Peter Pokorny Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Hi! I am wondering if there would be a nice DAM on Mac/Ipad that could handle the afphoto files. Does someone has any idea about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 It‘s called „Finder“! Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 @v_kyr, the Finder is no DAM in the meaning of DAM @Peter, unfortunately this still is an often missing feature: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=DAM&type=forums_topic&nodes=65,5&search_and_or=or&search_in=titles&sortby=relevancy It appears that Affinity can't work with each DAM even for JPG files. For instance to me an image dragged from a DAM into AfPublisher creates a text frame with meta data incl. all keywords – instead of the image itself. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 What's DAM mean in this context? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 45 minutes ago, GreenGirl said: What's DAM mean in this context? See: Digital Asset Management It's something usually more useful for big media agencies, newspaper publishers, professional photographers, etc. What most hobbyist/amateur people here in the forum do instead associate with the term DAM is at best only just some cheap software for indexing/cataloging their photos and by far not what full blown DAMs are initially meant for. GreenGirl 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Finder on macOS works great, if one takes the time to organize their folder structure on dedicated drive; organization is key. As PS Lightroom and Bridge are separate features, IMHO, if Serif develops DAM, I think it should also be optional purchase. I thank them for their continued focus of fixing bugs and improving existing products. GreenGirl 1 Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Keyword handling in Finder leaves a lot to be desired... Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Fixx said: Keyword handling in Finder leaves a lot to be desired... True. I add numerical dates, 08212019 etc., after name for all my saved photos. Knowing the folder and date adds functionality to my process. May I add Affinity Photo is a hobby, not a professional business. I can totally appreciate the difference DAM has for professionals. Have a great day. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Cecil said: I add numerical dates, 08212019 etc., after name for all my saved photos. If you were to use the YYYYMMDD date format instead of MMDDYYYY, listing the photos in alphanumerical order would put them in date order, too (e.g. ‘Blue-Ridge-20181225’, ‘Blue-Ridge-20190731’, ‘Blue-Ridge-20190821’). Cecil 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Alfred thanks for your suggestion; however, I have a rule to wait until broken, before I fix, lol. It’s a great suggestion, if I implemented years past. Thank you, your post are always welcome. I guess my main point to this thread, as a hobby, I don’t need a DAM (n) program. Alfred 1 Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Cecil said: I guess my main point to this thread, as a hobby, I don’t need a DAM (n) program. Shouldn't that be "...DAM(ned)..." <nitpick mode off> v_kyr and Cecil 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Spotlight comments MacMetaMod MacMetaShow Find photos by keyword in Photos on Mac ... and so on ... There are a bunch of MacOS enhancements in this regards in the latests MacOS versions and by many third party tools. Not to name all the automator based scripts and possible add-ons here for sorting and storing into dedicated user defined places etc. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Shouldn't that be "...DAM(ned)..." <nitpick mode off> Nope, nota, cheers, with or without nitpick or nit picked. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomM1 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 8:48 AM, Peter Pokorny said: Hi! I am wondering if there would be a nice DAM on Mac/Ipad that could handle the afphoto files. Does someone has any idea about this? Have you tried NeoFinder? BiffBrown 1 Quote website Mac mini (2018) 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7 64 GB • Radeon Pro 580 8 GB • macOS Monterey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Pokorny Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 Not Yet! I tried pixave once and maybe will try it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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