Version Cue might work here. It should come with it although I am more a Photoshop guy than an Elements guy is what you are looking for. You also need to get the preferences set up right on each workstation so that the catalog database is stored on the server and they all use the same path.
But the bottom line is Adobe imaging products just don't play well in a network environment. They still strongly recommend against editing a file on a server with Photoshop, they say copy it locally first. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Image Editing software I am wrong.... It appears that it does keep a catalog of changes and keeps them on a single computer. There does appear to be a way to synchronize those changes, but looks like it requires an Adobe service... Might need to abandon Elements... http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/features/ See the same photos on every computer Forget trying to manually maintain your photos and video clips across multiple computers. With automatic syncing, media added or edited on one computer will automatically be synced to another.*<http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/features/#footnote1> * This product may allow you to extend its functionality by accessing certain features that are hosted online either by Adobe or third parties, provided you have a high-speed Internet connection. Adobe online services are available only for users age 13 and older. Such Adobe and third-party online services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages, and/or currencies and may be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of such online services may be governed by separate terms of use and privacy policies, and access to some services may require user registration. Some online services, including services that are initially offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees and require a separate subscription. ^<http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/features/#1> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Then this is likely a user issue or a machine configuration issue, having them save changes locally rather than the network share. It's a behavioral issue not a technical one. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jay Dale <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: They don't usually edit at the same time, but they want to be able to see the changes made by another user from another workstation so that they don't do double-editing. Jay Dale Senior Systems Administrator P:281-574-2414<tel:281-574-2414> From: Cameron [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Image Editing software Wouldn't Picasa pretty much handle your needs? You don't want the files opened for editing by more than one person at a time (first person can edit, 2nd is read-only sort of thing). If they are on a share, then everyone should be able to access the latest versions? Am I missing something here? On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Jay Dale <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: By network access and sharing, I mean that all the photos are located on a network share and multiple computers need to be able to access them and make changes and update them. Using PS Elements they can't use multiple machines because it does not update any changes made by another user. Jay Dale Senior Systems Administrator P:281-574-2414<tel:281-574-2414> From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Image Editing software I really don't know what you mean by network access and sharing, do you mean something like Adobe's Version Cue or simply files on a network share? If free is what you need, look at Gimp. Its nearly as powerful as Photoshop, so I assume it will meet their needs. jlc From: Jay Dale [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 6:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Image Editing software Hey all, I have a client that is a furniture store. They take tons of photos that they have to edit and tag for things such as brochures, catalogs, etc. They are about to implement Masterpiece as their Point of Sale system, but I don't know if it handles images in that way. Currently they are using Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 for their editing, but Elements has a slow, cumbersome Online synchronization tool that really doesn't work very well with multiple PC's accessing centralized photo data (located in a data share on their server). But before Masterpiece can be implemented properly they need some sort of photo-editing software that not only allows them to handle large amounts of photo editing and tagging but also can support network access and sharing. I have very little experience with photo software, so I'm at a loss. Anyone have any ideas? 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