I also tried BR's PhotoArchiver. You can access the Exif information only (it seems) when the file is online (listed in the Online folder in the browser), and maybe when the CD on which the image resides is in the CD drive (in which case, it is listed in the Offline folder). The Online folder seems to mean that the indexed images are on the hard drive. To see exif information, select the image, and then click the "i" icon in the menu bar.
I'm not sure this will give me what I want either. One thing that was missing for me was the ability to see the folder hierarchy on the offline media. Or the ability to identify the folder on the CD in which the image resides when I select the thumbnail. If the media is offline, it simply shows me the volume name and description. I don't know why I'm so picky about this because the software knows exactly where the image is on the CD, so it shouldn't be that important to me. However, iMatch allows me to see the folder hierarchy on the CDs, and I use the folder names to help me assign images to categories after importing them into my database.
I was not able to see a full-size version of the image when the CD is not inserted, even though I had offline caching enabled. I don't know what I'm doing wrong here, as I have this same problem with iMatch.
I have an extensive list of categories already created in iMatch, and I haven't been able to figure out if I can import these categories into PhotoArchiver. What is nice is if you have it enabled, PhotoArchiver can create keywords from file names and folder names during indexing, which can then be used during searches. Searches using these generated keywords have to be either exact or be used with the * wildcard to succeed.
I also noticed that PhotoArchiver can create date categories during the indexing process - grouping images by year and month. I thought that was cool, but did not test that extensively.
Message edited by author 2006-01-31 01:59:19.
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