Best Photo Mac Software? iPhoto? Picasa?

[CelestialStorms]

Hi everyone

I'm new here...Hope I've come to the right place. I'm a model and need a powerful picture management software for mac. I was trying to read through some outdated threads here but, haven't had much luck. I have a MacBook Pro 2.5 and iPhoto doesn't have near the speed or capabilities I need to handle TB hd of photos. The only thing I have found that manages them effectively is Picasa but, I'm not interested in a cross over or parallel.

I have a Dell that uses Picasa but, the MB is specifically dedicated for photos and media and now I can't find anything to organize them properly.

Please help! I have duplicates coming out my ears...
OSX Software suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks.

Happy Holidays...

-*C

[ElDiabloConCaca]

For professional photo management with color correction capabilities and such, I have found Apple's own Aperture indispensable. It's like iPhoto on steroids, and, if you already have a ton of photos in iPhoto, Aperture will import them easily:

http://www.apple.com/aperture

Also, Adobe makes Lightroom, which is similar to Aperture. I've heard good things about both, so it may be a matter of downloading the trials of each and finding out which works best for you. Adobe's Lightroom can be found here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/

[CelestialStorms]

Thanks Jeff

I will take your advice and check them out, I am familiar with lightroom. I generally use Photoshop for editing and colorizing so I really need more of a fast loading, thumbnail sorting organization tool. That way I can sort different sizes of the same photo into various folders....

Thanks for the help!

-*C

[CelestialStorms]

Everything I've tried moves so slow from the file sizes. Picasa take a second but, at least it works...Any other suggestions for fast loading photo organizing? Thanks..