Digital BW, The Print

Martin, if this is not an appropriate question for this list, feel free to
kill the thread. I just don't really know which list is the right one for
it, sooo.......

I'm looking for recommendations of Mac based image cataloging and backup
applications.

Right now I have a couple of partitions on my hard drives where I dump
images, and every once in a while I trash the backup and totally rewrite it
from the main partition. It's slow and cumbersome for backup, and really a
mess for finding images - especially for finding images on unmounted disks.

I know the good cataloging apps will keep a reference of what is stored on
which disks, but will they also help to synchronize my backups, so that only
items that have been changed in my main partition will get rewritten to the
backup? This would save me much time.

As I'm not really using anything right now, I don't even know what features
to look out for. So any recommendations regarding Mac based applications,
and tips on a sensible workflow, would be very much appreciated. This is a
mess right now.

Todd

Todd,

Well, as we said in the begining, the borders of the topic are not 
real rigid, and you can't print your digital files if you can't find 
them.

So I guess it is on topic. Might be worth a Bookmark called "Image 
Management." Actually I am in exactly the same situation and in need 
of the very same thing only for Windows.

We have one good recommendation from Steadman. Perhaps we will get 
some more.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> Martin, if this is not an appropriate question for this list, feel 
free to
> kill the thread. I just don't really know which list is the right 
one for
> it, sooo.......
> 
> I'm looking for recommendations of Mac based image cataloging and 
backup
> applications.
> 
> Right now I have a couple of partitions on my hard drives where I 
dump
> images, and every once in a while I trash the backup and totally 
rewrite it
> from the main partition. It's slow and cumbersome for backup, and 
really a
> mess for finding images - especially for finding images on 
unmounted disks.
> 
> I know the good cataloging apps will keep a reference of what is 
stored on
> which disks, but will they also help to synchronize my backups, so 
that only
> items that have been changed in my main partition will get 
rewritten to the
> backup? This would save me much time.
> 
> As I'm not really using anything right now, I don't even know what 
features
> to look out for. So any recommendations regarding Mac based 
applications,
> and tips on a sensible workflow, would be very much appreciated. 
This is a

> mess right now.
> 
> Todd

Todd,

OK, as co-god, I agree with Martin that  you can't  make BW  prints if you can't 
find them, <BG>, so here are my thoughts...

I am a big fan of Danz Retrospect. It generally comes with DAT and related 
drives. It is by far the easiest, scriptable and updatable (for newer media) 
program I know. Check it out at http://www.dantz.com/.

For cataloguing images, Extensis Portfolio is certainly powerful, but I don't 
know how competing products compare. One of the issues you can anticipate 
is that when you have layered files you won't get a preview unless you save 
from Photoshop with that option in mind. 

So, keep in mind that these are two different animals - backup vs 
image-cataloguing.

Let's see what others have to say.

Antonis



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> wrote:
> Martin, if this is not an appropriate question for this list, feel free to
> kill the thread. I just don't really know which list is the right one for
> it, sooo.......
> 
> I'm looking for recommendations of Mac based image cataloging and 
backup

> applications.
> 
> Right now I have a couple of partitions on my hard drives where I dump
> images, and every once in a while I trash the backup and totally rewrite it
> from the main partition. It's slow and cumbersome for backup, and really a
> mess for finding images - especially for finding images on unmounted disks.
> 
> I know the good cataloging apps will keep a reference of what is stored on
> which disks, but will they also help to synchronize my backups, so that only
> items that have been changed in my main partition will get rewritten to the
> backup? This would save me much time.
> 
> As I'm not really using anything right now, I don't even know what features
> to look out for. So any recommendations regarding Mac based applications,
> and tips on a sensible workflow, would be very much appreciated. This is a
> mess right now.
> 
> Todd

on 8/8/01 11:20 PM, antonisphoto@... wrote:

> For cataloguing images, Extensis Portfolio is certainly powerful, but I don't
> know how competing products compare. One of the issues you can anticipate
> is that when you have layered files you won't get a preview unless you save
> from Photoshop with that option in mind.

Thanks Antonis

I layer everything ;-) so how do I save from PS to get the preview? I'd
better start now.

Todd,

look in PShop prefs - it's somewhere in there.


Antonis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> wrote:

> I layer everything ;-) so how do I save from PS to get the preview? I'd
> better start now.

>Martin, if this is not an appropriate question for this list, feel free to
>kill the thread. I just don't really know which list is the right one for
>it, sooo.......
>
>I'm looking for recommendations of Mac based image cataloging and backup
>applications.

For image cataloguing try:

iView Media Pro is the perfect multimedia organizer and viewer.
It lets you create catalogs of multimedia files for storage or for
presentation as a slide show. Simply drag and drop any pictures,
movies, audio files, or other media file into a catalog screen and
arrange them in the desired order. Add captions, annotations,
keywords, and categories to each. The files can be viewed as a
list, as thumbnails, or individually at full size. iView Media Pro
also comes with some rudimentary editing tools for cropping or
adjusting color, and you can convert movies, pictures, and audio
files between a number of different formats.
http://www.iview-multimedia.com

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