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From: MusoNZ on 1 Mar 2010 17:47
Hi there

I'm looking for a cost-effective software solution for managing an
increasing number of photos (around 10,000) in such a way that
multiple users on our LAN can access the photo database
simultaneously.

We tried Photoshop Elements and had problems with database corruption
when more than one person tried to access the database. Photoshop CS4
is getting out of our price range. Many of the other programs (eg
Picasa) are single user only.

We need an editing/organising solution, like PSE, but suitable for
multiple users (say a maximum of 10)simultaneously. We're running
WinXP on a server2k8 network.

thanks for any help you can offer

Mark.
From: ray on 1 Mar 2010 17:58
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:47:55 -0800, MusoNZ wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I'm looking for a cost-effective software solution for managing an
> increasing number of photos (around 10,000) in such a way that multiple
> users on our LAN can access the photo database simultaneously.
>
> We tried Photoshop Elements and had problems with database corruption
> when more than one person tried to access the database. Photoshop CS4 is
> getting out of our price range. Many of the other programs (eg Picasa)
> are single user only.
>
> We need an editing/organising solution, like PSE, but suitable for
> multiple users (say a maximum of 10)simultaneously. We're running WinXP
> on a server2k8 network.
>
> thanks for any help you can offer
>
> Mark.

Is there a particular reason you need an 'organising solution' rather
than simply use a hierarchical directory structure to organize them?
From: nospam on 1 Mar 2010 18:05
In article
<2837dc65-0e46-4129-b73d-e786b2947233(a)s25g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
MusoNZ <nzmuso01(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for a cost-effective software solution for managing an
> increasing number of photos (around 10,000) in such a way that
> multiple users on our LAN can access the photo database
> simultaneously.

check out extensis portfolio or canto cumulus
From: nospam on 1 Mar 2010 18:07
In article <7v2v52F3p4U6(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com>
wrote:

> > We need an editing/organising solution, like PSE, but suitable for
> > multiple users (say a maximum of 10)simultaneously. We're running WinXP
> > on a server2k8 network.
>
> Is there a particular reason you need an 'organising solution' rather
> than simply use a hierarchical directory structure to organize them?

probably so that multiple users can access the latest versions of a
given image and track any changes. think cvs or subversion, but for
photos.
From: c_atiel on 2 Mar 2010 18:22
One simple solution is to install something like the Fast Picture codec pac
which will allow users to see thumbnails in Windows Explorer of both raw
images and standard file like tif/jpeg etc. Then users can organize on local
or network folders to their little heart's desires. If you are going to use
this as you propose you should pay/donate for the software.


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