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zoologist Mark Carwardine

zoologist Mark Carwardine uses it, as seen in blue whale of last chance to see, 53:00 ish.86.139.101.41 (talk) 21:06, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some proposed changes

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Information to be added or removed: Stable release should be changed from "5.0" to "6.0". The date next to it should be changed to March 25, 2019 (is currently "November 11, 2013; 5 years ago"). Explanation of issue: Camera Bits has now released Photo Mechanic 6. The last version was Photo Mechanic 5. References supporting change: https://home.camerabits.com/downloads/, https://www.dpreview.com/news/0690952593/photo-mechanic-6-launches-with-64-bit-support-selectable-ingestion-and-more, https://fstoppers.com/news/photo-mechanic-6-faster-improved-ui-more-compatible-346797 173.12.171.178 (talk) 23:18, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Some proposed changes

Information to be added or removed: Change "IPTC Stationery" to "Metadata (IPTC) Template". Explanation of issue: formerly called the IPTC Stationery Pad, the name of this feature in Photo Mechanic has been changed to be called "Metadata (IPTC) Template". References supporting change: http://docs.camerabits.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2972056-where-is-the-iptc-stationery-pad-in-photo-mechanic-6- 173.12.171.178 (talk) 23:18, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Reply 27-MAR-2019

Edit request implemented

The requested changes were made.

Additional changes made:

Information on the software's price was omitted, per WP:NOTACATALOG.
Claims as to what segments the software is targeted to or which features are popular were omitted, per WP:PROMO.
Unreferenced claims regarding its features were omitted. The place for information on these features — if unreferenced — is at the manufacturer's website, which is linked from the article.

Regards, Spintendo 00:06, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Severely outdated and incorrect information

"In contrast to competing products such as iView Media Pro, Adobe Bridge, or Extensis Portfolio, Photo Mechanic does not include photo cataloging or asset management features."

Photo Mechanic 6 in the version Plus has full photo cataloguing and asset management features since 2019, with multiple offline libraries support, using a streaming database, supporting at least 100,000-1,000,000 photo assets.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/4396086400/camera-bits-released-photo-mechanic-plus-dam-speed-efficiency

"IPTC" metadata

Photo Mechanic has also supported XMP metadata format for at least since version 5, over a decade ago. Technicality nitpicker (talk) 07:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]