Sometimes, things that work don't need to change. New features use more modern UI concepts (e.g, the People View or Event View) but I have no plans to alienate users who worked with IMatch for 15 years just to get a "modern UI" box ticked in a press review. But I don't modernize the UI just for the sake of modernizing it (see how well that worked for companies like Mozilla). I'm modernizing the IMatch UI slightly in every version. Or at the "Combined RAW editor with DAM" or "Combine DAM with RAW editor" market (Adobe does that already very successfully). Or at the entry-level image manager market. IMatch does not aim at the Microsoft Photo or Google Photos market segment. IMatch is designed for a special, demanding audience.Īlthough it is used (more and more, often surprsing to me) by "Mom & Pop" users and casual users, the feature set is aimed at users who require robustness, performance, standard compliance, proper end-to-end metadata management, versioning and the ability to handle large image volumes (databases range between 100,000 and 2 million files currently). Post a question at Amazon's for some insights from users. I think I recall that Hert (the (main?) programmer of PS) was an IMatch user once.
I never worked with Photo Supreme, so I cannot comment. Some are free, some are affordable, some will cost you several hundred US$ per user per month, with 5 or 6 digit setup figures. These DAMs are designed for different audiences: entry-level users, consumers, professional photographers, marketeers, corporate users, institutional users, scientific users. If you have never heard about IMatch, this link will open your eyes for the DAM market and the products available. There are many DAM systems to choose from. I wish I'd found this product a long time ago! I do wish it had a little cleaner view like photo supreme, but otherwise I can't find a single reason I'd want to use photo supreme. A lot of photo programs are confusing on this point and don't make it clear whether you're looking at a real time folder view, or a database folder view. For instance the attached screenshot instantly communicates to an astute first time user what the "folders" view really represents. There are also some UI touches I really like. Personally I actually find the interface much easier to follow, even though there is a lot more.
When I read a lot of debates on internet forums about this, I read a lot of people who felt imatch was confusing compared to photo supreme. I expect biased answers here :-) but my initial impression is that imatch is the product that power users will love, and photo supreme is for those who are overwhelmed by imatch and don't need all the features.
In my search for a lightroom replacement it has come down to these two products.
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