Re: image management software
Hello Janice, There is a great site with lots of valuable information about image management systems at: http://www.tasi.ac.uk. They also have a listing of what systems are available. http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/delivering/ims-software.html As well at tutorials on what to look for in purchasing your own system. http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/delivering/delivering.html The institution I work for uses several of the systems listed on the site, including: Extensis Portfolio in the Photography Department, Embark in our Visual Resources Department, Questor's Argus and KE Software's EMu for our museum wide system. The last two systems moved beyond images alone into collection management. The other respondants have sound suggestions as well. Dont forget when beginning an image management project to account for the storage capacity your server(s) will be maintaining. You'll fill up a server before you know it. If your going to be storing to DVD or CD, see if the system you decide on has the ability to catalogue those as well. On a storage note, there was an article in the latest PDN magazine discussing a new storage device by IOMEGA which can hold 35 GIGA bites of data per cartridge for $60/cartridge ($400 for the drive). The only down side is that IOMEGA has had less than favorable reviews dealing with data permanence. For any other questions feel free to contact me, Mike. --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: image management software
For a web accessible image management solution I recommend taking a look at : http://www.4homepages.de/ Its got a number of useful features and seems to work really well. Jeff Evans wrote: Hi Janice, For images alone, I am using Canto Cumulus. I run that locally on my machine only. This gives me the ability to organize groups of images into collections and catalogs and view/print these groups as needed. And I like Photoshop's File Browser too (locally, that will do almost everything that DAMs do) More Info: If you're just talking about images you have several big choices. First I recmd that you initially decide on two things: 1- price, they can get very expensive very fast. 2- will this be running on a server or locally. Low End: Canto Cumulus Portfolio Artesia High End: MediaBeacon Flexstor Full Workflow: Xinet WebNative Helios WebShare (Those are more than you need) Most of the robust solutions will run best on on a Unix server or Apple's OSX server (unix). If you have more specific questions, please feel free to give me a call. Previous to my current position, I have used and deployed many of these systems for different creative and graphics customers. Also be advised: For the larger systems, most are bundled with "upgrade" and "service packages" that will be 15-20% of the purchase price per year (or sometimes per license). Jeff Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On Nov 19, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Janice wrote: We are in the process of reviewing image management systems and would like to hear what is working for others. Please share the name of the software and how it is working for you. Janice Craddock Information Technology Manager Amon Carter Museum www.cartermuseum.org 817.738.1933 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: jfev...@princeton.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com -- Dr. Michael Volmar Curator Fruitlands Museums Knight-Dudley House, Suite 4 102 Prospect Hill Road Harvard, MA 01451 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: image management software
Hi Janice, For images alone, I am using Canto Cumulus. I run that locally on my machine only. This gives me the ability to organize groups of images into collections and catalogs and view/print these groups as needed. And I like Photoshop's File Browser too (locally, that will do almost everything that DAMs do) More Info: If you're just talking about images you have several big choices. First I recmd that you initially decide on two things: 1- price, they can get very expensive very fast. 2- will this be running on a server or locally. Low End: Canto Cumulus Portfolio Artesia High End: MediaBeacon Flexstor Full Workflow: Xinet WebNative Helios WebShare (Those are more than you need) Most of the robust solutions will run best on on a Unix server or Apple's OSX server (unix). If you have more specific questions, please feel free to give me a call. Previous to my current position, I have used and deployed many of these systems for different creative and graphics customers. Also be advised: For the larger systems, most are bundled with "upgrade" and "service packages" that will be 15-20% of the purchase price per year (or sometimes per license). Jeff Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On Nov 19, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Janice wrote: We are in the process of reviewing image management systems and would like to hear what is working for others. Please share the name of the software and how it is working for you. Janice Craddock Information Technology Manager Amon Carter Museum www.cartermuseum.org 817.738.1933 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: jfev...@princeton.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
