> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of x > Any IPTC editor will allow you to embed keywords, etc. Photoshop is one > that springs to mind, but also BreezeBrowser. If you > only want the metadata in the file, then fine. The problem with this is > searching. Also consider EXIF Utils as this has some > listing capabilities. However, if you are also prepared to keep the > metadata in a database in addition to the image, then > consider something like IMatch. Your requirements concerning archiving are > a bit vague, but IMatch does allow for offlining > images to e.g. CD/DVD, whilst keeping thumbnails online. If you only want > to keep metadata in the images, then searching etc. > is very cumbersome when you archive images, as you have to have all images > available for the search, apart from being > exceedingly slow. Apps like IMatch, as they keep the metadata in a > database, will be far superior.
Thanks to everybody who has responded. Scott, iView looks like a good app but at $200 it's a bit expensive. iMatch is better priced and seems to do about everything I want it to do. Steve, you make a very good point about the searches getting quite long if the data is only in the images but not in a database. Having the information both in the files as well as the database makes a lot of sense. Now I only have to get a 20D...:D Thanks, Robert * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
