There does appear to be some amount of caching, but it is no slouch when rendering thumbnails anyway, managing about two per second on my low-end Mac mini. ![]() PhotoLab does not have a database of thumbnails, rather it generates them on the fly as you view folders. You can also create Projects which are logical groupings of photos independent of their folder location. For convenience, you can move files between folders within PhotoLab. In fact, a core principle of PhotoLab is that it will never touch your original files. The basic management of photos is “by reference.” PhotoLab lets you put your photo files where you want and it will not move them unless you say so. It should also be noted that any exports can, and by default do, contain the keywords. Because Lightroom could write them to my files, that means PhotoLab can easily search my existing photos. PhotoLab can readkeywords out of files if they’re already there. There is discussion in the support forums about addressing this but so long as one remains with PhotoLab 3 it’s not a problem. I should note here that one weakness is all this metadata is stored in a database internal to the software and not in the photo files or other portable location. It supports pick and reject, star rating, projects, and - importantly for me - hierarchical keywords. It’s not up to the same standard as Lightroom, but it is good enough to get the job done. Let me tell you why I decided this is the software for me.įirst up, photo management - the DAM. I started a 30-day free trial and three weeks later I purchased it at the discounted launch price. I was looking again recently when I stumbled across the newly launched DxO PhotoLab 3. Those features were also promised, but I gave up waiting when a whole new version was released with “sexy” new AI features while still lacking some basics in the DAM functionality. Once the DAM arrived, it was passable but lacked key features I needed. At the time it didn’t have a digital asset management (DAM) capability, but it was promised. ![]() What was I going to do to manage and process my growing DSLR photo collection? Apple’s Aperture was hung out to dry, Adobe’s Lightroom changed to a subscription model, and Apple Photos started out and continues to be severely limited.
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