Comments on: iView MediaPro 2

By: windows 7 slow

windows 7 slow — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:15:04 +0000

I am seriously contemplating this program, but how does it compare to Extensis Portfolio? I need some opinions, quickly.

But still thank you!

By: dsfg

dsfg — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:54:17 +0000

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By: Gregory

Gregory — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:44:09 +0000

I have had IVMP2.6 for a about a year now but only very recently started using it on a daily basis. No doubt it is a fantastic program and I am learning something new abou it every day.
The potentials are endless.
I have however a problem with uploading my html gallery onto a website. Software is not a problem but rather my short experience with anything digital.
Can somebody explain in simplest steps how to create a html gallery and how to upload it .
Gregory

By: Ioan

Ioan — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:36:43 +0000

one stupid thing about this program is that you have no choice but to use the find function if your looking for something specific. You can’t as in iPhoto click on a few keywords to find something specific. Doing so just adds to the pictures on screesn

By: Waleed Gosaynie

Waleed Gosaynie — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:41:41 +0000

I inherited iview 1, with a now returned Roxio Toast program. It is a fine program, but when loaded up with slides, with crash. i.e. you get an error message in caps giving you the folder name, and a bitty icon. After redoing the programs and having them crash, I wonder if this problem has been fixed in iview v2.6.4:

By: Jim Bulin

Jim Bulin — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:38:14 +0000

How do iview and Photo mechanic stack up against each other? I’ve been looking at both and can’t quite decide.

By: Guillermo Álvarez

Guillermo Álvarez — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:53:14 +0000

As a photographer I think this is the best application I´ve ever seen for cataloging my work.
I only miss one thing. I would like to open the photos out of the catalogue, just like other applications do. (Like a pop-up)

By: David

David — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:18:32 +0000

Answering Andrew, the answer is yes to 1) and 2). I’ve looked at Portfolio, still use iPhoto and try to remain organized but it is against my nature – that said after a month of trying iView i am close to deciding to get it though, to be honest, I still haven’t got round to figuring out everything it can do. Though like Andrew above, I definitely need 1) and 2) and know that they work well, as does batch renaming and sorting by label.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:20:17 +0000

Have been planning on using Portfolio, but my brother just put me onto this program.
Questions 1) can you easily open the media in its native program from within the catalogs, i.e., photo in Photoshop? 2) can it automatically size picture and open in mail? 3) are there any specialty print functions?
I need the first one, my family needs the others. iPhoto is so great, but it just doesn’t answer all the needs for active photographers.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:07:29 +0000

Hi Gary. I’ve uses Portfolio only a little bit but would say that MediaPro is worlds ahead of it. I’ve talked to numerous people who have switched and are glad they did. MediaPro (from my experience) is just more customizeable to your needs.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:48:23 +0000

I am seriously contemplating this program, but how does it compare to Extensis Portfolio? I need some opinions, quickly. Thanks.

By: Philby

Philby — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:45:29 +0000

I just bought it yesterday: great app! If there's one thing I miss, its ShoeBox' more flexible, hierarchical keywords system. Oh, and I'd really like them to change font display to Quartz everywhere.

By: Sivasothi

Sivasothi — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:26:17 +0000

Perhaps. I looked all the full mannual (iViewFullManual_MP25_Eng.pdf) and realise its much better now.

But I struggle with these things and would have appreciated better guidance over certain things like with html template modifications.

Before I dismiss iPhoto so casually as I did above, friends who are not IT-savvy find it intuitive and it finally dawned on me what Apple was up to.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:36:21 +0000

Sivashoti, I personally think the documentation was, if anything, overkill. But to each his/her own. :)

By: Sivasothi

Sivasothi — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:34:03 +0000

I enjoyed reading this review, thanks very much! I am only now contemplating using catlogues extensively as previousy I arranged photo folders by topic and chronology.

I have used iView Media Pro extensively for online galleries; see: Link. It has been wodnerful tool and iPhoto hasn’t caught up yet.

My wishlist – a slidehow function for viewers of the web galleries, and more varieties of free HTML templates. It does need better documentation and examples and I feel it still still favours technical users.

By: Twist

Twist — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 04:42:14 +0000

I have used this application for many years and I love it. iPhoto keeps getting better but it still isn’t as good as this application IMHO.

One handy thing I like to do with this application when burning backups of my photography is to create a disk image of the files I am going to burn and then create a catalog of them using iView. I can then include the catalog on the CD/DVD along with the original files and the paths to the files in the catalog will be correct allowing you to view the fullsize images and open them in external applications without needing to update the paths first. Also before burning the CD/DVD I like to use this application to embed the thumbnails and to create custom Finder icons for all of the images.

One thing Josh forgot to mention when he mentioned the font support is that iView can generate previews of fonts that are not currently installed or activated. If you are a font collector like I am this is a very valuable feature.