[mjrussell]

I switched to Mac over a year ago (mostly, I still use my PC for some development), and I'm looking for a really good (free, if possible) program to manage a large number of images (3,000+). On the PC side, I love ThumbsPlus (www.cerious.com). iPhoto is ok, but seems a little kludgy, and doesn't have many built-in options for editing images. I use Photoshop, but would like to see options like "Flip", or adjust color balance.

So, what's your favorite?

[smeger]

I'm a big fan of Graphic Converter. It could use an interface overhaul, but it's got a lot of power for a shareware app. If you start getting into its batch features, it becomes extremely useful.

[:dragonflypro:]

iView is not bad at all. Not Free ($49.00), but not bad.

http://www.iview-multimedia.com

iPhoto, while a very good consumer app has sort of killed the image manager market.

You mention using PS. I find the image browser is not a bad tool as well.

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[mbryda]

Originally posted by mjrussell:
I switched to Mac over a year ago (mostly, I still use my PC for some development), and I'm looking for a really good (free, if possible) program to manage a large number of images (3,000+). On the PC side, I love ThumbsPlus (www.cerious.com). iPhoto is ok, but seems a little kludgy, and doesn't have many built-in options for editing images. I use Photoshop, but would like to see options like "Flip", or adjust color balance.

So, what's your favorite?

I use iPhoto. Have it set up so that I double click an image and it pops up in PS Elements (You can pick what program you want to open with). Then when I edit in PS elements, changes go back to iPhoto. And with iPhoto, you can revert to that original if, at some time you want to get the unaltered original.

I hear iView is good. I tried ACDSee and it sucks as a Mac program. They need to seriously update it!

[TheIceMan]

Originally posted by mjrussell:
...I'm looking for a really good (free, if possible) program to manage a large number of images (3,000+)...So, what's your favorite?

Another vote for iView Media. It is so much better than iPhoto. The only drawback is that it's expensive. But if you have that many photos, I recommend taking iView Media for a spin.

[diskgolfking]

I moved from Thumbsplus to iView Media Pro. The non-pro version does not have as many features as Thumbsplus (even though they are the same price) but the pro version blows it away IMO.

[typoon]

How bout Photoshop Elements? Not free but it's decent.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by typoon:
How bout Photoshop Elements? Not free but it's decent.

The sad truth is, many Photoshop "experts" could use Photoshop Elements on a regular basis. It's an amazing application.

[typoon]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
The sad truth is, many Photoshop "experts" could use Photoshop Elements on a regular basis. It's an amazing application.

That's why I suggested it.