i'm looking for a program our office can use to organize reference images that will enable us to put all the photos in one location but sort them via tags. any suggestions? again, this would need to be network friendly... we do not want to put the images on an online service... essentially i'm looking for Flikr for a network.
i've already looked into picassa but tagging is only available on web albums (in the US) at this time (cough-bullshit!-cough).
windows can also do that, if you are using a PC. Just add "keywords" to images (right-mouse click on the image)... and if you use the windows search button, all images with that keyword show up.
how large is this image collection? seems like tagging the native file seems to be the best option. I have about 3000 images myself, and have them grouped by topic I know when the collection grows I'm in the shits because I don't have tags, but I also have the best of each collection on flickr for reference wherever I am
While not specifically focused on design firms, this forum may give you some useful background information about how photography professionals and hobbiest address this problem.
need flikr - typ software for networked office image management
i'm looking for a program our office can use to organize reference images that will enable us to put all the photos in one location but sort them via tags. any suggestions? again, this would need to be network friendly... we do not want to put the images on an online service... essentially i'm looking for Flikr for a network.
i've already looked into picassa but tagging is only available on web albums (in the US) at this time (cough-bullshit!-cough).
thanks in advance...
adobe bridge? use "assign keywords" like tags and it's tied into indesign and photoshop if your firm uses those.
Acdsee is cheaper if you're not already in bed with adobe
picassa?
most image viewers you can assign tags. eg xn view
windows can also do that, if you are using a PC. Just add "keywords" to images (right-mouse click on the image)... and if you use the windows search button, all images with that keyword show up.
try Cumlus - http://www.canto.com/
Flickr should really come out with a desktop version.
how large is this image collection? seems like tagging the native file seems to be the best option. I have about 3000 images myself, and have them grouped by topic I know when the collection grows I'm in the shits because I don't have tags, but I also have the best of each collection on flickr for reference wherever I am
There's a forum on Photo.net that deals with image libraries -- here's the link: Digital Darkroom Forum images>Libraries
While not specifically focused on design firms, this forum may give you some useful background information about how photography professionals and hobbiest address this problem.
Good luck.
Aren't there quite a few apps that do this
Adobe LightRoom
Aperture
iPhoto
Bento
Microsoft Expression Media
Not sure about the rest but I do know Lightroom does not yet work in a networked environment (without a kludged solution). Hopefully soon.
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