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And eventually delete the temporary copies on the hard disks.

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We burn a CD of each of those copies and monthly we update our offsite collection. Then we copy the original again to another computer running a different operating system. So we copy our images (we don't move them) from our digicam to a hard disk. And, who knows, one day you might buy a new computer (and still want to see your old images). One of which, fortunately, is not within arm's reach, but offsite where it is updated only when the dust settles down.īeing able to have multiple originals is one of the advantages of going digital, after all. We have three - and, despite our best efforts, have now and then over the years been glad to have as many as three. We prefer to catalog only one copy of each image.

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MULTIPLE COPIES BUT ONE ARCHIVE | Back to Contents Not only does it let you tap into excellent online support ( ), but it keeps you informed of updates and gives you access to free downloads of related goodies. We enjoy nagging you to register products like this. Windows installations include a handful of items in the Start menu, in addition to the application folder. OS X seems to require nothing more than a neat little package in your Applications folder and a "plist" preference file. On the Mac, a Portfolio plug-in is written to your System Folder and an optional alias created.

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An installer manages the install for you. We were excited to see Extensis release Portfolio 6.1 for OS X and much of our later testing was done with that version, a free update for users of 6.0. On any of the supported platforms, you'll need 32-MB RAM and 25-MB disk space, plus at least version 4.1.1 of QuickTime.

#Portfolio extensis review mac os#

Running on Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP and Mac OS 8.6+ and OS X version 10.2, Portfolio is as cross-platform as software comes these days. But we were smitten by how effortlessly it let us build (and maintain) a keyworded catalog. If that's the case, you might be happy with a few jewels (iView Multimedia ( ) and QPict ( ) on the Mac, for example).Īt $200, Portfolio 6 from Extensis isn't inexpensive (although a $150 upgrade is available to Cumulus users). The cross-platform requirement may not be as important to you as it is to us. Oddly enough Exif data is sometimes, too. It's hard to import images on a routine basis.Īmong the organizer features of the new all-in-one breed of imaging software (iPhoto, Photoshop Album, Kodak EasyShare, Picasa), keywording and searching are shortchanged. It's hard to set up a catalog so it imports Exif data from JPEGs.

We haven't found anything that does all that.Īmong the industrial-grade standalone products (Canto Cumulus), ease of use is nearly unknown.

And it would be nice to have a few options for presenting or exporting the collection (like building an attractive Web page).

It has to be able to write CDs or DVDs of our collection that are readable on any platform.

We want it to be smart enough to share images with anyone. These days that means Windows plus Macintosh OS 9 and OS X.

It has to have a powerful searching capability - not just a multiple field search but a Google-like clairvoyance.

If we want to see our photos in order of Exposure Time, it shouldn't take more than a click.

It has to have powerful sorting capabilities.

It has to collect Exif exposure data from our images when it catalogs them.

It has to automatically keyword our collection.

It has to be easy to catalog both old images and new ones, no matter where they are.

Over the years, we've honed our requirements to just a few essentials: We really want software that will describe, catalog, retrieve and share our images - and that we will want to use. So we get by, content to pay later.īut we don't really want to get by. The trouble with most software designed to organize your image collection is that it isn't convenient to use. If we really needed asset management software, we'd use it. The Imaging Resource Digital Photography Newsletter

ASSET MANAGEMENT Portfolio 6 - Fitting the Bill By MIKE PASINI