Hi Folks: I'm on the same frequency as you two. As I said in another post, very few people know about all the different applications available, they've usually chosen one and stick with it.
There's Cumulus, iView Media, and Extensis Portfolio that will do everything you two are looking for, including keeping exif and comments/keywords, and being able to search based on these, but they're all over $100. iView I think is closer to $200. As for actually using a database that you develop yourself for this, (like Appleworks that you mentioned), there are probably lots of Filemaker templates out there that will do it too, if you have Filemaker. Expecting something to do the job that hasn't being designed for digital photos specifically, is probably asking too much without a huge amount of work and input on your part to set it all up, which is why these specific apps exist in the first place. They also catalogue your pix from different disks, drives etc. which is a big plus. Ergo, it may be best to simply buy one of these off the shelf. I need to get one too, and haven't done enough homework to make me decide yet, although I'm leaning towards iView. Any suggestions anyone? Has anyone tried more than one of them? Had problems with any single one of them? Left snippets in of the past two posts below... Best, Ray Tom W. wrote: > >What would be the best software for viewing a > folder of photos and creating > >a contact sheet to print out? Something that would > run on 9.1 on my 7600? > Guess Tom and I are on the same frequency. :) > > Hi, > > I'm hoping you'all can make some how-to > recommendations... > > My housemate, on her PowerBook G3 (MacOS 9.2.2), > wants to create a > "year book" for her RV Club. She has hundreds of > pictures (mostly > jpeg, some tiff) and has painstakingly identified > each by setting the > Finder's file comments[*]. She likes using the > Browse window in > GraphicConverter 4.4.4 to print the "book". Now > she'd like to have > the pictures captioned with their file comment > instead of their > filename. AND she'd like to be able to send club > members the > pictures but not loose the comments (few use Macs). > > Thought of doing this with AppleWorks, as some sort > of database. But > that doesn't make the pictures > self-contained/portable. We'd like to > somehow "embed" the comments within the picture's > file. Tried iPhoto > - not a good experience[**]. ===== -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
