media Pro is _wonderful_

It's inexpensive, fast, and really well integrated with both OS9 and
OSX. In OSX (not sure about 9) you can even use it to capture directly
from your camera into your catalogs.

It does some minor batch processing, but is almost entirely cataloging
software.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "sdsmith9999"
<sdsmith9999@a...> wrote:

> Can anyone recommend an effective, afforable system/software for 
> digital image cataloging?  I'm especially concerned that the data be 
> usable over time.  A lot of the software out there seems too feature 
> heavy (eg: includes image editing, photo album making, etc).

I would hardly call Thumbs+ either hokey or aimed at the novice.
Unfortunately neither Thumbs not Imatch have a Mac version.  You should also
look at Portfolio- cross-platform, server version, long established, etc.
Without knowing more about your database needs, it's hard to be more
specific.  Get demos of the different programs, and see how your needs might
be met.

Bill Morse
PhotoProspect
Cambridge, MA 02139

on 5/18/02 1:25 PM, Richard Sintchak wrote:

> Saturday, May 18, 2002, 5:52:31 AM, sdsmith9999 wrote:
> 
> s> Can anyone recommend an effective, afforable system/software for
> s> digital image cataloging?  I'm especially concerned that the data be
> s> usable over time.  A lot of the software out there seems too feature
> s> heavy (eg: includes image editing, photo album making, etc).
> 
> Take a look at iMatch here: http://www.photools.com/
> 
> While ThumbsPlus and ACDSee are a little "hokey" and seem oriented
> towards the more novice, iMatch has depth and functionality galore, and
> is more focused on the databasing side than the others.  I wrote an
> email to ACDSee asking about the stability of their DB engine and how
> to back up and they literally told me it's not very stable and that
> backing of the DB is very iffy.
> 
> Best regards,
> Richard  
> 
> mailto:richreg@...
> 
> 
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Cumulus has worked for me for a number of years in its different
versions(currently 5.5). I first used  it with the software bundle that came
with my old Nikon D1, and have upgraded since. It has no image editing parts
to it and is strictly database oriented. It's a bit complex at first to
muster but once you get the flow it works great. Search indexes are awesome.
http://www.canto.com/