Re: Software query: for comparing images

From: Robert A. Baron (rabaron@PIPELINE.COM)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 13:07:27 CDT

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Date:         Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:07:27 -0400
From: "Robert A. Baron" <mailto:rabaron@PIPELINE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Software query: for comparing images
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    <pre> At 12:14 PM 7/21/00 -0400, alec hartill wrote:
    >Hi, Robert!
    >Did you ever find the solution?
    >I have been looking for awhile and can't get a straight answer as yet.
    >This is a problem of managing editing that we have had for ages it seems!

    Dear Alec and others,

    Imagelib members were quite generous in their advice in answer to my query about image editing software appropriate for sets of images. I received many suggestions, some sent to the list and others sent to me privately. I thank all contributors for their efforts and generosity of spirit.

    Here is a list of the programs suggested:

    Photoshop 5.5.

    ImageAXS Pro at www.caere.com .

    A statement saying that Photoshop and ImageAXS Pro are not suitable.

    Luna Imaging Inc. at www.luna-imaging.com. (If only an individual could afford this.)

    Jade <http://mac.org/graphics/jade/> which can do slideshows as well as contact sheets. (But for JPEGs, not TIFFS).

    Canto's Cumulus will allow you to move the thumbnails around by drag and drop so it is just like being on a slide table. One writer says Cumulus has cataloging problems. (Though that was not part of the spec.)

    Extensis Portfolio has same features cited above for Canto's Cumulus. Cost, apx $200. (http://www.extensis.com) and is cross-platform at both user and network level.

    EmbARK (with a question mark).

    Paintshop Pro

    Thumbs Plus (does not allow you to move images around)

    "Thotor" is a freeware program that will make thumbnails of image files in a directory and display them in an HTML file. You can then click a thumb to link to the full-size version. See: http://www.stanford.edu/~norda/thotor/

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    I haven't yet researched these. Thotor looked interesting, though its final display was kind of ugly -- yet it is free. Complex tagging features allow for output of captions.

    Most votes came in for Portfolio.

    That's all I have at the moment. When I choose something I'll report on it.

    Robt

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