QPict for Mac

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• works good

  tappy727June 5, 2013

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  Lets me view pictures and do slideshows. Much quicker than iPhoto.

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  None that I can thing of for now. I do not really use this program too much.

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• Issues with date/times

  VersionTrackerUserOpinionFebruary 13, 2008

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br /><p>I've used version 7.0.1 for several months and just installed version 7.1 one day ago. Both versions have problems with various date/times. Namely, QPict displays time in UTC format in some cases while displaying local time in other cases. This makes sorting or renaming by date incorrect.</p> <p>For imported NEF images from my Nikon D50, QPict displays the EXIF date/times in UTC. For JPEG images, however, it displays the EXIF date/times in local time (CST USA in my case). For the file information (non-EXIF), it seems to display created and modified dates in UTC for both JPEG and NEF. In some cases, QPict displays a date created that no other program displays for the same file. I can't quite follow QPict's logic when dealing with date/times. I want to see <em>ALL</em> date/times in local times - not UTC.</p> <p>As for support, I've emailed the support email several times but have never received one reply. I also can't believe there's no forums, not even a user-to-user forum so that users can help each other out.</p> <p>The following issues have me thinking that QPict is not the right solution for me:</p> <ol> <li>Complete lack of support.</li> <li><em>ONE YEAR</em> between the newest release and the previous release. Too long to wait for fixes.</li> <li>Lack of *detailed* documentation.</li> <li>Date/times that are sometimes displayed as UTC and sometimes displayed as local time.</li> </ol>

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• Major bug w/ creation date!

  UncaMikeyAugust 14, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I have been using QPict for a week and got to like it. I was ready to buy it, but I ran across a major problem with the "Date Created". QPict has a clever option to read the EXIF creation date from the image -- that is good. But whenever you add a keyword or perform any other action on the image, QPict changes the "Date Created" in the OS X Finder to the current date! This makes it impossible to keep track of images by when they were created.

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• Excellent App!

  SoylentKnightOctober 4, 2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is a great application. I have long been looking for something small, quick, and flexible. The fact that it handles eps files natively is a big plus (something a lot of "bigger" apps can't handle). If I may suggest a small improvement - on the thumbnail grid printouts - if the viewed columns (captions, keywords, etc) could be added under the image, aside from just the file name, that would be awesome. Again - great app - keep up the good work

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• Solid product

  SteveBradleyJuly 8, 2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />PROS: ~This is a good piece of software. It does what it says it will quickly and efficiently. I have my thumbnails set to maximum size, and it takes about 1.5 seconds to generate each thumb (I have the "ignore built in thumbnail" setting checked, or it would be faster). ~The rather unique way that it stores images and thumbnails is a very good idea. ~The author is extremely responsive - I wrote him to requet the ability to archive media to external volumes and within a week the feature was added...that's support you can't get from a big company. ~Thumbnails size up nicely. For better performance while scrolling through large thumbnails, turn off 'live scrolling' in the preferences. ~There are lots of processing options and the ability to create your own sequence of events in the intuitive "Process" dialog is unmatched in any similiar software I've used so far, which is just about all of them. ~The price is outstanding, especially compared to iView or Portfolio, even given that it doesn't have quite as extensive a feature set. CONS: ~No sub catagories. You can assign keywords, but there's no easy way to jump between sets of defined groups. iView is the leader in that field, with it's drag-n-drop keywords, definable events, etc. ~If you create a seperate album for each catagory (logical and works well) there's no way (at least that I've found so far) to link the catalogs together and search them all at once. ~When images are moved to external/removable media, it would be nice to be able to see the NAME of the volume instead of just a symbol indicating it's stored externally - that way I'd know which of my dozen DVDs full of pictures I need to insert to get the image. If it prompted me for the album when I tried to view the picture full-size, that would be an even bigger plus.

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• Even better

  Hangnail--2008July 6, 2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Lots of bug fixes, speed increase. Much more stable. Look at this one if iview is a bit much as far as price. Only thing that is missing is some way to organize sub folders in the image archives.

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• This one is very close

  Hangnail--2008January 27, 2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />The author made an extremely quick turnaround and sent me a link to a maintenance test release that works like a champ. I can now submit some sort of review. I really like how this application works. Saving images as a bundle with thumbs, index, metadata, and media files is great. Its interface is like a best of breed between iphoto and iview. I much prefer this interface and the storage mechanism. I wish there was an easier way to copy and move between these bundles. Its possible via drag and drop but perhaps a folder/database pane to make this easier. Its a minor thing. I like being able to create 'processes' ... very nice. I haven't really got into digital photography so I haven't experienced any of the raw angst that many have with a lot of applications of this type. I do think it is a big thing to make sure to improve upon as it is becoming more and more the standard for hard core photographers. For those who came close to fainting with iview I would highly recommend trying this out. I give it 4.5 stars but will be nice and round up to 5.

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• Almost totally unusable with D100 RAW files

  AMRosarioDecember 11, 2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I could not wait for this program to be updated, but now it seems like maybe the author could have. I need a program like this to catalogue my D100 RAW files, but this version fails big time. Firstly, it is REALLY slow. I set up a slide show of 9 RAW files and it took 25 seconds for the program to render each image to the screen, all along showing an ugly "render" dialogue box in the middle of the image. Then, I had no way to stop the slide show without force-quitting. Also, the catalogue wrecks havoc on the thumbnails of RAW files. First it creates low res doubles and offsets them to the top or bottom of the screen. Then it turns all the previews to near black, as if they were underexposed by 4 stops. The entire interface goes to pot as well. The window breaks up into two pieces and the task bar breaks ups into chunks. Anyway, there's some fixing that needs to be done before I pay for the upgrade. I really love this program (when using JPEGS) and I really appreciate the time and effort the author put into it. I just thinks it still needs a lot of work before being usable for Nikon RAW files. BTW, I'm using Panther on a Dual 800 G4 with 1.5 Gigs RAM (no reason for the program to be so slow).

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• Great program, but....

  AMRosarioJuly 2, 2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I recently switched from shooting jpegs to RAW files on my Nikon D100 and, although, I can catalog the RAW files in QPict, it won't create big thumbnails of the images. I tried this on iView Multimedia Pro and it worked (after installing some Nikon extensions) so I don't think it's impossible for QPict to do this. But, I emailed the company over a week ago and have gotten no response, so I'm switching (reluctantly) to iView. Hopefully, the QPict authors will get this feature implemented soon so I can switch back. You're in luck if you shoot RAW files on a Canon camera. QPict handles them perfectly.

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• warlock7December 22, 2002

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Great product. Doesn't get valid data regarding the files in "Detail Thumbnal" from the internet. All files say that they are 0 k in size.

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