The MediaMonkey of photo managers

TryItOut · Post by **TryItOut** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:02 am

To those used to MediaMonkey's great organistational facilities for sound files, I would like to recomend a similar program for organising photos. This is PicaJet (www.picajet.com). I have no affiliation with this company but they have done a great job in making an easy to use yet powerful manager for photos. I reckon it's the MediaMonkey of photo managers!

julzcompufreek · Post by **julzcompufreek** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:50 am

No, sorry to bust you bubble, but it cant be the mediamonkey of photo organisers...

...Because there is No FREE Version!

Sorry, just had to say it.

Steegy · Post by **Steegy** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:56 am

Just visited this site and found: Free vs FX: http://www.picajet.com/en/index.php?page=freevsfx

So there *is* a free version.

Cheers
Steegy

julzcompufreek · Post by **julzcompufreek** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:02 pm

Ok, I admit defeat,

I didnt really check the site (damn, should have done that first) before posting, I just saw that it cost 39.95 or something.

abrazor · Post by **abrazor** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:53 am

Seems to me all that the program offers in the paid version comes for free in Google's Picassa2, plus the ability to post to blogs and more. i have been using Picassa for over a year now and I have found it easy and fun to use with manymore features than I could ever need.

agentsmart · Post by **agentsmart** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:20 am

thank you for your photos everyone that uses googles free photo editor.

i always like to get new photos.

googles image search online uses that program how did you think it found all them images.?

i downloaded that program and found what it was trying to do when i installed it. as i always install new software when disconnected from the web. and it wanted to go to googles server.?

the program was uninstalled just as fast as it was put in the computer and i ran a system clean out to make sure i got rid of any nasty little surprises it left behind.

so google scores a big fat 0 from me.

abrazor · Post by **abrazor** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:40 am

Agent Smart, I am not so sure I understand what you want to say. I have a firewall and nothing connects to the internet without my permission, so I know for sure that Picassa doesn't share my photos with anybody. Can you explain in more detail what you mean? Did you see your photos online? Do you have a software that alerted you that picassa was using your internet line? IF this is true I want to know, so please give me some more information.

julzcompufreek · Post by **julzcompufreek** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:24 am

and it wanted to go to googles server.?

But it could have wanted to connect to the server to check for updates, like most programs do. And anyway, do you have proof that any of your photo's are online? Not to mention that the pictures found on google's image search are clearly from websites as they have proper urls.

just thought I'd point that out

sasapuksic · Post by **sasapuksic** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:09 am

I use Picasa since ver.1 I even bought it years ago when it was for sale and I must say that I don’t believe the conspiracy theory about Google sharing all the photos Picasa users are having in their libraries. I think that’s a bull … The app is connecting due to checking updates. I tried searching for my filenames on Google images search and it come out nothing.

I am having no problems whit it and wouldn’t change it for nothing! Especially cool thing are build-in special effects that don’t alter my original files so I can alter my pictures as I want to accession I want and can always return to my original state.

So Picasa scores a big fat 9/10 from me.

Devoted user since: 28. December 2002
http://picasa.google.com/

abrazor · Post by **abrazor** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:15 am

Amen and Hallelujah, Brother!!

agentsmart · Post by **agentsmart** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:25 am

it said " do you want to add your photos to the online album "

that is what the free one i got said so i know it was trying to do something i did not want.

now granted someone could have posted a hacked version on the link before i had got it. and then google could have caught it and not say they had a hacked link on their site.

but when the dial up connection pops up and wants me to put my password in for conneting to the net? well that tells me something is trying to get out and when the balloon from zone alarm says it is " program. ???? that is trying to act as a server. well that is proof enough for me so i took the blooming program out.

abrazor · Post by **abrazor** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:54 am

Mine has never done anything like that. Maybe you had a hacked version or something. I don't know.

judas · Post by **judas** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:52 am

I personally use Adobe Photoshop Elements v4...granted: its not free, but has great editing and organizing capabilities: i only find it a bit lacking sharing files online...for the rest I LOVE IT!!

You might wanna try adobe photoshop album as well...really good in organizing not so good in "advanced" editing...

anon coward · Post by **anon coward** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:32 pm

My vote is for picasa... simple, easy to use, fast and free... I'm inclined to think you need a different type of application for audio and that MediaMonkey is the picasa of music managers...

(funny thing is that i don't even get paid for doing this mm promotion stuff)

Paul

psyXonova · Post by **psyXonova** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:04 am

I have Picassa installed in my system for the past 4 months, although i still rarely use it (like every other photo monager). I can't comment on its functionality but is indeed the friendlier photo manager i have used. Now, about the connection issue. Picassa, as with every other Google product out there, ask for your permission to connect to the internet the fist time it installs. As a matter of fact, all Google products diplay a very clear message warning you about that, while almost every other program hides this notice somewhere deep in the EULA. Anyway, i have allowed picassa to send info to Google, but in never tried to do so, unless it was opened.
So, Agent smart, either you have asked from Picassa to do an action that requires internet connection (e.g. blog your photos) and thus it tried to connect to the internet, causing windows to pop-up the connection dialog, or some other programm was trying to access it.