Picassa 3 Rating: 2 Platform: Windows XP, Vista Metdata types read: EXIF, IPTC, GPS Metadata types write: some IPTC, GPS Image file formats: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD, TIF, AVI, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV, RAW Features: GPS data through Google Web album sync Good image correction features Movie editing Watermarking Captioning Formats include camera RAW from Canon, Nikon, Kodak, Minolta and Pentax Notes: Only caption and keyword IPTC writing available Constant search of HD More information: Price: Free Learning curve: Medium 1.0 Rating: 3 Platform: Windows XP, Vista Metdata types read: EXIF, IPTC, GPS Metadata types write: some IPTC, GPS Image file formats: RAW, TIF, JPEG Features: GPS data through MS online service (free) Notes: No searching Editing limited to "most common" fields in EXIF, IPTC Stand alone program (no longer integrated into Windows) 6.3 MB download from MS site More information: Price: Free (Windows validation required) Learning curve: Easy Net Framework Client installation (took forever and needed a restart) No online help More information: Price: Free Learning curve: Easy ITag Rating: 3 Platform: Windows Metdata types read: EXIF, IPTC, GPS Metadata types write: some IPTC Image file formats: JPEG, RAW, AVI Features: Basic search by index, GPS data through Google Notes: Need to create index for search once Limited fields-title, description, tags XMP only for Raw and AVI Requires MS. 4 Rating: 2 Platform: Windows ? Metdata types read: EXIF, IPTC, XMP, GPS Metadata types write: some IPTC Image file formats: JPEG, TIFF, NEF, CRW, ORF, PSD, PSP Features: Relational labels, Light table feature (limit 30 images at a time) Searching by filename, labels, EXIF and query building Filter sorting Batch image processing GPS through Google Burning ROM Template web publishing Notes: Took a bit of time to figure out Portfolio-based More information: Price: $129 Learning curve: Medium-Hard
Personal Image Collections:Organizational Software Julia Simic University of Oregon Fall, 2008Ĭaption Edit Rating: 2 Platform: Windows 98 through XP Metdata types read: EXIF, IPTC Metadata types write: some IPTC Image file formats: JPEG, TIFF, NEF, CRW, ORF, PSD, PSP Features: Very basic image correction, Batch file renaming, Metadata templates Import and export IPTC Print contact sheets Slide show Notes: Very basic More information: Price: $49.95 Learning curve: Medium