Photo Organizing Software-need advice

Hello,

I need recommendations for a digital photo organizing software. I
am looking for software that can
1) Log my photos and assign a specific number of alphanumeric
identifier to each.
2) Allow me to print annotated photos in groups of 2-4 per page.
3) let me keep electronic notes, such as date taken, photographer,
description and other information.
4) Has a quick learning curve.

Is there software out there that can do this for me?

thanks

John wrote:

I need recommendations for a digital photo organizing software. I
am looking for software that can
1) Log my photos and assign a specific number of alphanumeric
identifier to each.
2) Allow me to print annotated photos in groups of 2-4 per page.
3) let me keep electronic notes, such as date taken, photographer,
description and other information.
4) Has a quick learning curve.

Is there software out there that can do this for me?

You don't say Windows or Mac.

On Windows, I'm using Thumbs Plus from Cerious Software. I use it for
all those except #1; for #1 I use Siren File Rename, a piece of free
software. (Thumbs Plus does have some batch rename ability I think,
but I've never used it because I've always wanted more complicated
patterns.)

I put the "electronic notes" into IPTC fields in the files, Thumbs Plus
has a first-rate IPTC editor.

I've got several binders of contact sheets I've printed via Thumbs Plus,
and I believe I can control the size and all. Mine are smaller than it
sounds like you want, so you might investigate how it works if printing
contact sheets with images bigger than your thumbnail size.

I don't recall having trouble when I first started using it, but I'm
good at software.

I recently went through an investigation of possible alternatives, and
looked at ACDSee and Imatch fairly carefully, and did not find reasons
enough to switch (Thumbs Plus doesn't pre-load photos in the background
for super-quick viewing, but I've found a workaround with slideshow and
some carefully chosen favorites settings that lets me go through my
initial sort fairly painlessly even if there are many hundreds of photos
to sort).

(Huh; Imatch is Windows only also, it seems. Yikes, and ACDSee appears
to be also. Hope you're using Windows, or I have nothing of any use
whatsoever for you!)

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John wrote:

Hello,

I need recommendations for a digital photo organizing software. I
am looking for software that can
1) Log my photos and assign a specific number of alphanumeric
identifier to each.
2) Allow me to print annotated photos in groups of 2-4 per page.
3) let me keep electronic notes, such as date taken, photographer,
description and other information.
4) Has a quick learning curve.

Is there software out there that can do this for me?

thanks

On Windows or Mac, there's Extensis Portfolio which is professional
level media management software. It is very powerful with tons and tons
of options on how media assets can be cataloged. Check it out at
http://www.extensis.com

On Apr 20, 1:34 pm, John wrote:
Hello,

I need recommendations for a digital photo organizing software. I
am looking for software that can
1) Log my photos and assign a specific number of alphanumeric
identifier to each.
2) Allow me to print annotated photos in groups of 2-4 per page.
3) let me keep electronic notes, such as date taken, photographer,
description and other information.
4) Has a quick learning curve.

Is there software out there that can do this for me?

thanks

I'm talking about Windows. Thank you.

Have a look at iView (http://www.iview-multimedia.com/downloads/). You
can have a free trial run for 21 days, and both Mac and Windows versions
are available.

I've been using it for a number of years, and I think it's great.

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John wrote:

Hello,

I need recommendations for a digital photo organizing software. I
am looking for software that can
1) Log my photos and assign a specific number of alphanumeric
identifier to each.
2) Allow me to print annotated photos in groups of 2-4 per page.
3) let me keep electronic notes, such as date taken, photographer,
description and other information.
4) Has a quick learning curve.

Is there software out there that can do this for me?

thanks

"John" wrote in message
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Hello,

I need recommendations for a digital photo organizing software. I
am looking for software that can
1) Log my photos and assign a specific number of alphanumeric
identifier to each.
2) Allow me to print annotated photos in groups of 2-4 per page.
3) let me keep electronic notes, such as date taken, photographer,
description and other information.
4) Has a quick learning curve.

I checked out several and decided on ACDSee. It does each of the things you
mention, plus something that I required - keeping track of images that are
on CD's.

ThumbsPlus was a close second - both of them had 30 day eval versions, so
you can try both of them. The main advantage, I felt, of ACDSee was speed.
--
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

On Apr 21, 4:34 am, John wrote:
Hello,

I need recommendations for a digitalphotoorganizing software. I
am looking for software that can
1) Log my photos and assign a specific number of alphanumeric
identifier to each.
2) Allow me to print annotated photos in groups of 2-4 per page.
3) let me keep electronic notes, such as date taken, photographer,
description and other information.
4) Has a quick learning curve.

Is there software out there that can do this for me?

thanks
You can use Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder which is very powerful
and very popular now, many friends and I like it very much. It's very
easy to create a customized DVD slideshow with photos and videos, and
to add music, transitions, and cool pan/zoom effects and make
beautiful DVD menus. Also, you can create .mp4, .wmv, .avi, .3gp
movies from videos in other formats for our iPod, Zune and 3GP Cell
Phones, Youtube .etc.

To be important, it has great photo and video editing function that
can meet all our needs. For example, you can perfect your photos with
attractive frames, special mask effects, and rich Cliparts, Wordarts
or Text. And it is easy to crop music to sync with slideshow. You can
use the video edit function to trim the video, add the caption and
frame to the video, and change the original audio with your favorite
music, etc.

You can download it free here
http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/dvd-slid...lder.php?sid=8
And a specific tutorial is here
http://www.photo2vcd.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1452
Some useful information such as tips to make slideshow awesome is
he
http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/other/po...ld-memory.html