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I have recently purchased Affinity and delighted with it.  However as a previous Lightroom User I am missing the library /catalogue facility I get with that.  Is there a good software that works well with affinity for managing my photos so that I can catalogue and group them and sort and pull out photos based on the metadata entries in the way I can with Lightroom.

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Hi, MikePerk,

I use a Mac program called "NeoFinder." There is a Windows version called abeMeda. You might want to look into that. On the Mac, it is very fast, and one can search on all the meta data, and even has a geolocation map when the data is present.

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If it is just the cataloguing facility you're missing, try Adobe Bridge.  It's free and as far as I can see it reads all adjustments I made with LR before unsubscribing.  You can rate, color code, add keywords, etc. Just no access to any adjustments.

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7 minutes ago, Wosven said:

You can tedt DigiKam too, it's free and have a map option.

Last time I looked DigiKam had removed the option to use an external editor.

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On 6/21/2018 at 12:44 PM, MikePerk said:

Hi

 

I have recently purchased Affinity and delighted with it.  However as a previous Lightroom User I am missing the library /catalogue facility I get with that.  Is there a good software that works well with affinity for managing my photos so that I can catalogue and group them and sort and pull out photos based on the metadata entries in the way I can with Lightroom.

you may want to have a look at iMatch (single user) or Daminion (either single or multiuser) to name just two well-known DAMs.
https://www.capterra.com/digital-asset-management-software/

I am stuck with Lightroom which I do not hesitate to use but hate the idea to have pay for it untill I die) and am looking for the affinity´s DAM even though I believe it will not come out this year.

BTW, Lightroom is a pretty simple DAM (*) excelling in easy of use AND in it´s integration with it´s own development module.
Many other DAMs have more powerfull functionality comparing to Lightroom´s catalogue but lack any development module and sometimes even good enough integration with either CC or AP. Based on your needs, either the Lightroom or the "pure-DAM" approach may be better for you.

* speaking for me: no scripting; rather limited file types (not even PSB!); extremly slow when performing 2 or more concurent tasks; no catalogue sync between 2 computers; no accidental delete protection, ... 

 

Go tell us what you have opted for (once done with it), I am curious

 

regards

Juraj

 

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  • 1 month later...

I have worked with Lightroom 5 for years and love it. However, I am more and more resentful that Adobe does not allow me to make my own decision about whether to use a stand-alone program or pay a monthly fee for a program which is supported and updated regularly. I prefer stand alone as I am often off line for months at a time. Why pay for something I can't use? Also don't want my stuff in the Cloud, especially when I can't access it. 

 

I love Affinity Photo and  hope and pray that Affinity will be able to provide a program or upgrade that will be able to import my 15,000 photos from Lightroom with keywords intact. Although I enjoy Lightroom's develop features, I can do without as Affinity does pretty much the same work and sometimes better. 

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Just wondered if there were any recent changes in recommendations to look at for Library SW to work with Affinity. Currently a LR user but looking at getting off the subscription model, especially as I don’t use the cloud storage. Affinity looks excellent for my editing work but want a library management solution that can import all my keyword tags/catalogue from LR and allow me to continue working much the same way as I do now as far as that goes.

have looked briefly at iMatch but wondering if any more recent Ines worth a look. I am currently a Mac user so will need to run on a Mac at the moment. But not so wedded to Apple that I would rule out swapping back to Windows at some point in the future.

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It's an old thread, I know, but maybe the digiKam programme is something for you?

digiKam is open source and has a large community.
 

Here you can get more informations: https://www.digikam.org

 

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