Regarding software for the Mac, I've been looking into this. I've downloaded all of the following demos. Here are the programs I've found and some prelim info. I'm running on a 400MHz G4 under OS X 10.1.4 and OS 9.2.2. The one speed test I did was to add a 10 image set that averaged 47Mb per image. The results I got are puzzling.
Apple iPhoto - free - Very attractive except for a huge flaw for my use - it keeps a copy of the image on your hard drive. This wipes out the ability to off-load indexed images to CD and still have them in your index. Also, it seemed like it could only use a limited number of keywords. Didn't do the speed test. ACDSee - $40 Doesn't seem to support keywords per se; rather searches on the Comments field. But searches are only made on the ACTIVE folder. So I didn't see how to search the entire database. Seemed strange. Maybe I missed it. Speed test = 42 sec. Iview Media Pro - $50 Also seemed to only search on keywords in OPEN folders. Also bombs every time I quit. Speed test =6 sec. FotoStation 4.5 - $100 Doesn't yet support OS X, therefore, didn't try it. Canto Cumulus 5.5 - $100 Doesn't yet support OS X. But I tested it anyway. Doesn't seem to have keywords, per se, but you can search in several of the data fields. Speed test = 40 sec. Extensis Portfolio - $200 Beta version for OS X is available for testing. Speed test = 4 sec. I'm GUESSING that the 4 and 6 second results for adding the 10 large images somehow grabbed existing thumbnails while the approx 40 second ones "built" their own. So I don't know that the test is meaningful. Opinions?? Brad Smith On 7/10/02 6:24 PM, "Les Berkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How about Macintosh programs for Image archiving and managing > software. >> Capacity up to 10k images. low budget. thanks. >> tom robinson > > iPhoto if you have an OEM G3 or later processor. Apple REALLY scores > with this one, and I'm a Windows user. > > Les ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
