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<div dir="ltr">I have used both Photo Mechanic & Lightroom Classic. Although LR was originally designed to be a database, it now offers editing options that rival Photoshop, including generative AI (said without commentary on the ethics of AI). If you don’t
need all those bells & whistles, Photo Mechanic is fast and easy for organization. I found it to be used mostly by journalists, which is an endorsement for its speed and ease of use. I ended up leaning on Lightroom because I do want editing options, but was
impressed with Photo Mechanic. </div>
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<div>Nancy</div>
<div>"Images for the imagination."</div>
<div>www.crowellphotography.com</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Tweeters <tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Glenn Nelson via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 11, 2024 3:55:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> tweeters@u.washington.edu <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] photo-organizing software</font>
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<div style="font-size:14px; font-family:Archivo">I second Paul's suggestion: Photo Mechanic (or Photo Mechanic Plus). I worked at The Seattle Times for almost a couple decades and I use Photo Mechanic because all the Times photographers did. It's pretty widely
a professionals' choice. It's easy to tag and categorize and is especially fast to ingest photo files. It's made to be a database as opposed to software like Lightroom where DB functions are part of a larger suite of editing, etc.<br>
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Best,<br>
Glenn<br>
Seattle<br>
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