- #Photo mechanic plus archive
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I have just barely scratched its surface, but it looks promising as a DAM, while I continue to use Capture One Pro 20 for editing. And this new version is much quicker than PM6 in uploading large RAW files.
#Photo mechanic plus full
As for image preview, it works much the same as the PM6, in that a double click can enlarge the image to full screen or something less. It does indeed search across multiple catalogs and multiple drives, and it indicates so on the Camera bits website. I've just updated/upgraded from PM6 to PM Plus. They balloon considerably even with moderately sized previews. My NeoFinder catalogs combined are around 75GB and that's with very small, low quality previews. I didn't see any indication in the PM+ docs about preview image size and whether it's user definable. It's also a reason I make a Lightroom catalog for each project/shoot rather than add to one huge one that tends to bog down. It also mitigates some risk of database corruption, which if it were to happen, would hopefully only affect the catalog of one HDD rather than a massive catalog of all. I guess that's not so bad, however a reason I make a NeoFinder catalog of each HDD is so that as each is modified, I only have to 'sync' that catalog, instead of one massive one. So from my end, it would mean scanning all HDDs into one giant catalog.
PM+ appears to only allow collections from within a single catalog. It OCRs images and also recognizes things in them, making for pretty easy searches (if not perfectly complete ones).Īn aspect I like about NeoFinder (and likely exists in many DAM apps) is the ability to generate an album/collection of images from across as many or as few catalogs as desired. I hate to admit it, but Google Photos is pretty good, though of course it's in the cloud and not local. Therefore my preference for an image library search tool would be one that recognizes things within images without the need for keywords. TBH, I have not been disciplined with keywording, though do write descriptive captions, if somewhat generic, for all images. Of course it also functions as an image library with collections, etc. to ascertain the number of backups for a given project, image, etc.
#Photo mechanic plus archive
My initial impression of PM+ is it seems fairly simple.įrom my end, I use NeoFinder more for archive management purposes, to keep track of files across dozens of HDDs. Also would have to see how it plays with importing and interpreting existing catalog data from Portfolio.
I guess I can download the demo and try throwing stuff at it and see what sticks. Portfolio wouldn't always generate a thumbnail, say, from newer unsupported raw file formats, but you could always import and assign whatever keywords deemed necessary. That ability to log in any file you threw at it is what made the no longer supported Extensis Portfolio my go to catalog since 1995.
#Photo mechanic plus plus
I spoke with them a few years ago about the need for photographers to not just catalog image files but every other sort of file that we often work with, and some we don't anymore but still want to catalog - everything from old Xpress files, InDesign, Illustrator, any form of PDF, all forms of video and all forms of audio as well, plus the ubiquitous Word and Excel docs and probably lots I'm not thinking of now.
I spent a few minutes browsing the links you posted and cannot tell what file formats are supported and not supported. That said, I've been using NeoFinder for cataloging all my HDDs/images for a while now and am not sure PM+ will bring much additional functionality for my needs. I'm currently on PM6 and given it's 'only' $90 for the Plus upgrade, may go for it. For those who may be interested, or have been waiting (a long time), Camera Bits have released Photo Mechanic Plus with DAM capability.
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