Anyone using Photo Mechanic?

[macgyver]

Anyone here using Photo Mechanic? I've been using the demo and loving it but wanted to see what people thought before I buy it.

If I get it I'll get it and PS CS3 at the same time and be using PM in the place of bridge.

[Morgan_Moore]

Anyone here using Photo Mechanic? I've been using the demo and loving it but wanted to see what people thought before I buy it.

If I get it I'll get it and PS CS3 at the same time and be using PM in the place of bridge.
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I sort out all my commercial work using PM - I shoot RAW only (D200 nefs)

being
-select from raws
-edit selection (in PS and SAVE as somewhere else)
-caption
-rename

Bridge seems super slow in comparison

contact sheets are fast off raws too if a little clunky

THere are a couple of niggles that I have the main being the distance from the 'tick box' and the 'next image' arrow which can get a bit mouse intensitve for edits of a heap of images

also the zoom box in 'kodak photo desk' for instant sharpness checking was a winner - missing in PM

So it is good but there may be better

And a bargain too

S

[SecondFocus]

Photo Mechanic is my secret weapon for editing and outputting jpg's for quick delivery from a large number of RAW files in the hundreds. What can be a significant amount of time in every other program to do the same thing is done in moments in Photo Mechanic. It is the standard in organizations such as Sports Illustrated.

[Nick Rains]

THere are a couple of niggles that I have the main being the distance from the 'tick box' and the 'next image' arrow which can get a bit mouse intensitve for edits of a heap of images

also the zoom box in 'kodak photo desk' for instant sharpness checking was a winner - missing in PM

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Assuming you are in the preview screen (double click on thumb):

Tag(tick) images with the "T" key, faster than mousing.

Use arrow key for next / previous.

"Z" key zooms to 100% for sharp check.

Using these keys you can bang through loads of images very quickly without using the mouse. There are lots of other keys to save you time - download the manual which has them all listed.

[Morgan_Moore]

Assuming you are in the preview screen (double click on thumb):

Tag(tick) images with the "T" key, faster than mousing.

Use arrow key for next / previous.

"Z" key zooms to 100% for sharp check.

Using these keys you can bang through loads of images very quickly without using the mouse. There are lots of other keys to save you time - download the manual which has them all listed.
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Yes that is much  much better - thanks for the tips

no more RSI for me

S