hi guys ... currently taken thousands of pics and trying very hard to keep things organised

just wondering what sort of software & editing prog you all are using and which is the best

i am currently using elements 4 which is good but the photoshop album part is laggy compared to acdsee 8.

im using Faststone PIcture Viewer.... fast~~~

and most of alll.... its free~~~~~

err, picasa?
PSP Image Browser...

there are plenty of them

yeah but some are very basic

looking to find one that is fast, easy organise, backup and able to find that one nice pics you took from the thousands on the HD

tried picasa ... nice and fast with simple interface ... quite good actually but a bit basic though

This post has been edited by kitman: Apr 25 2006, 10:54 AM

erm...Windows Explorer...

that's what i do except for NEFs. where it cant be used for filmstrip mode ;(
so i use WE + Adobe Bridge to complement

I use XNView

Picasa.

Works with RAW files as well

windows explorer - yeah i use that sometimes too but how to tag, search, put in notes etc easily?

picasa is cool, free and very useful, can do basic editing, email and slideshow

Eh? I just use ACDSee 3.2, thumbnails mode.

What I do is just have a digicam folder, which I sort out to a temp subfolder for downloading the pics, and then for processed pics i categorize them into respective folders, e.g. scenic, macro&closeups, general, girls, stupidmalaysians, people, kids&animals, events, and so on. It's easier to search for a particular pic too that way.

but how to add in notes/captions. to me these are necessary so that we remember that kodak moment

Picture Project that comes together in the CD while i bought my camera.

windows explorer? just cant tag d files..

ACDSee Pro get the job done ...i also use it to edit pics..

previously use ACDsee 8.0

This post has been edited by speedoom: Apr 28 2006, 05:35 PM

latest is acdsee pro 8.0 can view and edit RAW photo, dunno whehter canon 30D supported or not since it's so new.

one more thing cool about acdsee pro is that you can set for it to display certain EXIF data during slideshow like shutter speed, aperture ,etc

This in thumbnail mode. Free also. Wanted to use picasa, then no point since usually I take photos on a single subject/event.
Canon has that zoomex browser thing. Its quite handy too.

i use windows explorer to organise them.

via directories

1st would be year
2nd would be event/place
3rd would be the files
4th would be the top photos within that directory

any good freewares that anyone may share?

I'm using Picasa and so far it's good.