Daminion Reviews & Product Details

Daminon allows me to find the photos I'm looking for quickly and with relative ease. As I import, it allows me to specify metadata that is true of all the photos & after importing adding the extra information for each picture is straightforward with their properties interface. I like the workflow & truly appreciate being able to click a few boxes to narrow down photos to the ones I'm trying to find.

I also like that that it can (but doesn't have to) automatically synchronize catalog metadata into the file's metadata. I appreciate knowing that most of m Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no cross-catalog searching. I use a version of Daminon which limits the number of photos in a catalog (a limit which could be removed by upgrading). So, I have to organize my catalogs with care. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminion is easy to use and offers plenty of customization options, far beyond most other commercial DAM solutions. Excellent performance, even with large databases, and powerful search features. Unbelievably powerful for a free tool -- professionally designed an stable, fast, with a range of features. Highly recommended, and thanks to the free option, there's no reason not to try it.

The interface is robust once you get used to it, and then it's easy to tag and manage media however you like. Thanks to the custom-tag features, you're free to create a metadata scheme that suits your needs.

It's also fast -- even with several hundred files, the search and overall performance are speedy and responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Interface takes getting used to, for those familiar with Adobe products; needs more comprehensive documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is fast to use and has a lot of tools for labeling images. I work with a lot of product shots that have repeating data and metadata shortcuts allow me to quickly label 1000s of images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Daminion import can be slow, however, I'd rather give this time up on the front end once and then have the data load fast every time instead of the other way around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminon is very easy to use and understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IDont really like the user interface needs updating Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The automatically import from other face recognition tools is perfect. All names you will find in the „Personen“ List – great. And it is very easy to change keywords, GPS-Data or other things for thousands of pictures. I also like the user specific tags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have no points for this topic, BUT one wish: I need face recognition in Daminion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Coming from idimager, it was not a Problem to change to Daminion. A lot of file type are recognized

The stand alone Version does not actualise already imported Folders., Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No automatic Backups, Complete folder trees can not be copied including the original structure at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being a commercial photographer I have an enormous database of images that have to be cataloged and easily tracked down when they are needed. I started using Extensis Portfolio for this purpose in the '90's. I always bought the upgraded versions and felt it got the job done... that is until I tried Daminion. Loading images into Daminion is much quicker, the previews can be displayed in different type layouts and the size of the enlarged previews, absolutely blows away anything Extensis Portfolio was capable of. I also compared Daminion to other DAM offerings and found migrating to it was easier and offers many advantages (ie. no monthly/annual fees, support has been super responsive with all questions and quite frankly, easier to start using). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It seems most of their video tutorials are based off of the server version, while my needs found a better balance with opting for the stand-alone version. Many features in the software can be figured out with a little playing around and patience, but some video tutorials would be beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As an enthusiast wildlife and nature photographer, i prefer taking pictures than computing and sorting them.

I was a long time user of Microsoft Expression Media 2, but the product was discontinued and became the somewhat pricy Media Pro. Recently i spent a long time testing many digital asset management software and to be honest I went on using Expression Media 2, until i discovered Daminion: a straight to the point and fully customisable user interface for a fast and full featured digit asset management solution, exactly what i had been desperately looking for. So far it has to deal with about 150k pictures and still works like a charm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It only runs on Windows, so it has to be run through virtualization on Linux and Mac OS. Importing pictures may be a little bit faster, but Daminion is obviously computer resources respectful: CPU is well spread among all available cores and threads, RAM consumption is pretty well controlled and disks (pictures hosting / catalog hosting) are not put down on their knees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides a complete photo management application including video. All tags are available and visible when browsing images. It also provides a very flexible editing of tags. The configuration of the application is very comprehensive. I started using this software because of its ability to version images, but so far I've not used this much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have to manually have it find new photos. I would like to tell it to watch folders for new photos. It would be nice if it could import Picasa's simple versioning capability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am really satisfied using Daminion pro for organizing my graphical assets in my server. What made me to use this piece of software it helps retrieving the graphic in different ways so this way it helps saving time if I need graphical assets for some projects where time is main constraint. This is my choice for organizing the graphics at once place so I could able to retrieve relevant graphic for my use in future whenever I need so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While it's a great piece of software organizing graphical images, illustration, videos, etc. But I think this software is slow in importing graphics if there in thousands then you have to wait quite long so they can imported. If any bad happens to your PC while importing its surely possible all graphics won't be imported at once and you've try again and again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.