I haven't used the CS3 version, but Adobe Bridge in CS2 is an awful dog. If you have a large number of large images in a folder (say a few hundred ranging in size from 30MB to 80MB), it will bring all but the most powerful machines to a halt. The single user version of Portfolio is not terribly expensive and works with much lower resource requirements. If can also export metadata in tab-delimited format and do batch updates of the image file headers.
Chuck Patch On 12/6/07, Snyder, Rebecca <SNYDERR at si.edu> wrote: > > Adobe Bridge would work (I personally don't know much about the others, > but that's not to say they wouldn't work), but it you want multiple people > to have access to the same files to run queries, etc then you will either > have to have your files stored on a network disk that all can access from > their individual computers, or have all who need access use a common > computer that has both the files and the program. > > -Rebecca > (NMNH) > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Jeff Evans > > You might like Adobe Bridge or Canto Cumulus or Extensis Portfolio. > All of them have demos you can download. > > > On Dec 6, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Tim Atherton wrote: > > > Having worked on PC's for so long, I'm somewhat out of the loop on > > Mac software and options... > > > > I'm looking for some lower end (but not bottom of the barrel) image > > management/library software that's Mac compatible. > > > > It's not going to be for a huge number of images > > > > But there are enough images that i need to be able to keep track of > > archived files, working files, exhibit projects etc etc > > > > It's also probably only going to be used by a couple of people or so > > > > I don't need something large scale that will run with multiple users > > on severs, handle hundreds of thousands of images, or produce web > > front ends etc etc, but it needs to be sophisticated enough that I > > can work with some basic metadata, run searches and keep track of > > things and so on... > > > > This will be separate from our actual collections database and the > > images as part of the catalogued in there (though those images will > > also be an incidental part of what I'm looking to use the image > > management software for) > > > > thanks > > > > tim a > > > > > > Tim Atherton > > Assistant Curator > > (Archives & Research) > > Mus?e H?ritage Museum, St. Albert > > (780) 459-1594 > > tatherton at st-albert.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
