Most DAM functionality (searching, sorting, organizing) is based on the metadata in your files, so having high-quality, sensible, standard-compliant and relevant metadata is key. Whatever DAM you pick, getting your metadata in order will be the first and most important step. Things like keyword import, automatic creation of a thesaurus from existing keywords, automatic organization of your files by keyword are just a start. This is not only the case for companies and institutes migrating to IMatch with a 20 years pile of files from dozens of sources, but also for normal people who just used various applications with their files over the years.
ALTERNATIVES TO ADOBE BRIDGE SOFTWARE
When users switch to IMatch, they often, for the first time, see the metadata mess other software has created in their files.
ALTERNATIVES TO ADOBE BRIDGE FREE
This will show you all data in your files, the keywords, potential problems etc.įeel free to post questions in the IMatch community if you need help. To see the native data actually contained in your files, you can use the ExifTool Command Processor (Commands menu in IMatch) with the "List Metadata" template. The keywords IMatch has imported from your files (it automatically merges IPTC, flat XMP and hierarchical XMP keywords on import) are shown in the Keywords Panel. If you plan to try out IMatch anyway, you can see all metadata it has imported from your files in the Metadata Panel when you switch to the Browser layout. ExifTool is free, good as gold (Thanks, Phil!) and there is also a graphical user interface so you don't need to work on the command line. This may help with your new software and migration of your metadata and keywords.
Use something capable like ExifTool to check the metadata in your files so you know what you are dealing with. This can cause problems when you try to import your files into another software. Different versions of Bridge appear to have different issues with properly dealing with hierarchies, flattening keywords, mapping between legacy IPTC data, EXIF, XMP data etc. I recommend to look at the actual metadata written by Bridge.
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