[Leica] OT - Image Management Software Recommendations

[scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)]

Yes, this seems like a popular one. Are you using the "personal" 
edition, or one of
the fancier or multiuser suites?

Scott

Gerry Walden wrote:

>I have been using Extensis Portfolio for some considerable time now, and 
>I personally think it is hard to beat. It handles around 10,000 images 
>for me in all kinds of locations and it does it faultlessly and very 
>quickly - but, like all these programs, it is as good as the information 
>(keywording etc.) that you put in.
>
>Gerry
>
>Scott McLoughlin wrote:
>
> > I'm using the free Picasa right now, and it's no longer doing the trick.
> >
> > My image database is growing very quickly with some big scans, and I
> > need to move the main image archive off to network drives, USB/FireWire
> > attached drives and/or removeable media (CD's DVD's).
> >
> > Some surfing turns up Imatch and Extensis Portfolio. For the "personal
> > editions" iMatch is more nicely priced (~ $70) than Extensis Portfolio
> > (~ $200), but it's hard to compare the two just from their web sites.
> >
> > Then's there's the popular ACDSee, but I don't know if that supports the
> > "offline or nearline" image storage.
> >
> > Any experience with any of these software products or others? Thanks
> > much!
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
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