Portfolio 6

Anyone who works with large numbers of digital images, whether for home use or professionally, knows how difficult it can be to keep those images cataloged and accessible. That's where digital asset management applications such as Portfolio 6 enter the picture. Portfolio 6 acts as a database for all your digital images, allowing you to search them by keyword or visually, and it gives you easy access to those images to use in any other application.p Portfolio 6 has long been the standard by which all digital asset management applications have been judged. With Mac and PC versions on the same CD-ROM, installation is simple and you'll soon be importing and cataloging all your digital images at an impressive rate.p New in Portfolio 6 are a number of features that make it a more powerful and intuitive application than earlier versions. A key new feature in version 6 is FolderSync, which allows you to keep your Portfolio catalog synchronized with "hot folders," whether they are on your computer or on removable disks. With synchronization working in two directions, you can modify the contents of any hot folder and the changes will be reflected in your catalog. You can also move, modify, or delete images from within Portfolio and the corresponding changes will be made to your stored files.p Another new feature is Portfolio Express. This standalone mini application gives you a floating palette from which you can select images to place in any other application, such as Photoshop or a word processing program. Portfolio 6 even solves the problem of distributing your digital portfolio to users who don't have their own copy of the software: write a catalog to removable media such as a CD, and Portfolio 6 will automatically include a copy of the free Portfolio browser, allowing anyone to view your images.p Add to this the huge selection of advanced features, ranging from importing EXIF image data from compatible digital cameras to quick-and-easy Web publishing, and you'll find that Extensis Portfolio 6 is just the tool you need to make working with digital images a whole lot more efficient. I--Daniel Jardine, Amazon.co.uk/I