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Why is it so hard to find a decent image organizer?
Jibz:
Good point, maybe the last page or so should be spliced to this thread -- I must admit I kept posting here because it seemed to be the more active thread :-[.
40hz:
Original comment retracted. With apologies to all. :-[
tomos:
Review of ACDSee Pro 5 here on the imaging review site
http://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/acdsee-pro-5/index.htm
It's mainly a review of the new non-destructive editing of images - they give a very positive review, apart from interface annoyances.
Management gets very little attention.
They give the impression that it could be a good replacement for Lightroom - for those that cant, or dont want to, afford Lightroom.
some concluding remarksThe interface made using ACDSee Pro a less than pleasant experience but we enjoyed seeing the results of our efforts. So we have no little respect for what ACDSee has achieved with Pro. ... it knows how to save a difficult image.
... so much power packed into such an affordable package.
...
For some of us, ACDSee Pro may be the only option. It's nice to know it can keep up with anyone.
And for everybody else, well, don't look back, somebody may be gaining on you.
My queries are-
* has anyone here tried it?
* how did you get on?
* how good is the management/cataloging side of it?
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It's on special offer till Sept 17th -for US IP's at any rate- US$59.99 - for me the special offer is "converted" to euros and adds up to over US$96:
[I really hate that BS - you click on a 59.99 offer and get that... It looks like, but isnt at all clear that that includes 15% VAT/tax - but that should only make it $69, *not* $96.]
http://www.acdsee.com/en/special-offers
superboyac:
acdsee is a great program. i still think the optimum interface was the one before this last major overhaul. i've tried probably every dam image organizer/viewer/database program out there, and keep coming back to acdsee.
DonL:
So I seek something with these features:
1. thumbnail mode
2. some very fast way to add a tag to selected file(s) (For example, single click a tag in a list to toggle a tag on/off for all selected)
3. some simple way to rename the actual image file name based on its EXIF timestamp and the tags added in step 2
-Nod5 (August 14, 2009, 06:18 PM)
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Try XYplorer.
1. yes
2. yes
3. needs a simple script that you can pass through the address bar, e.g.:
//prefix EXIF date to current filename:
::rename b, "<dateexif yyyymmdd_hhnnss>-*", p;
Further XYplorer offers a one-click solution to set the modified date to the EXIF date of a file (also bulk).
But note: XYplorer's EXIF functions will only be officially released in the next version! (8.30)
http://www.xyplorer.com/
-DonL (August 15, 2009, 02:23 AM)
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Note that in the next version of XYplorer (11.60) setting the Created Date to the Exif date is built in (menu command, customizable keyboard shortcut). The function works on all selected files.
The recent versions of XYplorer add a lot of good stuff for photographers. E.g. check out the Floating Preview: http://www.xyplorer.com/release_11.20.htm#FloatingPreview
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