DAM

Metadata migration tool released

John Beardsworth has released  xlTransformer. It will allow you to migrate your data from one DAM application to another via Excel.

DAM Workflow Newsletter

This Newsletter is a special report from the Pro Photo Summit in Redmond, USA. Orphan Works panel. Photo: © Chris Greene/Microsoft Databases Everywhere It seemed like every second application at the Microsoft Pro Photo Summit was adding a database. These events are opportunities to have a sneak peek at where developers are taking the next … Read more

Robert Edwards at Microsoft Pro Photo Summit

I’ve been invited to attend the Microsoft Pro Photo Summit in Redmond from 10-11 July 2007. According to Microsoft the “Summit will provide a forum for professional photographers and digital imaging industry leaders to talk about the key issues, products, and technologies affecting the present and future state of the business“.

Photo Mechanic 4.5 beta

Camera Bits announce a public beta of  Photo Mechanic 4.5. This will be a major update to the world’s fastest image browser.

Peter Krogh in Australia

Peter Krogh’s Dam Workflow Presented By Nikon Australia & DAMsimple The AIPP are pleased to announce that Digital Asset Management (DAM) Guru Peter Krogh is coming to Australia and New Zealand for a limited series of workshops from 25 May to 1 June 2007. Nikon Australia and DAMsimple are proudly sponsoring the event. The workshops … Read more

Testing Loyalties (or, DAM, Politics, Religion and Sex)

Around the middle of 2007 iView will be no more and the much-loved MediaPro will become Microsoft Expression Media. Microsoft purchased iView Multimedia in June 2006. Recently Microsoft has been quietly informing us that the first version of Expression Media will essentially be the same as the current MediaPro 3. In other words, don’t expect … Read more

iView MediaPro 3.1.3 update

iView releases  MediaPro 3.1.3. This update supports new cameras and fixes bugs introduced in v3.1.2 five months ago.

Lightroom release date

Adobe have announced Lightroom will be released 19 February 2007 at an initial price of US$199. Lightroom does not offer enough DAM features to replace applications like iView MediaPro. Lightroom is an alternative to Adobe Bridge for photographers.