Software for organising photos

[Ragnarak]

I'm getting a new laptop and thought I should really put an effort into organising my pics.

What (if any) software do people use? Picasa and ACDSee are both names I've heard. I know Picasa is free so it's a bonus but wondered whether it's the best.

[hannay]

I have been using Adobe Photoshop Elements since version 3, and love the organiser that it uses. Trouble is, i'm stuck with it, as I use the tagging system for my images, and i'm pretty sure you can't import that data into other software packages.

I see a new version (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/) is due out soon too

[lticket]

:thumbs: for picasa...

[Taq]

"new -> folder" works for me!

[emeyedeejay]

File folder structure here too ...

I use ACDSEE as a viewer - I've been using it for years so know it backwards and I think it rocks! I don't use it to organise though...

[chrisns]

Another vote for Picasa. Coz it's free, it's certainly worth trying in any case.

[nictry]

Just downloaded Picasa, cool little program and works really well!

[lticket]

though it does lack the kind of advanced tweaks that most of the users on this forum use... curves etc (or from what i can tell so far)...

[StPandP]

though it does lack the kind of advanced tweaks that most of the users on this forum use... curves etc (or from what i can tell so far)...
Adobe lightroom is downloadable in beta form at the moment - http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom

[tonytol]

Start with Picasa as it's free. I only use it for organising rather than editing, but it does have some good basic feature for that too. 2.5beta is out, and i've been using it for a few weeks, some nice new features.

[Sprout Crumble]

ACDSee is good but seems to be getting more bloated with every release. Version 9 is out soon and is apparently much faster.

Elements 5.0 looks as good as ever. Has curves as well now.