How do you manage your photos?

growse · 20 Feb 2007 at 16:33

SDK^ said:
Lightroom is pretty good for this, it takes a little longer to load than something like ACDsee but browsing through RAW files in Lightroom is much quicker than ACDsee.

Adjustments can be made to JPEGS in Lightroom, not sure about TIFF's though because I don't use them

I hated ACDsee when I used it. Thought it was useless and clunky. Then again, I tried the beta of lightroom and didn't like it, might give it another go.

The only reason I use tiffs is because RSE's RAW->JPEG with EXIF conversion is broken. I have to export as tiff with exif, and then convert in PS.

robmiller · 20 Feb 2007 at 16:40

On my PC, folders based on date and—if applicable—event; the keepers go in a web gallery, although I've become somewhat lax about adding new ones recently.

divine` · 20 Feb 2007 at 17:22

Manually manage all my stuff...
Year > Month > Day

RAW files in the main folder, sub folder containing converted pictures

Shoei · 20 Feb 2007 at 18:11

Fstop11 said:
I pretend that I manage mine when really they just run a mock!

Its a never ending process that your never fully satisfied with.

I use that method, seems to work fine

what i really do i this:
Basically import with Picture project.
Rate them with NX's browser.
Edit in NX, since you can edit a file and save that edit inside the original NEF.
TIF outputs for photoshop and printing go into an output folder.
Need a new Hard drive at some point then i'll properly organise em.

AdWright · 20 Feb 2007 at 18:19

divine_madness said:
Manually manage all my stuff...
Year > Month > Day

RAW files in the main folder, sub folder containing converted pictures

Ditto, but I'm getting really bored of it. I'm going to download the demos of Aperture and Lightroom and try them out

themask70 · 20 Feb 2007 at 19:47

I'm running Adobe Lightroom, I find it organises the photos quite well and I quite like the RAW editing tools. Also it runs a treat on my MacBook Pro.