In our office workflow, I shoot RAW (converted to DNG on upload), which is all dropped in one folder.
Ideally I do a pile of keywording before even opening ACR.
ACR editing is done, and usable files are saved out as PSD files in a different directory.

The directory of PSD files is effectively available for other users to cherry pick images from. The DNG folder is a combination of our archive and a 'second resort' for savy users to hunt for an image.
Often I find other keywords that should have been added to images, or I got excited and created PSDs before keywording at all.

Does anyone know of a way to synchronise those keywords between folders?
Further info: The files bear the same name (excepting the extension), and the PSDs are always created through Bridge>ACR>Photoshop, so potentially carry a metadata identifier. There are many files in the DNG folder that never make it to the PSD folder.

Cheers all,
Mat

There are couple applications in the market that support Adobe Drive. The basic idea is the ability to look at your library of content (assumed to be stored in a DAM system) to become accessible in creative suite via Adobe Drive. It also makes your DAM system look like a network share or even makes it accessible from Adobe Bridge.

Adobe has its own DAM system now CQ5, it is pretty complex looking and expensive. There are also other solutions out there such as http://www.cyangate.com/products/elvis-dam/. There is a nice demo of Elvis DAM working with Adobe Drive here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAXippt-F8Q

If Media Pro / Expression Media / iView is working for you then keep using it! Media Pro is still a great DAM app but has not kept pace with the market that is dominated by Lightroom. The majority of photographers want one app to process and manage their photos and videos.

With the release of Capture One 7 last year Phase One now have a competitor to Lightroom and Aperture. Capture One needs a lot of work to come close to the DAM capabilities of Media Pro, or Lightroom for that matter. Phase One have said Media Pro will continue - but an update is overdue.

-- Robert.

Hi there,

Just wanted to inform that our company unveils a new version of the DAM for small teams - Daminion 0.9.8b.
The new updated version of Daminion now has support for offline files and improved file/folder management capabilities, including:

• Moving (drag and drop) files to folders
• Adding sub-folders
• Renaming folders

This latest version allows the location of folders to be updated (re-linked). For example, if a folder is moved to a location outside Daminion, it’s now possible to simply re-link to the new location without having to re-import the entire contents of the folder.

There are more than 20 other minor improvements and bug-fixes:
http://daminion.net/download

Standalone Standalone version is Free while Daminion Server is available at an affordable price (Home Server costs $195)

Posting an update: Having run into the file size limit for our EM catalog, we decided to test Media Pro. And behold, now I can assign a color profile for the jpegs! After embedding Euroscale Coated v2 for all the profile-less jpegs, and rebuilding the thumbnails, my jpegs look fine! Whee!

NOW if only they would solve my alpha-channel problem... if only... if only...

-Becky

I read the 2010 posting RE LR 3 but wanted to repost this issue in LR 4 and revive the topic as well.

I use Adobe Bridge to tag images and LR 4 as a database backup of my image library. Each folder in my library contains 1,000-3,000 photos and I occasionally modify the metadata in many of the folders (again, using Bridge).

So when I go to LR to update the file info I don't see any way to sort my images by "metadata status." It seems I have to select all the images and the click "Read metadata from file." Pretty inefficient and time-consuming.

One other thing, using LR 4 as my primary archival tool is not feasible.

Any thoughts out there?

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone have experience using cyrillic - Ukrainian or Russian - in metadata entries?
I have been able to add text and search these words in Bridge and in Media Pro, but would appreciate knowing what to be aware of and any useful tips.

Thanks,
Helen D. Wall

The latest Daminion 0.9.8 version is available for testing with improved File/Folder management capabilities:
http://daminion.net/user-forum/index.php?/topic/456-the-latest-daminion-builds/page__view__getnewpost

In this version the compatibility with standalone third-party photo organizers (like LR, MediaPro, IdImager) was improved: you can specify various tag hierarchy delimiters that helps you to easily migrate to Daminion. All image annotations will be automatically imported from the metadata according to IPTC/XMP/MWG/Native specifications in a range of media formats: All Camera RAW formats, raster and vector images (AI, EPS, InDD), MS Office, PDF, audio and video formats.

The next series of the file/folder management improvements are planned to the 0.9.9 version (Jan, 2013).

Sim, we've just published a new updated of our Daminion Server - low-cost network friendly photo manager.
http://daminion.net/user-forum/index.php?/topic/456-the-latest-daminion-builds/page__st__40

Here is our roadmap for the next version:
http://daminion.net/user-forum/index.php?/topic/765-daminion-roadmap/

I am interested to know your opinion.

For the camera... T mounts should be readily available.  I ordered one for Canon EOS a few months ago from B&H I think.  It's a Bower brand.  That screws onto the flange that fits into the bellows.  If you don't have that flange, that may be harder to source.  I seem to recall that B&H had quite a bit of T-mount items so maybe they have it all.  I would have assumed that part would come with the unit.  I have (and still use) one of these units that I purchased new in the mid eighties.  I know my unit came with those parts.  Even if you have to make something suitable, it really shouldn't be that difficult and could probably be accomplished with some epoxy and some other T-mount parts.

For the enlarging lens, I used epoxy to attach a Leica thread flange off of an enlarger to some odd lens mount part I had laying around the studio that fit into the bellows mount opening.  I looks like it might be another Nikon T-Mount part with the enlarging lens threaded piece glued to the front.  The Nikon bayonet end fits into the opening in the bellows and is held by the the set screws on the side that would normally grip a flange.  Been using it for years and it works quite well. 

Bob Smith