Software for archival purpose with keyword capability

[terence_tong1]

Hi,

New to digital, need recommendation on PC program for sorting

pictures. What I am looking for is program that can store "extra"

information, sort of like comments; i.e. 'kid b-day burn cake' 'kid

b-day good cake'

then in years later, these text are searchable so even if i forgot

which year b-day party has a burnt cake, I'll still be able to find

it.

 

Preferably, the program can store or view (no edition require for

I'll use PS for editing) RAW files.

 

I hope it's not too far fetch and pardon my non-lingo description

for a novice.

 

Thanks

tt

[grizzlymarmot]

I think everyone is trying to figure out the best way to solve this issue. My advice

would be to put the keywords right into the image file. This is called metadata and

for there are several programs (including the latest versions of PS) that can do this.

The metadata is put into IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Counci)

metadata fields. Then you can use any image cataloging program like iView Media

Pro or Extensis Portfolio which can read the IPTC data. Search for 'metadata' in

photoshop help to start.

[steve_west]

<a href="http://www.iview-multimedia.com/

" >have a look at this</a>

[mendel_leisk]

Just build a text file, logging the information for each file?

[digitmstr]

<a href=http://www.camerabits.com/pages/PM4.html>Photo Mechanic</a> is the program you want.

[jeffrey_douglas]

Take a look at Canto Cumulus single user version.

www.canto.com

go here for a review.

http://www.njpcug.org/Newsletter/cumulus6.htm

[terence_tong1]

They all sounded and seemed good with iView being on my top list solely based on interface design.

 

BTW, I use Wintel machine, how's the 'converted' version of iView?

 

Thanks

TT

[kaiyen]

I've read a number of recommendations for iMatch. I would've gone for it, except that work wanted something fully cross-platform, with server capability and a searchable web database. So we went to Extensis Portfolio.

 

I've used better, to be honest, but it's actually quite powerful if you need those particular features.

 

allan

[dave_nelson___atlanta__ga]

I use ACDSee and enter that "extra" information into EXIF fields so that I can use any program in the future that is able to read EXIF data to search and sort the images.

[steve_west]

terence, i'm sure about the wintel version but there are demos there to download and try.

it does everything you'll probably need.

[terence_tong1]

I am going with iView thanks to its Apple type GUI.

It is as powerful as I wanted and then some.

 

The only gripe, which isn't much was it doesn't download the pics from the CF or camera directly. (Unless I missed it or it's named something else)

 

But it does have a Drop Folder watch option which will come in handy

 

Thanks again, tt