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.

picasa?..will google it up for info...
any cons so far?

Organize using Win Explorer, filename-> day-month-year--venue
Then view in Fastone, very good viewer IMHo after trying ACDsee, Picasa. Picasa is no bad though with its basic auto color/contrast.

fastone can be bit slow when viewing big files, kinda slow loading thumnails, but its simple & small installation files.

i name each folder with date and where i took the pic, what occasions is that and label it with numbering. eg : 13. [01Jun06] D1 Shah Alam, after one year, create a folder like 2005, drag all 2005 pic to that folder. and i view the pic use ACD See 4 only, faster



This post has been edited by LanEvoX: Jun 1 2006, 11:32 AM

well i do put all my pics into folders by date. currently sticking with adobe elements 4 organiser. it's ok but not as fast as acdsee

i'm using ACDC...very easy to organize..

another Picasa user for Digital Pix/Vids Management too!

my acdsee 6 got problem wif my pc, sometimes blue screen appear said 'ur pc had been shutdown due to......'

why arr?that reason make me never used acdsee again though it provides good management tool, now back to old school.. windows explorer...

well just upgrade to the latest v8 ... it's quite good but the interface kinda messy until you get a hang of it.

use acdsee pro 8 as it can support newer RAW format

i'm using Ulead photo 3.0, nice lor ...

Picasa and ACDSee has my votes. Its good in organzing pictures. But have not used those programs since i used XP because the picture viewer not bad too.

Picasa2 user here. So far it's the most convenient photo managing software I've used. Nice GUI as well!

Windows Explorer, using this naming scheme:

[YY mm dd] Event name

This way the folder named "13 06 2006" will not go beside "10 09 2003"

This post has been edited by KucingKelabu: Aug 4 2006, 07:56 PM

Picasa2 rulezzzzzzz !!

Haha... well seems like this thread is still around.
For my iBook, I use iPhoto 06 loh... it's interface is something similiar to Picasa.

for my babies photos: windows explorer, go by yymmdd the photo was taken, divide into subfolders.
for my other photos, picasa, upload to picasa's webalbum, organized in, well whatever comes to mind. so far I can still keep track of all the photos I've taken.
oh yeah, on dvd for overseas trip, one for wedding functions attended, one for family functions/occasions.
it's really upto you on how you want to organize it.

but editing using picasa the picture quality runs.....

i haven't started to use any photo organizer and my photos are going outta hand currently just upload using canon software and auto generate folder based on date....it's messy when i take photos of different occassion in the same day.....

Well, I guess you should really consider ACDSee at least for now... before the photos go way out of control

me...acdsee...

i am now on with photoshop elements 5 ...... feels more polished than ver4. not bad at all.

between picasa and photo story which is better?

I'm using picasa as well. I like the way it can easily create the CDs for backup.

using picasa here too...my cousin recommend me to use it and i find out it is easy to use...