Xnview mp vs faststone viewer
I actually understand most of the stuff on the menus. In addition to the IPTC, XnView has been an intiutive application for me. I used to use an older version of ACDSee. To me that was the major deciding factor to go with XnView. Pierre has provided good tools for working with that information - thanks I don't think Faststone supports the IPTC format - or at least it didn't 6 months ago and browsing their site, I still don't see any referance. The IPTC information is realy great way to sort and catalog the pictures.
Now when I give my sister pictures, the descriptions go with the pictures through the IPTC header information in the photo files. I know I could have done better if I had understood the ACDSee application, but it has simplified things for me to go with applications that embed descriptions into the photo files (IPTC format) as opposed to keeping it seperate. My computer crashed (virus in boot sector) and I ended up reformating the hard drive - all the descriptions gone. What I didn't understand was that version of ACDSee kept all those descriptions that I entered from the back of the photos in a seperate database. With it, I spent a little over a year scanning and cataloging thousands of pictures (Mom and Dad's pictures they had thrown in the closet or where ever). I don't think Faststone supports the IPTC format - or at least it didn't 6 months ago and browsing their site, I still don't see any referance. Image viewer software: A powerful image viewer and organizer which converts and enhances images fro over 70 formats including RAW images from cameras.