william7 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 First off, I have seen the posts confirming that the affinity team will be working on a DAM which excites me very much! (can I pre-order? ;)) anyways I'm assuming that the project is in the early stages if started at all, but I wanted to ask for these now so that they could be considered in the core of the design. My requests are founded on my reading of this article: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/archival-photo-backup.htm Things I would like to see specifically in the Affinity DAM (and which I think are a must for a truly PRO DAM): Strong Compatibility with different file types and the ability to convert between them losslessly (is that a word?) as different formats eventually go extinct Support for creating and tracking multiple copies of the library for redundancy purposes - Ideally I'd like to have multiple external hard drives with no special connection like raid and put copies on each The ability to split a library across multiple storage pieces (ie split a 300 gb library accross 50 gb blu ray discs and then the merging of the library back to one volume) Strong Checksum Support for error detection Parity/Recovery Files to recover from an error (and in extreme cases this is where redundancy matters most) Finally a way to access the files in case ( I hope it never happens ) Affinity goes away. Thanks! MJSfoto1956 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william7 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Shameless Bump. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJKS Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Please include the ability to import from Media Pro, my former DAM program of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJKS Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Ability to handle fonts as well Ability to do face recognition (on photos and in movies too?) Ability to autotag based on image metadata Ability to handle 4K video Ability to handle PDFs? MJSfoto1956 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I have a pretty good DAM on Windows : imatch5 photools.exe . It's super flexible and feature rich and at the same time it makes it too complicated to use, too much checkboxes and buttons I forgot how to use constantly. Imo it's a problem with any modern software. To make something you have to push this button and that , make sure some checkbox in some window behind a window, behind a window is checked in. It's like damn matryoshka doll. You have to be a software expert instead of being an expert in art you are doing. It really should be as simple as a brush, a palette and an easel . So please make the DAM simple and still not being as a useless toy as mac Photo. And not one more Lightroom please. Looks like it does everything except what I need. a. Ability to just drag'n'drop without export b. Have a quick, off-line on map appearance , with rotation , schematic map, etc c. simple and super quick ,hot key keywords appointing , pretty much like Photo. With automatic smart suggestions etc . Could be million innovations here over Lightroom. d. easy category/keywords sub tree with super quick search interface, Scripted/automatic categories based on chosen parameters. e. ability to see 3d files like fbx. blend. max. ma. obj and show their thumbnails + corel Painter riff And most important thing. Be super quick thumbnails / preview scroller So I could browse through hundreds items like watching a movie , 25 frames per second . I know, it's probably impossible and never come true based on all those countless DAM applications. Should be a reason why all them are so slow and inconvenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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