What do you use to manage photos?

[mcewena]

Not to edit but sort and store?  I’m thinking googles Picasa might be out dated

[dward]

Probably inadequate but I just use my windows file structure. I use the pictures folder and have it synced to OneDrive for cloud storage. Inside the pictures folder, I set up a folders by year and then a level down a folder with whatever description for the folder makes sense (baby shower, Asheville trip, etc). I run them all through C1 so they are cataloged by it also. Like I started with, probably inadequate but it actually works out fine for me.

 

Dave

[Herco]

For limited numbers of images (up to 100k or so), the Lightroom or Capture One Catalogue usually will do. If you work in projects -like I usually do- Capture One Sessions is a much better option. I can also recommend the DAM (Digital Asset Management) of ON1 Photo Raw as it keeps raw and jpegs nicely together when you cull them. For large numbers of images Photo Mechanic is by far the best. It's often used by journalists and other pro's who have to search for certain images based on content.

Either way, it's good to setup a file/directory structure on your PC/Mac that has some kind of system. E.g. per year/month/topic... before you load the images into a catalogue. And don't forget to backup...

[AndyH44]

I like FastStone Image Viewer, especially the price!  (Free)  👍

[VictorM]

Apple Photos (formerly iPhoto) . Stores everything in the cloud and automatically removes from hard disk, saving space 

Edited May 21, 2021 by VictorM