Quite a few RAW processors and image editors came and went over the last decade.Īs I said above, different users have different needs. Many IMatch users use it for the past 5 or 10 years - managing between 30,000 and 1,000,000 files. If you think about image management, you have to think long-term. Maybe you use a different image editor or RAW processor next year? Or you prefer different RAW processors for different RAW formats? Perhaps switch to Affinity Photo or Designer? Need to manage file formats not supported by your image editor? Many consider it wise to have your DAM independent from your image editing software. Especially when you don't think in single photos but in projects. Files which belong together should be managed together.
In many cases you also want to manage your videos, vectors, audio files, associated documentation, PDF or Office documents. But not only!ĭAM is not about photos alone. Budgets.Īll these user types manage their photos in IMatch. NeoFinder is described as (formerly known as CDFinder) is a powerful and very fast disk cataloging tool, reading metadata like EXIF, IPTC, JPG, TIFF, MP3, AAC (iTunes) and is an app in the CD/DVD Tools category. Get answers to your questions in our photography forums. The developers say the discovery of the bug was a pure chance. NeoFinder’s media asset management team of developers discovered this bug by accident. The bug takes gigabytes of space when the users transfer photos from an iPhone or an iPad to Mac. Corporate and institutional users often have to deal with whatever comes with Windows or is free. Expert news, reviews and videos of the latest digital cameras, lenses, accessories, and phones. NeoFinder’s developers discovered a bug in the Image Capture App of the macOS.
99% of the professional photographers use Lr and/or Ps. The other half uses C1, SilkyPix, NX-D, Raw Therapee, ACDSee, AS, whatever. Whatever works for you is good.Ībout 50% of the 'non-pro' IMatch user base uses Lr for RAW processing. With some basic image management capabilities glued on. Lr and AS are mainly RAW development products / image editors. libraries, governmental, institutional and corporate users. IMatch is used by 'amateur' and professional photographers, image agencies. It makes it very easy to create a simple catalog of drives and disks, and can store complex metadata about documents, photos, songs, and movies along with optional checksums to verify integrity. IMatch Anywhere is licensed on a concurrent seats basis (how many users can connect at the same time). .NeoFinder is quit simply the best such tool that I’ve ever used. Granted it's cheaper than, say, PhotoMechanic on the Mac, but it's more expensive than, say, Lightroom or Corel Aftershot - and after all, we are really only interested in Digital *Photo* Asset Management in here. Are we talking corporate or individual usage here?