On Sep 16, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Mark Lively wrote: > Like iPhoto? > Oh come on! iPhoto is a fair image catalog that's barely scriptable. ( and I probably count as an iPhoto fan -- all my personal photos are in iPhoto. I like it's easy retouching -- I'm not a Photoshop expert -- but it's not a great cataloging tool, and like all of Apple's i-Programs, it enforces an everything-goes into-one-big-database-and-doesn't-come-out-easily view that is great for beginners ( no file management or thinking about where to put things ) but falls apart when you actually want to try to put everything you own into it. ) > On Sep 16, 2006, at 11:59 AM, Chuck Pelto wrote: > >> Is anyone aware of a good image catalog that runs on OS X and is >> AppleEvent-aware? >> iView MediaPro <http://www.iview-multimedia.com/> is a more capable cataloger that is very scriptable. I can still, however, find a few things to complain about: • Some of the "higher-level" commands aren't scriptable. For example: last I looked, you couldn't do the iView sort-by command from AS, but you could sort the appropriate fields yourself in Applescript and then reorder the catalog view yourself. Lots of very annoying but non-fatal omissions like that. • They have had a tendency to change the AS dictionary and implementation in ways that completely break all your scripts. Usually the changes are improvements, though. The major breakage is usually (but not always) restricted to major releases. • Expensive: $199. I think the price went up significantly from version 2.x to version 3.x, but without as significant increase in capabilities. I think they decided that they are not really competing with iPhoto, and are just after the professional and serious amateur market. But still, I'ld balk at that price if I was paying out of my own pocket ( I've used it mostly at work. ) [ Students can get 50% off, and there's a 21 day free trial download. ] -- Steve Majewski