In my opinion, media cataloging applications are the way to go. PS is just too cumbersome for anything like large-scale cataloging, key wording, and retrieving images. I recently switched to iView MediaPro (I use Mac OS X, but it's available on both platforms) after using Extensis Portfolio for several years. It's like a breath of fresh air and is amazing me at every turn. I highly recommend this program for cataloging media. I've read on groups that iView is customer-service challenged, but I haven't had the need to contact them yet. I currently have 22,000 images cataloged and expect to see that double in the next year. Jim On 4/29/05 11:16 AM, lea murphy wrote: > How are those of you who shoot large numbers of images cataloging and > retrieving them? > > I'm considering using the metadata feature in PS CS but am wondering if > there are better systems out there. > > For example, over the past year I've shot over 11,000 digital images of my > niece. These are organized in folders on my hard drive by date. Say I want > to find a particular image which I shot of her in the studio, I can use the > browser to hunt for it but surely there is a better way. Is the metadata > keyword feature the way to go? I'm open to using other programs. > > I'd like to hear from those who have this issue...how do you do it? > > Lea > > > www.whinydogpress.com >
