06.28.06

Anyone know a good digital asset management tool…?

Posted in Software at 11:45 am by andyaxel

Well, this isn’t happy news.

http://www.iview-multimedia.com/microsoft/

My DAM software for the last couple of years has been iView Media Pro.  I bought it because it was born on the Macintosh platform, and because it was, honestly, the best software I’d given a trial.

I’ve never known a software product to actually improve under Microsoft’s, erm, “supervision.”  In fact, raising the profile of the product only makes it more likely that hackers will reverse engineer the software looking for easy exploit paths.

 Look for iView to become the next vector for destroying every bit of digital media you archive on your machine.

 So, that said — I’m in the market for a sturdy, robust platform made for the Mac which integrates easily into digital workflow, supports Nikon RAW, and won’t be acquired by Microsoft.

 Perhaps Adobe Lightroom will be the ticket once it’s out of beta.