What software should I use for managing/editing my photos?

[Energize]

My folder of images has now nearly reached 1,000 and it's becoming difficult to manage manually, also GIMP has it's limitations. What software do people use to manage and post process photos en masse?

 

[D.P.]

Light room

 

[PistolPete]

+1 for Lightroom.

 

[Paul11]

+2 for lightroom

 

[Phal]

Lightroom is the only thing I've really used so far but it seems to do the job fairly well

 

[SeraphX]

As above

 

[JonnyGLC]

+moar Lightroom

 

[Energize]

That's pretty unanimous then.

 

[cokebottles]

LIGHTROOM NAOOO!!!

 

[Nexus]

There is also Aperture, but only if you are using a Mac.

 

[Gaffer]

There is also Aperture, but only if you are using a Mac.

I use a Mac. Lightroom.

 

[The_blue]

+1 to lightroom, very easy to follow and quick on mutliple shots.

 

[theheyes]

Lightroom, although my advice is to use Windows Explorer to put them somewhere sensible on disk and THEN import them.

That's the way I do it.

 

[Nexus]

I use a Mac. Lightroom.

I find that Aperture is better suited to organisation and integration on a Mac System.

The current version of Lightroom however runs faster than the latest version of Aperture.

 

[The_blue]

Lightroom, although my advice is to use Windows Explorer to put them somewhere sensible on disk and THEN import them.

That's the way I do it.

Import using camera wizard and the open lightroom and drag drop the folder into the library window, making sure i have 'add' highlighted, this leaves them where they are

 

[ishamy]

Lightroom, although my advice is to use Windows Explorer to put them somewhere sensible on disk and THEN import them.

That's the way I do it.

+25 for Lightroom and importing to disk THEN import to Lightroom from there.

 

[Paul11]

Lightroom, although my advice is to use Windows Explorer to put them somewhere sensible on disk and THEN import them.

That's the way I do it.

This ^

import them yourself to your hard drive, then add them/import them to lightroom

 

[pecnarf]

adobe bridge for managing my photos and downloading them from camera, then adobe photoshop cs5 extended with Camera raw plugin for editing my photo on my mini mac

 

[-Ad-]

- Store them all on 128mb USB sticks, for safety in case one dies, so you don't lose them all.
- Encrypt them to 1024-bitgigabytepixels.
- Then edit with paint individually.
- Put them all on skydrivebox thing online.

Then make copies of all the 128mb usb sticks, put one batch under your floorboards, one batch in the parents house and seal the final batch in an EX rated container and store at a secure facility. You won't have time for a life with all the backuping needed, but at least your photos will be safe.

This should do for yours beginners guide to photo editing and organisation, I don't want to overload you.

 

[Phal]

- Store them all on 128mb USB sticks, for safety in case one dies, so you don't lose them all.
- Encrypt them to 1024-bitgigabytepixels.
- Then edit with paint individually.
- Put them all on skydrivebox thing online.

Then make copies of all the 128mb usb sticks, put one batch under your floorboards, one batch in the parents house and seal the final batch in an EX rated container and store at a secure facility. You won't have time for a life with all the backuping needed, but at least your photos will be safe.

This should do for yours beginners guide to photo editing and organisation, I don't want to overload you.

You should use 64MB sticks instead because they're cheaper