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| Fossil 2006-01-26, 6:58 pm |
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What is the BEST/EASIEST Macintosh/Apple application for storing,
filing, editing, etc. 10,000 digital photos?
I need a program for Mac that will easily arrange my photos and let me
easily edit them, and save the edited files in a non-degraded format,
and file them in a way that is super-easy to find, since I shoot 300
photos a day and have 10,000 so far.
Is it iPhoto, or is there something better?
Thank you!
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| In article <43d8e840$0$7248$a8266bb1@news.titannews.com>, Fossil
<no@no.no> wrote:
> What is the BEST/EASIEST Macintosh/Apple application for storing,
> filing, editing, etc. 10,000 digital photos?
>
> I need a program for Mac that will easily arrange my photos and let me
> easily edit them, and save the edited files in a non-degraded format,
> and file them in a way that is super-easy to find, since I shoot 300
> photos a day and have 10,000 so far.
>
> Is it iPhoto, or is there something better?
>
> Thank you!
>
If you want a single application that does all that you list, your
choice is probably Photoshop CS2. The organizational capabilities are
quite weak compared to iPhoto or iView Media Pro, but iPhoto saves the
edits as JPEG (disqualified due to "non-degraded" requirement) and
iView doesn't really edit.
Your best choice is probably a combination of iView Media Pro and
Photoshop CS2. iView's organizational capabilities are superb and
Photoshop is the gold standard of editing applications.
--
Spenser
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| Jerry Kindall 2006-01-26, 6:58 pm |
| In article <260120060822362181%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid>, sbt
<dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
> In article <43d8e840$0$7248$a8266bb1@news.titannews.com>, Fossil
> <no@no.no> wrote:
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> If you want a single application that does all that you list, your
> choice is probably Photoshop CS2. The organizational capabilities are
> quite weak compared to iPhoto or iView Media Pro, but iPhoto saves the
> edits as JPEG (disqualified due to "non-degraded" requirement) and
> iView doesn't really edit.
>
> Your best choice is probably a combination of iView Media Pro and
> Photoshop CS2. iView's organizational capabilities are superb and
> Photoshop is the gold standard of editing applications.
A combination of iPhoto for organization and Photoshop for editing is
now viable, as iPhoto 6 can pass raw files directly to Photoshop for
editing. (The last version would convert them to JPEG before opening
them in an external editor.)
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| Russell E. Owen 2006-01-26, 6:58 pm |
| In article <43d8e840$0$7248$a8266bb1@news.titannews.com>,
Fossil <no@no.no> wrote:
>What is the BEST/EASIEST Macintosh/Apple application for storing,
>filing, editing, etc. 10,000 digital photos?
>
>I need a program for Mac that will easily arrange my photos and let me
>easily edit them, and save the edited files in a non-degraded format,
>and file them in a way that is super-easy to find, since I shoot 300
>photos a day and have 10,000 so far.
>
>Is it iPhoto, or is there something better?
I recommend iView Media Pro for organizing. It is much more powerful
than iPhoto.
iView also has an editor, but I have no idea if it would be powerful
enough for you (I don't even know if it can edit raw or save in
non-degraded format).
-- Russell
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| In article <260120060942379863%jerrykindall@nospam.invalid>, Jerry
Kindall <jerrykindall@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <260120060822362181%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid>, sbt
> <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
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> A combination of iPhoto for organization and Photoshop for editing is
> now viable, as iPhoto 6 can pass raw files directly to Photoshop for
> editing. (The last version would convert them to JPEG before opening
> them in an external editor.)
Yes, but only RAW files don't get converted to JPEG...TIFFs and PSDs
do, which will degrade their quality.
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Spenser
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| Erik Richard Sørensen 2006-01-26, 6:58 pm |
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Russell E. Owen wrote:
>Fossil <no@no.no> wrote:
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> I recommend iView Media Pro for organizing. It is much more powerful=20
> than iPhoto.
Depending on the camera used, I find CamediaMaster 4.2 rather useful for =
organizing, but it's a bit lousy to find out how to use it...
> iView also has an editor, but I have no idea if it would be powerful=20
> enough for you (I don't even know if it can edit raw or save in=20
> non-degraded format).
Just checked it out... Graphic Converter 5.7.x infact can do both the=20
organizing and editing without changing anything in the format. - And=20
with GC it's also possible to make 'catalogues' in various ways, - by=20
date, time, size, motif etc.etc..
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| Josselin 2006-01-27, 3:57 am |
| On 2006-01-26 16:18:24 +0100, Fossil <no@no.no> said:
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> What is the BEST/EASIEST Macintosh/Apple application for storing,
> filing, editing, etc. 10,000 digital photos?
>
> I need a program for Mac that will easily arrange my photos and let me
> easily edit them, and save the edited files in a non-degraded format,
> and file them in a way that is super-easy to find, since I shoot 300
> photos a day and have 10,000 so far.
>
> Is it iPhoto, or is there something better?
>
> Thank you!
>
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Aperture + Photoshop CS2 (as an editor) is what you need !
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| dorayme 2006-01-27, 3:57 am |
| In article <43d9c22a$0$20162$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr>,
Josselin <josselin@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
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> On 2006-01-26 16:18:24 +0100, Fossil <no@no.no> said:
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Nothing will "easily arrange" your photos or anyone's! It's a
myth. Wait till you really really try - and keeping up standards!
Can software can take the drudgery out of organising digital
pics? Typically, a digital camera will deliver names for pics
like DSC45564. There are these thousands of such names. I reckon
that once one has come up with a smart set of names for each pic
or at least a folder that you chuck all of some type in, you have
done most of the work! The rest can be done by a drover's dog or
- lets just say - a system of folders and smart folders...
I am just babbling here as i am thinking about this issue...
getting myself up to a state of skepticism so that I can be
nicely surprised... Everything was fine when I scanned my pics
from really nice film cameras, And then I bought a terrific
digital and the avalanche began!
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dorayme
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| Gnarlodious 2006-01-27, 9:56 pm |
| Entity Erik Richard Sørensen spoke thus:
> Just checked it out... Graphic Converter 5.7.x infact can do both the
> organizing and editing without changing anything in the format. - And
> with GC it's also possible to make 'catalogues' in various ways, - by
> date, time, size, motif etc.etc..
I have thousands of photos going back to the 1910s, scanned from celluloid
in TIFF format. Graphic Converter is the workhorse of my archive project. I
can have multiple image browsers open and do keyword searches on the entire
library. I can set IPTC captions, descriptions and search keywords. I can do
batch conversions of image resolution, size or anything.
GC is really phenomenal, much better than iPhoto for handling all these
photos. Photoshop is only good for actual image manipulation, and very slow.
Here is the GC website:
http://lemkesoft.de/en/index.htm
-- Gnarlie
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| Geoffrey F. Green 2006-01-27, 9:56 pm |
| In article <BFFFCC4B.119F2%gnarlodious@yahoo.com>,
Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Entity Erik Richard Sørensen spoke thus:
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> I have thousands of photos going back to the 1910s, scanned from celluloid
> in TIFF format. Graphic Converter is the workhorse of my archive project. I
> can have multiple image browsers open and do keyword searches on the entire
> library. I can set IPTC captions, descriptions and search keywords. I can do
> batch conversions of image resolution, size or anything.
>
> GC is really phenomenal, much better than iPhoto for handling all these
> photos. Photoshop is only good for actual image manipulation, and very slow.
How do you have your files structured? And where do you keep your
keyword files stored? I've got a bunch of photos organized my own
special way, but I'm thinking of moving to iPhoto (now that it doesn't
need to copy your photos) for ease of browsing through my collection).
I've started adding keywords into the relevant IPTC fields, but I
don't know of a good way to search those fields other than through
Spotlight (which does work pretty well, though I think iPhoto would be
handier).
- geoff
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| Gnarlodious 2006-01-28, 3:56 am |
| Entity Geoffrey F. Green uttered this profundity:
> How do you have your files structured?
I have plain old OSX custom folders with 128 pixel icons on a dark
background. Incredibly nice looking way to view image folders.
> And where do you keep your keyword files stored?
All the keywords are in the IPTC field. The GC image browser has a nifty
IPTC window that shows all IPTC fields when you mouseover the preview. There
is also the editing window with a great batch mode for setting fields on any
number of images at once. In addition to that, you can flatten folders in a
new browser window and you can also access IPTC from the slideshow feature!
> I've got a bunch of photos organized my own
> special way, but I'm thinking of moving to iPhoto (now that it doesn't
> need to copy your photos) for ease of browsing through my collection).
You are going to hate the way iPhoto stores files in Finder. What a mess.
And temperamental too.
> I've started adding keywords into the relevant IPTC fields, but I
> don't know of a good way to search those fields other than through
> Spotlight (which does work pretty well, though I think iPhoto would be
> handier).
Graphic Converter has a "Search IPTC" feature you can search any field or
all at once, in any folder to any depth, and all the result files open in a
new browser window.
Pretty great app.
--
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http://Gnarlodious.com/SantaFe/Tour.php
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| Josselin wrote:
> On 2006-01-26 16:18:24 +0100, Fossil <no@no.no> said:
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> Aperture + Photoshop CS2 (as an editor) is what you need !
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Do you actually use Aperture:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture.ars
Or are you just an Apple shill?
Greg
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"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons
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