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Images > Image Management > PC-Compatible Software
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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 Picasa2 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Picasa2 |
It is free; indexes image files but organizing features are not user-friendly. Supports metadata search. Use labels and keywords to tag photos. Allows you to export a web-display, but without the attached metadata. |
search only |
basic |
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| iView Media and Media Pro 2.6 |
Windows 95,98,2000,NT4,XP. 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 |
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| Extensis Portfolio 7 |
Windows 2000, XP. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| ACDSee 7 |
Great price, similar to Photoshop Elements, but the editing tools are not as extensive as Photoshop. Batch processing of image files--renaming, converting, rescaling. The web-gallery feature does not allow export of metadata. |
intermediate |
intermediate |
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Contributed by aas. Last updated February 8, 2006 by mg.
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