Image Management Solutions 1313 Responses

Last post: 1 year, 10 months ago | Thread started: Mar 19, 10, 11:36 a.m.

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• mstocks

  We are in the need of a Image Management Server. What do you guys use. We have about 500 Gigs of Images that we need stored on a server. Space is not an issue, we have a SAN. The kicker is we need a way of tagging the images, rating them; and searching on this data.

  What if any do you guys use for Images?

  Mar 19, 10, 11:36 a.m. – Permalink

• sequoia

  lightroom

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 11:36 a.m. – Permalink

• iheartfun

  ffffound.com

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    no no no, stay
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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 12:11 p.m. – Permalink

• mstocks

  really lightroom? not very enterprise...

  • it has everything you need.– sequoia

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 12:12 p.m. – Permalink

• danthon

  I use lightroom to do all this on a 400GB archive. why not?

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 12:24 p.m. – Permalink

• ArmandoEstrada

  what they said.

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 1:02 p.m. – Permalink

• persona_non_grata

  what kind of enviorment are u needing this for? What is missing from lightroom - I see your problems with it - but a little more detail...

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 1:03 p.m. – Permalink

• SteveJobs

  a database is your best bet. you can store your image, rating, metadata, etc inside.

  and obviously, a database is scalable/enterprise-level/etc

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 1:07 p.m. – Permalink

• mstocks

  some more details:
  It needs to be web based & client based.
  The images will live in Kansas City, but we will have 30 locations accessing the images.
  We will need to have ACL, and a hook into AD for single sign on.

  I like lightroom, but from what I have read; not sure it's the right fit.

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 8:22 p.m. – Permalink

• raf

  Lightroom isn't even very good for local storage. It doesn't support shared drives or multiuser access.

  • all lies. come over and I will show you. Actually, I will come over and show you remotely.– dibec1/3

    =P– dibec2/3

    I hack it by putting lr catalogs in dmg images on network drives– raf3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 8:30 p.m. – Permalink

• SoulFly

  you can pretty much create an image management solution by using Flash with AS3

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 8:53 p.m. – Permalink

• MrNibs

  why stop at images. manage every digital asset in your office:

  http://www.webarchives.com/

  it is a bit pricey though.

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 9:40 p.m. – Permalink

• dibec

  Lightroom, hands down. I can login remotely to my nas and get *RAW files if needed. My 2TB is almost full of images, so 500 would be cake.

  I use this ... http://westerndigital.com/en/pro…

  The only downfall, each user needs to have lightroom and have the catalog set up, which can be a pain.

  The other option, snag the NAS, and use Adobe Bridge. I am pretty sure you could get that to work. Not sure about the keywords, but I would assume it is possible. Good luck.

  • PS. NEVER EVER INSTALL THE WESTERN DIGITAL SOFTWARE. NEVER EVER. NEVER.– dibec

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 9:49 p.m. – Permalink

• dibec

  Actually Steve has the Pro approach. This will solve all problems and keep you going. The only downfall it will probably take 3-6 months to get coded, set up, and tested. Unless you have extra arms and legs or willing to pay for them.

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 9:51 p.m. – Permalink