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For editing images: we recommend Photoshop CS2 or the "lite" version, Photoshop Elements. For more information on image editing in Photoshop, click here.

 

For organizing images with keywords/metadata: we recommend iPhoto or iView Media products.

 

For annotating images: If you would like to annotate images beyond keywords, you will need Photoshop, Extensis or Cumulus, but these options are more pricey.

 

 
Software
Comments
Organizing
Editing
       
Photoshop CS2 High priced, but by far the best editing tool. Used to be for editing only, but now with Photoshop Bridge, this software gives you full search options with metadata. Supports a web photo-gallery with metadata, but we could not make it work. Supports XMP--which they created. EXIF and IPTC support.
intermediate
professional
       
Photoshop Elements 3 Great price for the most imporatant editing tools that come with the higher priced version of Photoshop: layers, etc. Same search and organizing options, but the web-gallery tools does not export the metadata.
intermediate
intermediate
       
iPhoto Free, good for beginners. Doesn't support metadata for photo gallery. It is an easy tool for organizing images. Only basic editing tools. Information can be added to photos as you are importing. Full search capabilities. User-friendly editing tools. You can export images to a webpage that adds title and comments.
basic
basic
       
iView Media and Media Pro 2.6 Mac OS 9.1, X. Professional organizing tool--not for beginners. Webpage creation wizard. Does not support XMP(?) or export to web-display with metadata. Does batch conversion for major file-types. The Pro version exports metadata as xml file. Folder-watch option.
professional
basic
       
Extensis Portfolio 7 Mac OSX 10.2.8-10.3.7. Professional organizing tool--not for beginners. Webpage creation wizard. Adobe Photoshop plugin for editing. Does not support XMP or zip-compressed tiff files. Does batch conversion for major file-types.
professional
basic
   
Cumulus Professional organizing tool--not for beginners. Creates webpages with XMP, IPTC, and EXIF data. This was the software with the most promising and useful features. Given the complexity and flexibility, this application was relatively easy and quick to learn and use.
professional
basic
   
Galerie Mac OSX. Supports descriptions, EXIF info, QuickTime compatible video/audio. Pictures can be set to open in a separate frame instead of a new page. Can generate a gallery containing three copies of every picture: thumbnail, large (e.g. 640x480) and the full-res original. It's free.    

 

 

Contributed by aas. Last updated February 8, 2006 by mg.