http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam An entire Lightstalkers thread via RSS/XML. en-us Hi guys: My archive has now got to the point where it is too big for lightroom (>60k files) and I need a way of finding them all. I also need some sort of interaction between my laptop (PC) and my desktop so file catalogs made on the road can be easily transferred to my desktop. What do you guys use? Strengths and weaknesses. Many thanks Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:56:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam Fotostation PRO? Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:21:48 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam#89479 For all not-editing-uses i use Photo-mechanic that are really quick, has no such limitations and gives a really good overview on large collections of files. Especially good on laptops since it does not cache thumbnails but takes it direrctly from the files. Has great features such as directly mail-to and ftp-to acces of files in any size file you want without opening the files. Webgalleries directly from Raw-files are made and uploaded in seconds regardless of large numbers of images. I use this a lot! Cheap as well! (150usd) Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:30:57 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam#89482 many many thanks. Cost IS an issue. The downside of being digital is the huge outlay required to keep up... Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:34:59 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam#89484 I use Lightroom to manage a 90,000 image archive. Any DAM software is going to slow down as you put more photos into it. That said, you might want to try iView, which worked for me till I replaced it with Lightroom. jack Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:46:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam#89487 I've used fotostation with an enormous newspaper archive of photos. does the job all the way. it may cost a little though... but I must say that photo-mechanic seemed very interesting... Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:14:54 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam#89495 The most popular dam softwares for now are Portfolio, Iview mediaPro and Fotostation. I still reccomend people to use a dam software rather than Lightroom in their workflow but some have managed fine with Lightroom an aperture. You can see my article about workflow and dam at http://www.benzi.is/?q=node/187 I have now been on the road for over a year and I feel my current workflow is probably the best un til now I import into lightroom and do ALL the work there (keyword caption and developement) Then I Import all images into Portfolio and sort them into categories To be worked on. From Portfolio I keep track of which images have been worked on and which have been sent where and so on. From Portfolio I open the files in Photoshop and do the final editing and developing of the files. Having just the laptop and external hard disks this setup has worked fine for me now that I have set up Ligtroom to work the way I want. Im using Portfolio as I started using it long before Iview came along and it was the best for both Mac and PC. Since then a lot hase changed (and so has Portfolio) and there are more and cheaper options out there. Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:24:38 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/dam_dam_dam#89740