Re: I just need to tag and catalogue; Lightroom or Elements5?


"Malcolm Hoar" <malch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Peter Jason" <pj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I use PhotoshopCS2 for image adjusting, so
all I need is a good fast Tagger &
Cataloguer.

Which would be best for just this purpose
(only) given I have about 4000 photos to
catalogue.

Is it possible to turn off all other
facilities in each of these programs to
speed
up the tagging & cataloguing?

I am also looking for a fast, simple
tagging program.
After trying 30+ different programs, I
haven't found
anything suitable for my needs :-(

Some questions/issues you'll need to think
about
before you will make any progress:

1. What file formats do you need to tag?
You'll have
a lot more choices with JPG than you will
with
RAW formats like NEF.

2. Where do you need the tags to be stored?
Some
programs will store the tags in their own
database,
some will store the tags in "sidecar"
files, some
will store them "in" the image and many
will store
the tags in a couple of those places.

3. You also failed to mention what
Operating System
you're running.

I do agree there is a real need for
something that will
tag quickly and without dozens of other
image processing
features cluttering up the interface and
hogging system
resources. Sadly, there doesn't appear to
be much out
there.

My personal heaven would be something like
IrfanView
with a customizable panel to enter IPTC
tags that
would be stored within the JPG/TIFF/NEF
files ;-)


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Thanks, I have WindowsXP prof.

I always thought that the tagging process
just entered info into the files properties,
and then used a database to extract
selections. In other words the files stay
where they are and the info is therefore
stored "in the image".

I had some bad luck with the Microsoft
"Digital Image Pro 9" because I entered
"keywords" (tags) into the files which were
all TIFF, but when I subsequently converted
them to JPGs (with Irfanview) I lost all the
tagging!

So what I need is tagging into the files
themselves, whether in the TIFF, ORF (Olympus
RAW) JPG etc, and still be able to select
what I want.

Also, I add comments into some digital files
with the EXIF system using Exifer, which
seems the only software that will print these
comments across the bottom of the printout.
Can the EXIF info be part of the Lightroom
and/or Elements database?

Peter.





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