![]() Not buried in some proprietary database or something. Once this is done, the data should be yours, safely in your images. You will spend a lot of work adding keywords, titles, descriptions, GPS coordinates, location etc. The DAM must support all established metadata standards like EXIF, (legacy) IPTC, XMP and that fully and compliant to all common standards. Critical metadata like keywords, labels, titles, descriptions must be written into your image files (or sidecar files). You switch your RAW processor editor usually more often than your DAM. Your DAM should be independent from your image editing, RAW processing etc. Whatever software you look at for organizing your files, consider two critical points:ġ. Because it can show you critical things like sharpness, focus point, and how the image might come out after applying all the magic features in your RAW software. Since your DAM is usually where your keepers are managed, your RAW processor is usually the better tool. If you don't keep all the junk, you have less to organize,Ĭulling can be done in a dedicated "viewer" application, your RAW processor or in your DAM. Many people tend to keep too many files ( "may do some editing on this one later, may come out better with a newer RAW processor.". Ask yourself how you want to organize your files, how you typically search for files, which keyword taxonomy you're going to use etc.ĭelete recklessly while you cull. In general, you should make up your mind before you start. I don't use Apple systems so I cannot comment on specific Mac products. I think there are answers for several of your questions in these dpreview threads: you have the equivalent of a shelf full of images in shoe boxes. If you cannot find any of your files in a second or two, or have them (automatically) organized by things like time, motive, theme, project, people, location, event, maybe camera/lens etc. Whether this happens after you've accumulated 20,000 or 200,000 just decides how long it will take you to beat some order into your collection. Since you asked me via PM to comment on this:īasically you face the same challenge everybody does who, at some point, recognizes that he/she sits on a heap of images without any proper organization. Thanks in advance for any thoughtful replies. I have struggled with this for a long time. I suspect the organizing and developing/editing disciplines are different enough that purpose-built focused solutions will do a better job.Įdit: I wonder if I should take a serious look at Apple Photos? I have read others using this as a simple organizational tool. Would I like an all-in-one to do this - YES. ![]() ![]() I realize this is somewhat of a workflow question and I am willing to layer something else in front of a editing program if it will do a better job. If I am missing something or there is a better way to do this please advise. I just want to search efficiently when I want to find something to avoid the dreaded. That my be an esoteric example but I think you get my meaning. halloween pictures with Billy but not Suzy from 2010-2012. Something the supports some logic to sort, i.e. I would like the ability to recall them efficiently via keywords/tags. I really want to clean up and organize my photos. A way to consume, search and present these in an organized fashion. Sony CaptureOne for me is probably where I am going to "start over with", but who knows Lightroom could be the answer as it continues to evolve.Ħ. Tt is confusing enough for me with all the seemingly good choices. I just want to do this as efficiently as possible and not reinvent the wheel. That has been rightly already been beat to death with little consensus other than you have to find what works for you. I am not talking about editing or RAW processing - I will do that with something else. Photosweeper seems to be a good choice.ĥ. I really want auto tagging or face tagging to speed this up. I am talking about thousands over several years. I have tons of RAW photos and JPEGs that I have done an abysmal job of managing. My photos are stored on a giant raid10 NAS with cloud backup.Ģ. not selling photos just personal consumption, i.e. I am still left with some questions in my situation. I know there have been several threads that address lightroom alternatives where some of this has been discussed. ![]()
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