managing photo's on computer

[razorback]

I have a computer full of photo's, with lots of duplicates mismatched folders etc. I am planning on loading all onto an external drive and then organizing what I really want on the computer. What is a good program for managing photo's on the computer. I don't do anything special with them, just want neat and clean and to be able to get rid of the coupke of programs that are running now.

[rnickl]

You can't beat Adobe Lightroom for organizing photos and it's also a very capable editor.  You can download the trial version off the Adobe website to see if you like it.  It does have a bit of a learning curve and I'd recommend watching some of the video tutorials, also on the Adobe site.

I suspect they will have sales and rebates after the holidays and you can probably purchase it for around $100.  I think I've seen it go for as low as $90 in the past.

[jfelkins]

I concur regarding Lightroom. That said, if you ny want to organize and not edit Picassa I pretty good and free.

[razorback]

Thanks guys. Had several people recommend picasa to me. I only want to organise and maybe small edits so don't need anything too complicated. I'm also rather partial to the price of Picasa, FREE