Another app to consider is BreezeBrowser. www.breezesys.com I had my father look at Irfanview and it was a little too much to throw at him. BreezeBrowser doesn't do as much, but would do what you have asked for.
I'm sure that you will hear of many other products. Each will have good merits. Probably the best thing to do is think of his computer skill set and how comfortable he will be with a particular product. Good luck. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 12:24:13 PM, you wrote: CR> My dad (a Windows user, btw) just got back from a 2-week trip to China. CR> He said that between him and mom, they shot about 2,200 photos. CR> Nevermind that I averaged about 500 shots PER DAY when I was in China CR> in 2005, but... when Dad commented that he was thinking he was going CR> to need a more high-powered machine down in Texas so that he could CR> get through them all, my jaw dropped. He winters in Texas from CR> January-March and he's thinking he won't even be done sorting through CR> them by then! CR> Now, with my Powerbook and iPhoto, I'd be through 'em in a week. CR> This is a guy who is retired and has all day to sort and edit, but he CR> clearly doesn't have the workflow down. CR> What I'd like to find for hims is software that does this at the very CR> least: CR> 1. Drop all of the photos into the software (or point the software CR> to the location of said photos) CR> 2. Sort through thumbnails and come up with "keepers" (stays in the CR> index) and "nope" (photos are removed from said index) CR> 3. Double-click on thumbnail and the photo (or a copy thereof) is CR> pulled up for editing/modification. He's got Photoshop 7 so CR> hopefully this software would be compatible with using an external CR> editor CR> 4. (Bonus): Create a web gallery from the remaining, edited photos CR> Is there something out there in the Freeware/Shareware domain that is CR> moderately suited to the task? I want to see his photos as much as CR> he wants me to see them, and the thought of this being a 5-month CR> process (!!!) just kills me! CR> -Charles CR> -- CR> Charles Robinson CR> [EMAIL PROTECTED] CR> Minneapolis, MN CR> http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
