By 2012-06-21 15:22:13 UTC In the age of, and ubiquitous photo-sharing on and other social networks, we're taking more photos than ever before. The downside of taking all of these images is keeping them in order: There are over 18GB of photos on my iPhone alone and trying to figure out where a photo is from, when it was taken and what version is the best can be a complicated and stressful process. Fortunately, there are a number of great photo management apps for Mac and PC that make the process of organizing, sharing and processing your digital images a snap. Still, figuring out what photo management tool is right for you can be a challenge. That's why we've rounded up some of our favorite apps and categorized them for specific types of users. What's your favorite photo organization tool? Let us know in the comments. For the User Who Loves the Cloud While most users are familiar with, 's online photo sharing and storage service that's similar to, it's easy to forget that Google also makes a stand-alone photo management tool known simply as. Picasa is a bare-bones photo-management tool that also provides simple photo-editing features. The real secret sauce with Picasa, however, is how easy and efficient it is to share those photos, edits and albums back to Google. From a management perspective, Picasa can handle all the photos strewn across your computer, in addition to importing photos from your devices or memory cards. It's also easy to tag and organize photos based on facial recognition, location and date taken. The best part of Picasa is the simple way you can sync those photos with the web. If you turn that option on, it happens automatically, meaning that you can seamlessly access whatever photos are on your computer from any device that can also access Google. I=This feature also makes it easy to email photos or albums to others. While Picasa has great integration with Google+, there is a that makes it super simple to publish Picasa photos and albums to Facebook. Installing this plugin puts a Facebook button on the Picasa menu and makes uploading to the biggest social network a snap. Is free and is available for Windows and Mac. For the Mac User Who Just Wants to Get Started If you're a Mac user, one of the best photo management apps already comes pre-installed on your computer:. First introduced in 2002, iPhoto was designed as a tool that would easily allow users to manage their digital photos and make digital corrections. Over the last 10 years, iPhoto has become a robust tool in its own right. It's not as feature-heavy as Aperture or LightRoom, but it's a great tool for photographers who use a point-and-shoot or as their primary camera. Our favorite part of iPhoto is how easy it is to create and manage photo albums. These albums can be tagged by location, face detection and event. You can easily share albums with others using Facebook, Flickr and iCloud. Like Picasa, iPhoto supports a wide variety of RAW camera formats. Apple actually updates its RAW formats quite regularly, so even if you have one of the latest digital cameras on the market, it will work with iPhoto. One of our favorite aspects of iPhoto is the beautiful print albums that can be created within the app itself. These albums are not only affordable, but the quality is terrific, too. As a bonus, iPhoto '11 and Aperture 3 libraries can now be shared with one another. [c]2017 PUBLIC IMAGE MANAGEMENT - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required. Fortunately, there are a number of great photo management apps for Mac and PC that make the process of organizing, sharing and processing your digital images a snap. That means that if you like Aperture but your partner likes iPhoto, you can share one photo library with both apps. The latest version of iPhoto, was released in October 2010. It is a feature of all new Macs, and can be purchased by itself for $14.99 from the. For the Windows User Who Just Needs the Basics A few years ago, it was hard to find a Windows equivalent of iPhoto (Picasa notwithstanding) — or, at least, a free equivalent. Fortunately, Microsoft started to offer its own photo management tool,. Photo Gallery is part of the Windows Live Essentials suite — think iLife for Windows — and as a photo manager, the app is quite robust. You can import photos from a folder, device or directory. Just as Picasa can sync with and Google+, Photo Gallery can sync with. The app also contains basic editing features and offers users a quick way to share to social networks like Facebook and Flickr. One of the more unique aspects of Photo Gallery is its ability to build panorama images. There is also a 'Photo Fuse' mode that enables users to combine the best parts of two photos into one. This is useful if you have that jarring group shot where one person is blinking in one and someone is looking off to the side in another. Is free and requires Windows Vista or Windows 7. For the Professional Apple User Who Has Non-Pro Family Members In response to requests from users who wanted more control than iPhoto, Apple released, its photo-editing and management tool aimed at professionals and enthusiasts. Unlike Picasa, iPhoto and Windows Live Essentials, Aperture empowers users with tools to make very specific and granular edits to their photos. Because the edits are non-destructive (meaning they don't ruin the original image), users can get incredible results. Aperture allows for advanced features, such as lens correction, spot repairs, fine tuning of RAW settings and the ability to do tethered shooting from certain types of DSLRs. The app also includes more consumer-focused features, such as the ability to share to Facebook and Flickr, the ability to create photo books, face recognition and location detection.
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