Which is the best tagging software?
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From: AlanT on 30 Jun 2010 22:08 There haven't been many suggestions for the OP. I suggest he look at Imatch, it may suit. Well worth checking out its features. Regards, Alan "John Navas" <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:sj2n26t6svjtuq31bd0h0nhi7fgggooiv2(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:01:40 -0700, in > <t-WdnS3ZpccQG7bRnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Paul Furman > <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote: > >>Peter Jason wrote: >>> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a >>> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place, >>> names, and dates. >> >>I use Adobe Lightroom but in the end I upload to flickr and those >>annotations get updated & commented on with corrections so flickr is >>really my tool of choice. For my old web site, google searches it. >>Quicker than using windows to search my folders. > > Say what? Windows Search is now near instantaneous. > What version of Windows are you using? > > -- > Best regards, > John > > Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, > it makes you a dSLR owner. > "The single most important component of a camera > is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: OG on 1 Jul 2010 16:06 "Peter Jason" <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote in message news:sKidnY1zq6S-B7TRnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... >I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a database. >Eventually I want to select photos on, place, names, and dates. Picasa has face recognition built in. It works surprisingly well in my view, but there are two 'gotcha's with using it for family photos - you'll have different people who look broadly similar due to genetics - you'll have the same people who look quite different as they have aged. As the facial recognition relies on recognising similarities, I would recommend you start by tagging individuals by name and ageband John - baby John - toddler John - boy John - teenage John - twenties thirties John - prime John - recent Anna - baby Anna - toddler etc If you lump all the John's into one 'pot' any s/w will have difficulty picking out the factors that mark out individuals - baby Anna will look more like baby John than teenage Anna
From: hejeva on 26 Jul 2010 15:20
to do what you want, you really need a photo organizing software. I wouldn't try organize your folders or filenames and use window search to find photos. You can try ACDSee Pro 3. The main advantage is that it leaves your images wherever they are on disk drive and you can organize them from there. No "importing" them into your software. You can create your own category system to tag your photos. Then when done, you do a batch write info to file and place your category tags into the IPTC categories to preserve them (and make them viewable to other software.) ACDSee Pro 3 has a 30 day full trial so you can try it out before you purchase. |