ACDSee cataloguing photos takes forever - PhotoCamel

JDArt · 05-08-2006

I allowed ACDSee 8 to build a database of my photos. 400 gigs in all. That was four days ago. The program is still working, chewing up hard drive space in the process: about 25 gigs so far. What's the deal?

I'm about to say "this app bites the big one" and look for something else. But what? All I want to do is see thumbnails of my $*@# photos.

Blinky · 05-08-2006

400GB in a single whack?!! You don't ask for much do you?

I actually gave up on ACDSee for a different reason a couple of years ago. Picasa catalogued my 250GB drive overnight, RAW files and all.

Chip

Paul Shields · 05-09-2006

I think with that quantity of images it's going to be a bit of a pain to move to a different cataloger. I've used many of them over time, and still prefer iMatch for speed and flexibility, but wouldn't want to switch again unless something significantly better came along (e.g. maybe Lightroom on Vista by end of year

).

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JDArt Camel Breath Location: Far out, man Posts: 15,701 CamelKarma: 4624 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	ACDSee cataloguing photos takes forever I allowed ACDSee 8 to build a database of my photos. 400 gigs in all. That was four days ago. The program is still working, chewing up hard drive space in the process: about 25 gigs so far. What's the deal? I'm about to say "this app bites the big one" and look for something else. But what? All I want to do is see thumbnails of my $*@# photos. __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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Paul Shields senses working overtime Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 11,245 CamelKarma: 2096 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: ACDSee cataloguing photos takes forever I think with that quantity of images it's going to be a bit of a pain to move to a different cataloger. I've used many of them over time, and still prefer iMatch for speed and flexibility, but wouldn't want to switch again unless something significantly better came along (e.g. maybe Lightroom on Vista by end of year ). __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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