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Mike Curtis said:
I have used IMatch for about 3 years. It probably does have a
bigger learner curve than some of the other programs. If you
really want capability to do about anything with your photo
database you can do it with IMatch. If you don't mind the learning
curve it is a powerful program. I have 8 databases using IMatch
totaling aobut 500gb.

Mike
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Mike,
Excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by 8 databases?

Thanks,
Bob Schoner
 
Sarajean,
Which program are you referring to?
Sarajean said:
I work for a major newspaper and process thousands of images for
both online and off line print.

The lightbox feature is amazing. I cant tell you how much time it
saves be being able to examine up to 4 images side by side with a
real histogram and exposure warnings for each image. Taggin an
image with a rating or label or deleting it all together is just a
click of the mouse.

We recieve dozens of images that "appear" the same though its my
job to pic the best of them. For sports canons 8fps cameras will
capture many many more images then what we need - finding the best
quickly is important - the rest are deleted.

No program ive tried, Portfolio, ACDsee, Imatch, is faster at
previewing images.

Try the demo and learn its powerful features.
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Smerk
 
PLEASE, PLEASE would someone write the perfect program. I've spent 3 years, buying, trying all the DAM organizing programs and cannot find one that I like. I started out with Thumbsplus, went to imatch, iview, portfolio and just demoed Picase. I'm presently using PSE 4 but find it too slow.

I liked imatch the most but would get mad evertime I used it over the interface. I also didn't like the fact that Mario has refused to admit that imatch has a UI problem even though this and other forums are full of complaints about his UI. I also don't like the fact that he is using imatch as his "hobby" and if he gets run over by a truck there will be no more updates or support.

There are somethings that I like in all the programs and I'm sure it will be impossable to write a program that everyone will love. But, I can only hope it will come along.
Glenn
 
Glenn Patch said:
There are somethings that I like in all the programs and I'm sure
it will be impossable to write a program that everyone will love.
But, I can only hope it will come along.
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At least this universal solution must be modular in that sense that you can assemble the functionality starting with a reasonable default configuration.
Do you have some ideas in mind?

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I've read all the comments above as part of my search for a photo organizer. Elsewhere on the Web I've seen many postive reviews and comments about Picasa. I haven't tried it, but I'm curious. I'm currently testing IMatch. It's obviously feature-rich and it may be a terrific program. But I can't get past the poorly written documentation. It's full of concept talk with too little step-by-step instruction. Perhaps if I fooled with it for 6 months I'd eventually figure it out. I don't have that kind of patience. One of the things repeatedly said about Picasa is how easy to use it is. That's definitely a plus, but I don't want to give away important features just for ease of use.

I'd be interested in hearing from folks who've used Picasa and can pinpoint its limitations. That will help me weigh it against IMatch.
Thanks in advance for your input.
 
To be clear: I like iView MediaPro 30 quite a lot:
-nice layout and easy to manage,
-good organizer,
-quite fast,
-small footprint (single file database),
-raw support, etc.

BUT... there's no jpeg2000 support!? Maybe this format isn't used much, but it's a (good) image format which should be supported by "pro" software for archiving photos.

Just my 2cents,
Bogdan
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My pictures are my memories
http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/
 
Glenn Patch said:
PLEASE, PLEASE would someone write the perfect program. I've
spent 3 years, buying, trying all the DAM organizing programs and
cannot find one that I like. I started out with Thumbsplus, went
to imatch, iview, portfolio and just demoed Picase. I'm presently
using PSE 4 but find it too slow.
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Glenn,

I'm still using Elements 3. Is version 4.0 slower than version 3.0? I have a fast computer so I don't mind the speed.

I have found that one dare not move a folder of photographs or even rename the folder as Elements will lose the links.

I decided to go with Elements rather than iMatch as I did not want to invest a lot of time in a program run by one person. Further, I like the Adobe interface.

Lowell
 
Stude said:
I've never been happy with photo organizers. I suggest you
organize them yourself in a sensible, logical way that meets your
needs and fits your way of thinking and doing. Then, use the
viewer of your choice (for the price Irfanview can't be beat, imho)
to view and and do minor manipulation of them.

It doesn't take a didicated program to organize photos any more
than it does to organize ones documents, or socks and underwear!

All the best.
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Balderdash! I have no idea how I would search through 25,000 photographs for a particular insect taken at a particular location between date x and date y. Using multiple tags for different photographs, I can quickly pull up pictures on nearly any subject I find of interest.

I do lay out a basic folder organization but then I set up a sub-organizer via the photo organizing software. Just my opinion. (g)

Lowell
 
With Picasa, it only indexes images on your hard drive. IMatch lets you archive to DVD or CD and still view and search them. If you want to open or retreive the image, it tells you to insert the appropriate disk. IMatch is a database that lets you search and categorize each image multiple ways. I don't think Picasa lets you do this things. I recently test both and selected IMatch.

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'Do the best you can, your very best.' - Gordon B. Hinckley
'Do. Or do not. There is no try.' - Yoda
 
Just a suggestion othe than technical features,

Juergen you might have a look at a program called Brilliant Photo. Unfortunately the developer has more or less abandoned it for the last two years, so it not exactly up to date.

But what makes it indeed brilliant is the fantasticly straightforward user interface. No other program I have tried makes image organization so simple. Unfortunately many other user interfaces are hyper-stylishly desgined distractions.
 
This has always been my concern about imatch. If Mario cannot make enought money on the program to quit his "day job" or hire some help, what happen if he gets tired of his "Hobby"?

I would have spent weeks or maybe months organizing my photos only to have to start the process all over again.
Glenn
 
Glenn Patch34028 said:
I would have spent weeks or maybe months organizing my photos only
to have to start the process all over again.
Glenn
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Here is a possible solution. Use your current photo organizer through the end of the year and then on January 1, begin with the new program. Yes, this means keeping two software programs on your system. As you have time, go back and collect the older photographs and integrate them into your new system.

Lowell
 
I too would love to see the new version. I just am not holding out much hope anymore of it actually happening, at least not before other programs catch up or surpass it. I bought Imatch nearly 2 years ago with the understanding from Mario that the new version was just around the corner and it would address a bunch of my concerns with the current version. It must be an awful big corner because two years is not what I had in mind. It is too bad that Mario does not get others involved to help do the programming since he only can do it part time. He would have to pay or share the profits, but I figure if a new version does not make it out soon there wont be much profit anyway.

David...
http://www.pbase.com/dhatchner
peterm1 said:
I will be interested to see when Mario finally releases the new,
more user-friendly version of iMatch. I just never enjoyed using
it that much due to its UI and complexity.

As far as Elements goes, it was WAY too slow. I tried 4.0 and
while it was a bit faster it was still much slower than iView.

Peter
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That's a definite black mark for Picasa then. Glad to know that. Now if I can only get through those inpenetrable IMatch "instructions."
 
Tom Matty said:
As for editing a big problem with ACDSee is that you must enter
IPTC information image by image, no batch entry. I really wish
there was a way that I could transfer my ACDSee database info to
the IPTC, or EXIF, and save myself a lot of extra work. Maybe the
next ACDSee update.
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In ACDSee v7.0, you can edit the EXIF info that the camera writes, plus you can edit other EXIF fields like the Description or Comment fields.

Also, ACDSee has a feature that will batch copy the data from any of its database fields into an EXIF field. Just highlight your files, and from the menu select Database> Copy EXIF Info> Copy from ACDSee Database to EXIF. It will then allow you to "map" a database field to an EXIF field.

I use this feature to copy the description for each photo that is stored in the ACDSee database into an EXIF field.

If your ACDSee database ever gets hosed, you can use the same feature to copy from the EXIF field back into a field in a fresh database.
 
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