Archive and Catalog Programs

nowellwisch · #1 08-27-2008, 11:31 AM

I have upgraded to Extensis Portfolio 8.5 and have had the same bad experience I had with 8.1. It closes unexpectedly, crashes, loses files and is, in general, not very good for my use.

All I want to do is archive and catalog 156,000 images and search by file name. I want to make small thumbnails I can take on the laptop. I don't want a really huge preview file.

Any suggestions on what will work reliably on a PC with XP and Vista?

Martin_Doudoroff · #2 08-27-2008, 12:52 PM

Have you evaluated Thumbs Plus? It isn't sexy, but it is venerable, proven software. And it's cheap.

DierkHaasis · #3 08-27-2008, 01:04 PM

Microsoft Expression Media is still quite good despite some griping by us old-time users [we are more miffed about the slow development than the actual program].

IDimager is very good but has a steep learning curve. It's built upon open standards like SQL and XMP. To my knowledge it is currently the only application making full use of XMP.

nowellwisch · #4 08-28-2008, 04:55 AM

I will take a look. Thanks!