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Advice: any good photo library program?

Posted by celedhring Oct 21 '09, 10:21

I have hundreds and hundreds dumped in my hard drive, and it's pretty unnavigable. I have them grouped in folders depending on what date I took them, but I really need to put my collection in order since it's only going to get worse with time.

Tried Picasa, but didn't really like it.

I don't mind if it's not freeware, as long as it keeps my collection organized and searchable and it has a good interface.

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ACDSee? -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:51
Well, I use Flickr, but that's not what you're looking for. Once someone told me how to use iPhoto without duplicating photos, I started using that .. - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:29 4
- Date functionality? Aren't you recently married? -- nm - Guigue Oct 21, 10:32 3
  - *clicks on the September 26th entry* Here are the photos to prove it! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:33 2
    - *Opens iPhoto, creates a smart album for september 26th, on top of the Event already automatically created* -- nm - Guigue Oct 21, 10:36 1
      - yes, I split up my collection using smartfilters. They work pretty decently, I just don't know why there isn't already a date interface. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:37
iPhoto -- (link) - Mr. Havens Oct 21, 10:24 1
- I've been somewhat disappointed with iPhoto lately. The integration with Facebook and flickr is not nearly good enough - Guigue Oct 21, 10:27
I use Adobe Bridge at work. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:24 2
- Heh, I actually have that. Bought the whole adobe suite for college and never knew what Bridge was really for :P -- nm - celedhring Oct 21, 10:27 1
  - If I had the Adobe Suite, I'd be using Bridge I think -- nm - oblique Oct 21, 10:30
I actually use Windows Live Photogallery. Free, stores everything in the photo that I can tell (which means multiple PCs accessing them get the - oblique Oct 21, 10:22
nothing online, such as flickr? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 10:21 1
- No, I prefer to keep the bulk of my collection locally and only share a few online. -- nm - celedhring Oct 21, 10:24

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