Benz Blog

Obviously I was pretty upset when I created my last post. To make matters worse, after I got Elements installed, I discovered that the Mac version does not include a photo organization tool (i.e., Album), like the Windows version does! Good thing that uninstalling apps is such a breeze.

There is an excellent series of articles here that compare iPhoto with iView, and I’ve recently downloaded both the “regular” and the “Pro” version if iView to compare them myself. To summarize as briefly as possible, iPhoto is a memory hog and can get really slow at times, but it came with my computer (so it’s essentially free), and it seems to get the job done. I’m a bit concerned about performance as my 5,000+ library continues to grow, but I think I’ll stick with it for now rather than jump to iView.

If you’re going to try iView, don’t even bother with the non “Pro” version because you can’t even create a hierarchical catalog structure with it! iView is a great program, but I have 2 major problems with it:

1. It’s $200!
2. For $200, there is no way to automatically resize a photo for e-mailing! You’d have to get a plugin for an additional $10.

So while iPhoto has its shortcomings, I’m going to try and stick with it. I’m also looking forward to trying out Gallery, and especially the iPhotoToGallery plugin.