Existing users, 
I've been a champion of iView Media Pro for years and still run version 1.5. It's a great little app and when my wife got her first digital camera I immediately introduced her to it. BUT...years have passed and now Apple has iPhoto, Canon has some pretty decent cataloging software, and there's lots of shareware. Therefore, I think these guys have a lot of crust raising their price to $200. Come on now, you're not ADOBE!
Nice app...worth the price? No way. Unless you're a graphics pro (which ironically I am) there are better values.
Microsoft Expression Media
Digital asset management & cataloging.
Version: 2.0.2096.0
TOO MUCH $$$
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: bubbas_place_dotmac Tuesday, August 31 2004 @ 02:33 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOS,MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
Comments
TOO MUCH $$$ - kishina
jsmcpheeters, in your opinion what are some of the better photo focused image managers? I've used both Portfolio (slow and unwieldly) and Cumulus (powerful, expensive, complicated), both seem better suited for large organizations rather than for the use of a few photographers working together in a studio.Tuesday, August 31 2004 @ 06:17 PM PDT
TOO MUCH $$$ - macalterego
A true media pro would know not to attempt to evaluate a product he isn't really familiar with. The differences between MM1.5 and MMP2.x are dramatic. Photoshop can't organize media like this can. Neither can iPhoto, of course. Canon's products are rated poor for a good reason. Yes there are other products out there, mostly specific to photo management, which isn't what IVMP is strictly about. For photo pros this isn't the best or only solution. But for media/graphics professionals, IVMP offers a lot for the money, IMO. With over 1.5 Terrabytes of graphic archives and nearly 500,000 files to account for (no, not all in a single catalog), I haven't had any serious problems with IVMP 2.x; it's speed improvements were a godsend.Reply to This
Tuesday, August 31 2004 @ 03:23 PM PDT