Photo Supreme seems to want to import images, which is not what I want.
Images should stay in their location … so indexing them with DEVONthink is far superior.
Photo Supreme doesn’t need to import the images. If they’re where you need them to remain, it leaves them there and creates a catalogue from them. Here’s a link to the relevant section of the manual, if it helps (it’s a pdf)
https://manualsu.idimager.com/version6/QuickStart-Cataloging.pdf
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OK, not for everyone
Ah, many thanks - that was not obvious.
I will read the PDF and check this again.
Thank you!
the latest incarnations of apple’s (native and free) ‘photos’ app. are pretty good if you don’t want to pay a lot of money for one of the big boys like lightroom or capture one. as a professional photographer i wouldn’t use anything other than lightrooom now. i’ve thought about using DT 3 but it really wouldn’t do the job.
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i’ve thought about using DT 3 but it really wouldn’t do the job.
I would agree unless maybe you just have lightweight, occasional image browsing needs.
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I’m trying just now digiKam with a GNU GPL license
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Thanks, will have a look at this too!
Lightroom is the gold standard as far as I’m concerned.
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Thank you all for this discussion! I am also looking for a better photo management app since Aperture is no more, and Photos plainly sucks. Heck, Photos does not even allow me to search for the camera that was used taking the picture (on macOS Mojave anyway)!
No Adobe for me either — no way am I going to support their megalomaniac business model.
So I’ll check out the other alternatives that were kindly mentioned, keep them coming along with your opinions.
easy, fast & most capable is NeoFinder – including GPS + find via map, find similar images, ios catalogue viewing… and such niceties; one off payment in the 30s. it is often ‘out of sight’ of photo community as it originally came from another angle / corner. but in terms of capabilities / versatility / responsiveness it is easily the most capable and for me comes right along / behind PhotoSupreme (which only really is worth if you really really are into metadata IPTC, EXIF)
another most aesthetic, versatile & aesthetic option if you are not invested in ‘traditional’ image management (esp. metadata + post-editing) is EagleApp. I have found no faster + more intuitive ‘shoebox manager’ up to now.
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there is one BIG draw back (besides metadata*) which is connected to DT UI philosophy being firmly based in text + information organization. it is often overlooked, but because of it´s ‘basicness’ it drives me mad + always spoils my returned attempts to really (really) use DT for photo/image management. it would be the #1 reason for me to caution anyone looking for an easy / comfortable image management with DT:
DT doesn´t allow to set folder to automatically show / list /disply all files from subfolders. this seems like a minor point first. but there IS a reason ALL other image managers have that. it´s the way image sorting + browsing works for visual containers. while at first it seems like a small concern it will – IMO – make DT unusable as image container / browser over the long run for anyone…
(– BTW there are some real advantage of DT for photo management besides AI compared to other ‘professional’ software: DT is one of the view that can load your library onto your mobile devices + then manage to download originals on demand. for people with images + a leaning to mobile this is a priceless and rather unique option!)
[ * ] it has to be noted that for people willing there are ways to make DT work with image metadata ‘indirectly’ – via tags + scripts and such (see forum + helpful community here!)
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note: you can set it otherwise. (I am also on the indexing side of things… 
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I cannot find an “EagleApp”.
Did you mean “Eagle”?
Similar name and also something for images, but as it seem for researching stuff and collecting and organizing images from the web.
This is also nice, it seems.
Also available from Mac Ports.
Did not yet test it.
Eagle works on a local library only, you need to import images.
Sure nice for what it does, but not usable as generic image browser or more.
EDIT:
And I just read this:
So you can unlock an encrypted folder with your software license or even with help from the developer.
This is … now, I spare you my comments, but this is NOT a good idea and implementation in my book.
@tja
I think you will end up with drawbacks w/ all of the above mentioned apps and tools. and each has their own set of advantages / disadvantages.
so, I am also not happy about Eagle importing – but it has advantages in usability compared to all the others. and from your description (no interest in EXIF and such) I was inferring (maybe wrongly) that you are rather on the hunt for something in the easy usability section.
if you go for indexed folder structures there are other excellent options (NeoFinder, PhotoSupreme, Mylio,…). – but then: all of these have their own drawbacks, which we could dive into on the next level of scrutiny…
in the end, on this level of scrutiny / specification which I can only gather from your reaction (not from the way you introduce your search), one would have to really start giving specifications, criteria and priorities of these – … and only then chose ‘the least bad’ from all the good candidates which were shared by the helpful DT-community here
– otherwise this will be a rather freewheeling chase of pink rabbits, or a rather hazy hunt for what you are personally after in the end. – so, why not come up with a list of weighted criteria, so people don´t waste their and your search energies, and help them help you?!
still, I am interested in what you settle with – and for what reasons!
best! oliver
asides:
#1 I used EagleApp as it is often adressed like that (even by the developers themselves) + to separate it from other apps called ‘Eagle’. but you surely found the one I meant
#2 – I think if you really bother w/ the descriptions and self-descriptions of Eagle(App) which are floating around (‘something for images, but as it seem for researching stuff and collecting and organizing images from the web’ in your words; ‘A new way to collect, search and organize your image files in a logical way and all in one place’ in their words) then you should definitely stay away from DT as it is labeled as a ‘document (or information) manager’, and not a DAM at all…
#3 I think the encryption point is not essential at all (as opposed to the indexing point). other ‘image databases’ don´t even offer encryption of (indexed) folders. so why bother?
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