Diplopodus
journeyman
Reged: 01/06/2005
Posts: 57
Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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Hi there,
I tried some image organizing software before (ACDSee, Picajet) but I wasn't satisfied with the ammount of time they took when cataloguing my images.
Based on your own experiences, can anyone recommend a quick and easy to use image organizer that can handle JPEG's, RAW files and TIF's (maybe even PSD's) image files with relative celerity?
The main priority is organizing image files scattered througout several discs at least by category or folders but any date/EXIF/IPTC search would be a bonus. Editing or generating slide shows/HTML wouldn't be necessary.
For the record: My laptop is not that old (not that new either) an based on some other programs' performance (CS2, raw converters) it's not a too slow machine: Sempron with 1GB of RAM on XP.
Cheers
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Roger_Provins
Made-it Man
Reged: 22/10/2005
Posts: 2625
Loc: Gloucester, UK
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Fen recommended FastStone some time ago on here and I've been using it ever since. Nice program, very useful and free for home use  It may not be quite what you're looking for - but worth investigating I think.
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Rog
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Diplopodus
journeyman
Reged: 01/06/2005
Posts: 57
Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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Fen recommended FastStone some time ago on here and I've been using it ever since. Nice program, very useful and free for home use It may not be quite what you're looking for - but worth investigating I think.
I've been pondering about FastStone. The only two reasons that kept me from installing it are the lack os .PSD files support and the fact that Picajet hasn't finished cataloguing my files yet! It's soo d**n slow!
Therefore I didn't have the chance to try its features out yet!
In case I give up on Picajet, is Faststone, err, fast?
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
Posts: 19552
Loc: Currently Unknown!
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Fen recommended FastStone some time ago on here and I've been using it ever since. Nice program, very useful and free for home use It may not be quite what you're looking for - but worth investigating I think.
Who? What? Sorry?
Never heard of it before!
Fasthosts, yes. Faststone??? No idea.
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Fen.
- Fen's Flickr Fotos -
"One good photograph does not a photographer make."
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Diplopodus
journeyman
Reged: 01/06/2005
Posts: 57
Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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Quote:
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Fen recommended FastStone some time ago on here and I've been using it ever since. Nice program, very useful and free for home use It may not be quite what you're looking for - but worth investigating I think.
Who? What? Sorry?
Never heard of it before!
Fasthosts, yes. Faststone??? No idea.
there is always the first time...
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'the greatest sign that there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe is that it hasn't tried to contact us yet.'
Bill Watterson, 'Calvin and Hobbes'
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Roy5051
Reged: 02/09/2001
Posts: 664
Loc: Somerset UK
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I have been using Ulead PhotoExplorer for years and find it suits my needs more than ACDSee etc.
Try it - http://www.ulead.com/pex/runme.htm
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Roy
Why do people with expensive cameras say you don't need one to take good photographs
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Roger_Provins
Made-it Man
Reged: 22/10/2005
Posts: 2625
Loc: Gloucester, UK
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Quote:
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Fen recommended FastStone some time ago on here and I've been using it ever since. Nice program, very useful and free for home use It may not be quite what you're looking for - but worth investigating I think.
Who? What? Sorry?
Never heard of it before!
Fasthosts, yes. Faststone??? No idea.
Ah, oh well - you've been getting the kudos all the time I've had it Wonder who did recommend it  ... someone on this forum.
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Rog
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
Posts: 19552
Loc: Currently Unknown!
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Someone called "gjh" recommended it back in March 2007 and then the Lizard recommended it in December '07
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Fen.
- Fen's Flickr Fotos -
"One good photograph does not a photographer make."
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Diplopodus
journeyman
Reged: 01/06/2005
Posts: 57
Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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I have been using Ulead PhotoExplorer for years and find it suits my needs more than ACDSee etc.
Try it - http://www.ulead.com/pex/runme.htm
Based on their reputation, I'd certainly give the Ulead software a go but it doesn't seem to support RAW files - or does it?
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'the greatest sign that there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe is that it hasn't tried to contact us yet.'
Bill Watterson, 'Calvin and Hobbes'
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Terrywoodenpic
A whiff of silicon...
Reged: 21/01/2006
Posts: 212
Loc: Saddleworth UK
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I use an older version of IView... they were bought out by Microsoft a couple of years ago and are now called expression media 2 .... this will do everything you have listed and much more.
You can find it and download trial at
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/default.aspx
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63 happy photo years from amateur to professional and back to amateur
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Roy5051
Reged: 02/09/2001
Posts: 664
Loc: Somerset UK
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I don't know, I only have version 8, latest is version 8.5
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Roy
Why do people with expensive cameras say you don't need one to take good photographs
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