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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: yester64 on Mon, 10 June 2013, 19:52:14
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I recently bought Acdsee Pro 6 and i was quite disappointing over the software.
For one its quite slow. Pictures in fullscreen don't get rendered instantly (even if scanned in the database) and even a search for specific word take quite a long time. The software does have some nice features like editing and managing the images you accumulate.
The good thing is, i paid only $45 Dollars for it but i uninstalled it now.
After testing some other programs like Ashampoo Photo Commander (which is buggy but nice) i have now XnView running which is free and does everything i want. It does have some sort of database but its not the same like Acdsee has. Still, its actually fast.
But i come to the conclusion that for what i need it, Acdsee is way to much for me anyway. So stick with the simpler things, in my case XnView. The editing part is not there of course but then there is Gimp.
I am sure my Pc is not anymore the fastest but from the specs Acdsee should have loaded quicker really. Not sure what anyones experience is or if other feel differently.
One thing i really hated about Acdsee is that tags are stored in a Acdsee format thats not compatible with the standard.
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ever try picasa? has face recognition too, i can pull up all pictures of "dad" in a second.
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ever try picasa? has face recognition too, i can pull up all pictures of "dad" in a second.
+1 for Picasa. Also try out ThumbsPlus from Cerious, it's a little behind the times, but not bad.
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+1 for XnView, I'm not currently using it but have used it in the past and it worked well then.
For quick and dirty things I like to use IrFan View and also paint.net, along with GIMP for anything serious.
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PhotoMechanic is a fantastic program for photo management. We used that and Extensis Portfolio when I worked as a photographer.
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digiKam?
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digiKam?
I thought about that too but this is only for linux. There is a version for windows but it seems not updated and its beta or alpha.
Right now i think xnview serves me well. Not much more is needed.
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digiKam?
I thought about that too but this is only for linux.
I think it works on FreeBSD as well. ^_^ I haven't used the KDE bundle for MS Windows, but I've heard some parts have been getting more or less stable recently.