Can DEVONsphere index iptc metadata and image catalogs?

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Hello,

I’m evaluating DEVONsphere for my partner with a photography business. The goal I want to suggest is using DEVONsphere to index the metadata from over 20,000 images and, ideally, also index image catalogs by their attributes (date, location, project, etc.). To be clear, she doesn’t an image search with her tagging, but an index. It would be crucial to link to the image and show its thumbnail image. Could DEVONsphere handle this? Or should I look elsewhere?

thanks in advance,

Francis

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Images are handled like unknown files and indexed by using Spotlight plug-ins. Therefore only generic information (e.g. author, comments) should be indexed but not e.g. photo specific ones like camera, exposure etc.

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You’re missing a word here?

Anyway, if you want to work with image catalogs and metadata, you’re probably best off using software specialized for that purpose – especially in professional workflows.

My recommendation would be to check out Photo Mechanic Plus:

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Thanks. “need” as in “…she doesn’ need an image search with her tagging””

OOPS!

Francis

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Thanks. How are image catalogs, e.g., collections of metadata records handled? Looking mainly at Lightroom catalogs..

Francis