Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lightroom will do all of that and much more. I have over 800,000 photos on 22 hard-drives that I can search through by any metadata. It has face recognition. It's very fast and easy. As for the same filename, you can easily add a suffix to distinguish between the files as you import them or LR will do it for you. Tina On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:11 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG < leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Folks ? > > I have, as you may imagine, 20 some years of photo archives. > > Right now I have them broken down by years in folders like: > > 2001 > 2001-01-01 New years day photos > L0010101.jpg > L0010102.jpg > 2001-01-02 bigfoot sighting in new hampshire > L222222.jpg > L222223.jpg > L222225.jpg > > etc. > > I want to have a searchable database that allows me > > a) to add metadata to files and allow me to search that metadata. > b) automate identification of people through facial recognition or > import data like that > c) allow me to grant varying levels of access to this database to > other people (mark > some directories with different permissions, etc.) > d) Not vanish in 10 years leaving me with a useless database > e) have a solution to the fact that I?m going to have dozens of > files with the same filename > > > Cost isn?t an object, but functionally is a must. > > Any advice? > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=705e49f0-78f6-41b6-a4ef-b691d229be54> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/