| Re: Photo Mechanic vs. IView Media Pro
PM has its own forum here because there are so many posts re PM, It's also possible that because it sponsors or advertises on RobGalbraith.com, it doesn't need to run its own forums on its own site.
PM and iView are different types of program. PM is a browser, and other members of that family are Breezebrowser and Bridge. iView is a cataloguing database, like Portfolio, ACDSee, iMatch, Elements Organizer. A browser looks at files in the file system and tends to be used early in the workflow, when you're sorting out keepers and entering info like copyright, description etc. Cataloguing databases don't look directly at the file system but at records in their database. The records include text such as the description that are imported from the files or entered in the database, and they also include thumbnails, meaning the app doesn't need to refer to the file itself. As a result they're much faster when you're trying to find files scattered across multiple drives, folders, discs etc and when more files are involved. In other words, comparing PM and IView is like comparing apples and oranges.
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