Cataloguing Software - Preferences?

[Grant]

Since one needs to store images after scanning this seemed like the best
group to post this question to.

What software are you using to catalogue images? I have 1/2 of a filing
cabinet of 35mm transparencies & BW to scan. But I also want to catalogue
them into various categories and sub categories. Eventually it would be
ideal to print labels to apply to the slide holders themselves.

What specialty cataloguing software is being used? (NSCS Pro, PhotoQuote,
Cumulus, etc)

What other software have people used and modified for their own purposes
(Adobe Elements, Word, Excel, Access etc)?

Thanks in advance, Grant

 

[CSM1]

Since one needs to store images after scanning this seemed like the best
group to post this question to.

What software are you using to catalogue images? I have 1/2 of a filing
cabinet of 35mm transparencies & BW to scan. But I also want to catalogue
them into various categories and sub categories. Eventually it would be
ideal to print labels to apply to the slide holders themselves.

What specialty cataloguing software is being used? (NSCS Pro, PhotoQuote,
Cumulus, etc)

What other software have people used and modified for their own purposes
(Adobe Elements, Word, Excel, Access etc)?

Thanks in advance, Grant

I use ThumbsPlus 6.0 Pro.
http://www.cerious.com/

 

[Grant]

Thanks, I have version 5.0, forgot to list them. Do you use the software to
catalogue?

grant

 

[JMooreTS]

What software are you using to catalogue images?

IMatch
http://www.photools.com/products.php

John Moore

 

[Hecate]

Since one needs to store images after scanning this seemed like the best
group to post this question to.

What software are you using to catalogue images? I have 1/2 of a filing
cabinet of 35mm transparencies & BW to scan. But I also want to catalogue
them into various categories and sub categories. Eventually it would be
ideal to print labels to apply to the slide holders themselves.

What specialty cataloguing software is being used? (NSCS Pro, PhotoQuote,
Cumulus, etc)

What other software have people used and modified for their own purposes
(Adobe Elements, Word, Excel, Access etc)?

Thanks in advance, Grant

ThumbsPlus. It's proper database software and will do almost anything
you ask of it in terms of cataloguing.

 

[Grant]

Thanks for your notes, I think I will stick with Thumbsplus in the short
term. I have not tried it for cataloguing so far, simply for viewing
thumbnails.

grant

 

[Gary L Hunt]

Since one needs to store images after scanning this seemed like the best
group to post this question to.

What software are you using to catalogue images? I have 1/2 of a filing
cabinet of 35mm transparencies & BW to scan. But I also want to catalogue
them into various categories and sub categories. Eventually it would be
ideal to print labels to apply to the slide holders themselves.

...
Thanks in advance, Grant

If you really, really want a lot of flexibility (and the associated
learning curve), Imatch is hard to beat (and at $50 it's cheap.) I bought
it because I wanted to be able to move my images offline (to DVDs) and
still be able to preview them in something bigger than a thumbnail.
(However, generating the offline cache required to do this takes a while,
especially if your files are 4000 dpi scans.)

Gary Hunt <[email protected]>

 

[Dan]

I switched to Imatch a few years ago after trying MANY other catalog
programs. Imatch is flexible and comprehensive and efortlessly handles
my 7,000 image database. Program support is great, updates are issued
several times a year and the price is unbeatable at $49. It's an
excellent value.

Also, you can download a fully functional demo version to try it out.
All of the options and features may seem daunting at first, but it is
well worth persisting through the initial learning curve.

Dan

 

[A.F. Hobbacher]

You should use a cataloguing software, which is based or can use IPTC
labelling. The software should extract this from the images and build an
automatic catalogue. Otherwise you never get rid of your actual choice.

I have written down a system like that, but it is in German. If you can read
it, you may ask me for sending.

Regards AFH

 

[Grant]

Thanks Dan. I will make use of the demo and compare against Thumbsplus.

Will it allow printing to Avery labels that can be applied to a slide frame?

grant

 

[Dan]

I haven't tried the label printing script, but I believe that there is
one included in the demo version (You can also write your own
scripts). I think I read somewhere that this may not be directly
supported in future versions, but I think you will still be able to
export selected IPTC data to a dbase readable (importable) file.

Dan

 

[Grant]

Dan: What is IPTC data?

grant

 

[Mac McDougald]

Dan: What is IPTC data?

grant

International Press Telecommunications Council

A standard that works kind of like EXIF in file header, can contain quite
a bit of text info.

Mac

 

[Dan]

Stands for International Press Telecommunications Council -- basically
what you enter into the File/File Info fields in Photoshop, things
like keywords, description of the image, date, etc. Some people adhere
strictly to all the fields (using a specific keyword list, for
example) and others use only some of the fields. I usually only use
the file info description box and the copyright field.

If you're building an image collection, you should use the IPTC fields
(or at least one) to enter information about the image. Catalog
programs that use IPTC display the data in these fields and allow you
to search for any word or combination of words -- a huge help in
finding images in a database with thousands of files.

Hope this helps. I'm not an expert on IPTC. You can do a Google search
to learn more.

Dan