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IMatch
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2012-08-14 | IMatch 3.6: |
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2007-01-19 | IMatch 3.5 Pros:
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2006-10-28 | IMatch 3.5.0.22 Pros: More features than you can shake a large tree branch at. Cons: So, if you are a patient, experienced computer user, with 10s or even 100s of thousands of images and you need powerful categorizing and searching, and are willing to put in the dozens of hours it will take to truly figure out all of the features and gotcha's then this is a great product especially for the price. |
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2006-05-18 | IMatch 3.4 Pros: Cons: |
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2006-03-10 | IMatch 3.5 Pros: I have used Imatch for a few years now. It is robust and powerful and although the interface can be daunting, the standard functions are easy to access and use. Cons: I have bought the upgrade to the latest 3.5 version now and had hoped for versioning but it is not yet available and the interface hasn't really improved. I don't think Mario can really keep up with the competition on a part time basis and I have switched to using idimager (which I have been using alongside Imatch for sometime) which does have versioning and is developed on a far faster cycle with even better support by the developer than the good Imatch support |
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2006-01-08 | Purchased it, tried getting it to work and gave up after a few hundred pictures.
Interface is hard to learn and to process large numbers of pictures. I also had
bugs with interfacing with video card drivers - thumbnails would turn grey and
would only resolve with reversion to old video drivers. Many people love this software, and the author does seem very supportive, but I wouldn't recommend it personally. Disclaimer: I'm a prosumer, not a pro. I've got about 5000 images to work with, not 50,000 or 500,000. |
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2005-12-30 | I have been using this software for about 2 years. It is very robust and a gem
to use. Lots of functionality and, once you take a few hours to learn to use
it, the software is very intuitive. The user interface is fine but does take a
little time to get used to. It has just about every function that a
photographer could need. This software simply cannot be beat, especially given the price. |
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2005-05-25 | Have been using the product for a year now. Acquired it mainly for its IPTC update feature, which works to my satisfaction compared to other IPTC editors. The price was right. As a bonus I am using its archive-tracking ability (to CD in my case); I'm using it's bigger-than-thumbnail JPG "Off-Line Cache" to view archived images without the CD being in the CD-reader. It's sufficiently fast on my 500 MHz Windows machine, although the indexing of new images is slow because it spends time creating an image signature to implement its image matching search feature. | ||
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2005-04-15 | Similar comments. Wonderfully strong product, takes a fairly large amount of tech ability (programming) to really get the most out of it. This is a product developed by one individual in his "spare" time. Has been promising the next great thing (v3.5) for over 1.5 years with no delivery in sight. Fairly arrogant about the featureset but is extremely good about fixing bugs and updating the product to suit new camera models. Almost too diligent as this is one of the things that seems to delay the next version. | ||
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2005-03-23 | Link | Forum Review: Concerns over delayed next release (3.5), and whether developer is interested in user opinions for UI & versioning implementation. | |
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Link | Review by About.com of IMatch 3 | ||
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Link | Review by Luminous Landscape of IMatch 3 |
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