Mac Slideshow/Image Cataloguing s/w?

[efunc]

I've got a little conundrum and I wonder how other people go about this simple task. I'll regularly fill my camera (Canon 450D) with images to transfer to my Powerbook G4. Maybe 400 at a time. I sync up with iPhoto with the intention of viewing them in full screen to evaluate and delete. However, in iPhoto there's no means to mark which images are keepers and which ones are deletion candidates. There's no way I could ever make a mental note of which are which whilst in Slideshow mode. Alternatively I would have to click on each image individually to view them and then delete them, which could take all day.

I've also looked at the Canon s/w that came bundled with the camera, and whilst it looks interesting there doesn't seem to be slideshow mode, which seems to be an inexcusable omission. Does Aperture of Lightroom provide this facility? Alternatively, and ideally, is there some simple shareware or freeware app that does this on a Mac? I just have a very simple requirement: the ability to view hundreds of images as a slideshow and label them by (or delete them immediately) at a keystroke without exiting the slideshow.

Anyone? :shrug:

Thanks very much for any advice!

 

[crmcatee]

Why not use the rating feature in Iphoto.

Rate the keepers as say 5 - and the ones you want to delete as a 2.

Then View, Sort Photos by rating. Highlight all the 2's and then CTRL click on the image and Move to Trash.

Job done.

 

[efunc]

cool, i'd never heard of this feature. i'll search for it in the help guide. thanks!

 

[Craikeybaby]

That does sound like a good idea, especially if all the other features of iPhoto are to your liking.

If that doesn't work though it can be done in Lightroom (I do it all the time) an I'm pretty sure it can be done in Aperture too, although I've not used that in a while.