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ASU2003 · 01-11-2009, 12:04 AM

After organizing my movies and TV shows with Mythbuntu/Linux, Music with iTunes, my pictures are next.

In the past, they have been organized in folders based on trips or similar subject matter. And they will still be backup up this way on an external hard drive(so I can get to them in Linux/Windows). So, I'm not quite as unorganized as the videos and mp3s used to be. But, I'm still trying to figure out which program would best fit my needs. I take plenty of pictures (and multiples of each shot to pick out the best one), so I am looking for a program that can handle this.

I've never used iPhoto or Aperture, and the new iPhoto 09 has some cool features that I could use. (Locations!) I have used Photoshop before, but that was to edit pictures. And I will still need to do basic editing and cropping, and I'm unsure about touching up pictures in iPhoto or Aperture. Although they may be just fine at doing it.

What do you use? Which program do you like better?.

PulpMind · 01-11-2009, 02:21 AM

Why not just use the folder system built into your operating system? It's 100% user configurable, totally searchable, easy to edit... gone are all the problems and gripes I've had with iTunes and other stuff that tries to manage my media for me.
I use Picasa (from google) to manage the pictures (saaaay... uploading a few dozen pictures to an online album and downsizing all of them at the same time).
For the average user, Photoshop is only really good for editing individual photos. I use it, but only for that occasional artsy project.

allaboutmusic · 01-11-2009, 03:39 AM

ASU2004, I assume from your inclusion of iPhoto that you're on Mac OS X. I use iPhoto to organise my photos and find it functionally very similar to Picasa on Windows. It isn't a photo editor as such, but is used primarily as an organisation tool. Did a version of it not come with your Mac?

ASU2003 · 01-11-2009, 02:14 PM

I am still pretty new to the Mac. And I'm wondering how iPhoto or Aperture will organize my photos. Will it do the same thing iTunes does and copy them and put them in a directory structure that it likes? What will Aperture do that iPhoto can't? Should I use iPhoto to organize the pictures, but Photoshop to edit them?

01-11-2009, 12:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	iPhoto, Aperture, Photoshop... After organizing my movies and TV shows with Mythbuntu/Linux, Music with iTunes, my pictures are next. In the past, they have been organized in folders based on trips or similar subject matter. And they will still be backup up this way on an external hard drive(so I can get to them in Linux/Windows). So, I'm not quite as unorganized as the videos and mp3s used to be. But, I'm still trying to figure out which program would best fit my needs. I take plenty of pictures (and multiples of each shot to pick out the best one), so I am looking for a program that can handle this. I've never used iPhoto or Aperture, and the new iPhoto 09 has some cool features that I could use. (Locations!) I have used Photoshop before, but that was to edit pictures. And I will still need to do basic editing and cropping, and I'm unsure about touching up pictures in iPhoto or Aperture. Although they may be just fine at doing it. What do you use? Which program do you like better?.

01-11-2009, 02:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
PulpMind Addict Location: Portland	Why not just use the folder system built into your operating system? It's 100% user configurable, totally searchable, easy to edit... gone are all the problems and gripes I've had with iTunes and other stuff that tries to manage my media for me. I use Picasa (from google) to manage the pictures (saaaay... uploading a few dozen pictures to an online album and downsizing all of them at the same time). For the average user, Photoshop is only really good for editing individual photos. I use it, but only for that occasional artsy project.

01-11-2009, 03:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
allaboutmusic Aurally Fixated	ASU2004, I assume from your inclusion of iPhoto that you're on Mac OS X. I use iPhoto to organise my photos and find it functionally very similar to Picasa on Windows. It isn't a photo editor as such, but is used primarily as an organisation tool. Did a version of it not come with your Mac?

01-11-2009, 02:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	I am still pretty new to the Mac. And I'm wondering how iPhoto or Aperture will organize my photos. Will it do the same thing iTunes does and copy them and put them in a directory structure that it likes? What will Aperture do that iPhoto can't? Should I use iPhoto to organize the pictures, but Photoshop to edit them?