Software for organizing photos

Posted by Randall Shinn
Nov 12, 2007 at 07:02 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions. I’ll take a look at the programs suggested.

A wrinkle in my situation is that my wife is a professional artist who uses photography in the process of designing her pieces, as well as documenting them, and she is currently under contract to write a book (including photographs) about her technique. So whatever direction I go is likely to involve “professional” equipment and software.

So, to answer Steve’s question, for slide scanning we will likely go with something like the Nikon Super CoolScan 5000, which runs around $1,000. Nikon makes less expensive scanners as well. If you can get one with Digital ICE4, it helps clean up old slides..

My wife uses Adobe Photoshop all the time, so we will definitely take a close look at Adobe Lightroom. Because Adobe designs their products for professional design studios, they seem overpriced for individuals (IMHO). But I have emeritus academic status, and students and faculty can order Lightroom for as little as 20% of its list price. But I will survey all the suggestions before making a final decision.

Randall Shinn