iPhoto alternatives

Parkblue parkblue at gmx.net
Mon Dec 15 05:52:34 PST 2003


If I'm not mistaken, iView allows for self-contained CD-burning as well. I
for one am extremely happy with it.

-tobias.

on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:27,  iBook List at ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com
wrote:

> Subject: Re: [P1] iPhoto alternatives
> On Sunday, December 14, 2003, at 08:02  am, iBook List wrote:
> 
>> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:23:31 -0600
>> Subject: [P1] iPhoto alternative?
>> From: Brian Olesky <brian4 at sbcglobal.net>
>> 
>> Can anyone recommend a better way to manage photos on a Mac than
>> iPhoto or
>> iView Media?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
> 
> I'm using Image Capture to grab the images, and Extensis Portfolio 6.1
> to manage the resulting files. Image capture, you may or may not know,
> is a part of OS X (I certainly didn't know about it!). For me its
> advantage over iPhoto is that it allows me to specify colour profile
> information on a file as it's imported. I don't think iPhoto does this.
> 
> Portfolio is a third product and as such costs money, and it's probably
> overkill for anything but a pro with thousands of images. Nonethelss
> that was my choice, and I'm happy with it.
> 
> Tom Burke
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 06:56:39 -0500
> Subject: [P1] iPhoto alternative?
> From: e.mkeene <e.mkeene at wap.org>
> Message-Id: <938A2852-2E2C-11D8-A56C-000393873986 at wap.org>
> 
>> Can anyone recommend a better way to manage photos on a Mac than
>> iPhoto or
>> iView Media?
> 
> Better is subjective, another option is Extensis Portfolio which is
> more expensive but has some other options including the ability to
> create CDs with a self contained catalog  of the disk contents. I
> believe this catalog does permit searching the cd by any keywords
> included in the original database. If you have specific features you
> are looking for, let me know and I will see if my older copy of it
> (5.0) has that feature. I think there may be a demo available for
> download on the website.



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