Sounds like a job for Raw Shooter Essentials, but wait, Adobe bought them and killed the product. It may still be available on line until the release of Lightroom but no more updates will be forthcoming.
Charles Robinson wrote: >My dad (a Windows user, btw) just got back from a 2-week trip to China. > >He said that between him and mom, they shot about 2,200 photos. > >Nevermind that I averaged about 500 shots PER DAY when I was in China >in 2005, but... when Dad commented that he was thinking he was going >to need a more high-powered machine down in Texas so that he could >get through them all, my jaw dropped. He winters in Texas from >January-March and he's thinking he won't even be done sorting through >them by then! > >Now, with my Powerbook and iPhoto, I'd be through 'em in a week. >This is a guy who is retired and has all day to sort and edit, but he >clearly doesn't have the workflow down. > >What I'd like to find for hims is software that does this at the very >least: > > 1. Drop all of the photos into the software (or point the software >to the location of said photos) > 2. Sort through thumbnails and come up with "keepers" (stays in the >index) and "nope" (photos are removed from said index) > 3. Double-click on thumbnail and the photo (or a copy thereof) is >pulled up for editing/modification. He's got Photoshop 7 so >hopefully this software would be compatible with using an external >editor > > 4. (Bonus): Create a web gallery from the remaining, edited photos > >Is there something out there in the Freeware/Shareware domain that is >moderately suited to the task? I want to see his photos as much as >he wants me to see them, and the thought of this being a 5-month >process (!!!) just kills me! > > > -Charles > >-- >Charles Robinson >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Minneapolis, MN >http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
