iView MediaPro would do this very nicely, and it is cross-platform (Mac OS X and Windows). See http://www.iview-multimedia.com for details.
But it isn't freeware or shareware. It's about $200 application. You get what you pay for. :-) Godfrey On Oct 10, 2006, at 8:24 PM, 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 > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
