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I am curious whether NITRO will get more DAM features, especially my interested would be:
1. Import
Import/Upload of e.g. RAW and/or JPG files from SD-Card/USB/… to a Finder folder via NITRO w/ possibilities of changing/editing of file names,
e.g. Lxxxxxxx.DNG –> 20260210_Lxxxxxxx.DNG, maybe also by using/creating of templates2. Basic File handling
Basic file handling w/ NITRO, e.g. moving files from one folder to another folder, creating of new folders from within NITRO, renaming of folders, etc.3. Adding important metadata in workflow
Adding Author name and copyright metadata to files/XMP, either during import or in the workflow, maybe possibility of storing these informations in templates. Using of those Author/copyright informations in export (watermark, borders) and metadata4. Reload/Refresh XMP information
Reload XMP information from DNG(RAW)/XMP files when those were changed in external editor (e.g. adding GPS or location with HoudahGeo or MyTracks) from within NITRO. These information today are only visible after quitting and restarting of NITROMay be the above is some food for thoughts. Thanks for your comments
Uwe#4 would be very helpful for using Nitro with DAM apps. I’m quitting/restarting Nitro to read changes at present.
Yes, all of those would be reasonable things for Nitro. In terms of implementation order, it would probably be #4, #3, #2, and #1. Of course, there are many other tasks and features that are also competing for my time.
Mr. Hartmann, why do all of these Digital Asset Management functions have to be in one app?
Editing raw files to produce excellent JPEGs, which is what the Nitro Photo app does very well, is quite a different skill and process than managing photo file storage and metadata.
I now own or have in the past used many apps (like FastRawViewer, FileLoupe, ApolloOne, Photo Mechanic, Bridge, DigiKam, A Better Finder Rename, not to mention tools provided by the Apple operating system itself like Image Capture and rename in Finder) to handle my DAM needs.
I prefer choosing my own way to work with photo files. And would not want to distract the developer from producing excellent JPEGs.
So, you are used to patchwork apps, Mr. Nyhus, right? I rephrase your question the other way round: Why should the users who are preferring RAW converter and DAM in one app, use multiple apps which tend to work worse in terms of collaboration? Have different update periods, sometimes not working with certain RAWs, some other times not working well with the RAW converter, usually not showing the edits, therefore you always need to export JPGs, some apps making a mess in the XML sidecar. Coming from Aperture, I have a serious allergy against all those wannabe DAMs and prefer much an integrated workflow. As far as I know ( and that is not very far), none of the apps you listed is able to show edits directly in the RAW file. And that makes the whole process very slow and uneasy to handle.
My guess is, you never worked with Aperture? You are used to copy RAWs into other folders, instead of dealing with crossreferenced files? You like to add keywords so you have a least a bit of a chance to find images?
I think, we can calmly remain confident that Nik Bhatt is able to manage his roadmap and work according his priorities. And btw. not the developer produces JPGs, but we as Nitro users. Aperture left a big gap in the DAM world, bigger than Non-Aperture users ever could imagine as they are used to their workflow. There are plenty of RAW converters, but very few with a halfway working DAM and none being able to do what Aperture could do. Some of us still miss this great app. And your DAM needs might differ from the needs of others.
Mr. Jundt, You can get what you are asking for but it will cost you more than the Nitro photo app does and will likely require a subscription to keep using an app like Adobe Lightroom. The Aperture app has been gone for a good long time, but when Mr. Bhatt led that effort, he had a larger development team and more resources than he does now with the Nitro Photo app.
Mr. Nyhus, thank you for your comments. I perceive, that we have different needs and different workflows in our photographical journeys. Nitro already comes as of today with a good set of DAM capabilities, e.g. ranking, tagging, keywording to just name a few. My suggestions above would just add some simple and basic file handling abilities and some additional metadata requirements to Nitro, which would help not to break my workflow so often by exiting Nitro and using external editors. As in my workflow with DNG files the additional problem occurs, that Nitro writes in different file naming convention that external editors expect those sidecar files to be. So everything I apply in Nitro (rating, keyboarding, tagging) is invisible to third party software.
I agree to you, that the photo editor quality of Nitro is on top level to produce JPG, TIFF etc.Mr. Nyhus, nobody of us can foresee the future and subscription apps – some “standard license models” turnt into it which appeared to “never do it”. So, even Nitro could go that way one day. Besides, as long as I can keep my files locally and the app will only stop to update but keep on working, the question arises “would I like to get paid my salary only once a year”?
About the team size I’m absolutely with you. However, bigger teams don’t necessarily help more/are faster/get better feature quality; coordination and quality management gets a much bigger weight. Also let’s not forget: in Aperture times Mr. Bhatt worked inside Apple, short ways from office to office, getting more informations quicker. If Apple would consider him to directly compete with their Pixelmator stuff, they had the power to block him. I’m very aware of this vulnerable situation. One bad car accident is enough to stop development.
On the other hand: I see Apple going their way into enshittification. Partly it’s just “something new I don’t want to adapt to” and partly it’s just “milking more cows using bigger buckets”. Something like “greed” apparently is on the skills list for new employees. I disliked Photos from the beginning, Music ruined hundreds of my playlists and since they pay one billion/year to Google to use their AI set partly, the last dusty particles of “think different” has been gone the Aperture path, too. For music I got a replacement – again, a one-man show. For Aperture I’ll never find a replacement and who knows how it would look like and work like if it’d be still around?
And I don’t know, if “just being a good affordable RAW converter” will help Nitro to survive. I’m hoping for, but limiting it to that has no USP. Others are low cost, too.
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