My NEW Favourite App | Media Asset Management With Eagle
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- While media asset management sounds pretty boring, with my new favourite app it's actually a total joy - Enter Eagle!
Why? Let me show you some of the powerful and incredibly helpful features it offers for not only managing your media assets but also collecting and organising them.
Eagle makes media asset management a total breeze and will absolutely save you a ton of time in both researching and finding exactly what you want WHEN you want it.
Learn more about Eagle and grab yourself a copy today: jo.my/2qffek
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You can also drag and drop gifs and videos, not just images. Also documents in just about any format (pdf, Word, Excel, txt,...).
I found eagle a few months back and simply, everyone needs this. It fits so many use cases.
It's bloody awesome isn't it? :)
I downloaded it before the video was over. I've been looking for an app like this since forever. It's great, however I will not be using it. From what I see, when you drag the files to the app it copies them to the Library folder you create. As a video guy with different clients and clips, I have everything organized in a nice structured folder and some on different drives. Same with brand stuff(images, graphics, etc).
Using this app would mean that everything would be put together in one place and browsing the files outside of the app a nightmare. So navigating would File Explorer would be a no go.
I would prefer an app which keeps the files where they are already and link them from there, like Adobe Bridge and others. From what I read you cannot do that. It's a shame because the app is pretty much everything I needed from a management app.
Still thanks for the recommendation, great video!
Yes, that's what I exactly think too. It's a really cool app, but it's useless, if it can't scan your client's folders. I'm using "Media Expression" by PhaseOne for years to get this job done and it does it very, very well. But the App is discontinued since years. So: what App do you use right now for this job?
I was having the exact same "issue". I love the programs interface and functions, but I was really bummed when I realised that it actually copies the files instead of only building a database. WTF? This makes using the regular explorer impossible, and what when you want to connect a file to a certain "collection", ie, when you download a set of graphics and want to store the licence and example pictures with them. I do not see any convenient way in doing this and makeing sure I always can easily know which collection is which and what "really" belongs together.
Funny example: I just downloaded some graphics-packs with different (png)alphas in different styles in each of them. After importing them to eagle, I now would have to go through every single letter in every single style and rearrange them to sit in a folder containing all letters from a-z once, since eagle "looses" the folder structure.
I do not know if I just do not get something, but I can't really see how anybody can work with this.
Yes if you work with more than just photos, it's a pain.
Well I actually went ahead and bought it, I told myself I would maybe only use it for brand stuff and icons.
I forced myself to use it a couple of days but it never stuck. It wants too much from the user. To give up everything else and use this software exclusively.
The moment I am on my phone or tablet and need a file, it's game over.
Even if they release mobile apps, I don't see it catching on. In my business folder I have a bunch of other documents, files with different extensions and so on.
This would have been a homerun if they kept the files in the original form and folders and build around that.
At the moment, I just ignore it on my taskbar and never open it.
If you're in the Apple ecosystem, reach out to me and I'll send you a trial link to my project. It's a reference catalog asset manager, so all of your files remain on your storage device(s).
@@PixlPath Thanks, I don't have any Apple devices, only Windows and Android. I saw your website, the app looks great. Good luck!
This looks really promising. If only it synced with Cloud based file storage with the organization, tags, and descriptions (i.e. Google Drive, etc.).
Yup. Was just gonna say the same things. Needs heirachy enabled groups sharing with granular permissions. Great interface.
Fortunatly I'am not dead inside yet. Thnx a lot Paul, very usefull again.
omg...omg..OMG...OMG! This may be one the best app of the year! This looks like it will be super useful.
Thanks Paul, this is very usefull. I have a lot of pictures and stuffs for my websites and I don't even know how to categorize them, this will help me.
Thank you for the video! I use awesome screen shot for all images, sharing and comments.
Can you please share you're worklflow and how you connect eagle with pCloud! Maybe a short video about it? Thanks
Did you find out how to integrate pCloud with Eagle?
I was using Lightroom and Bridge to manage video. Both were unusable, buggy, crashfests. This program has done the job perfectly!
The first thing that came to mind about this is grabbing the client's images and storing them in Eagle so it would easy to find the raw or HD quality images of past clients.
Yep. Works great as a client media storage tool.
Thanks it's a nice tool. It would be amazing if it could work with real directories instead of building its own proprietary database.
Would be good if it allowed you to keep files in place rather than duplicate for each library. Also, the lack of cloud support is a red flag.
Would be good if you could use pcloud or dropbox
If you watch the video you’ll see that it does work with pCloud as that’s exactly what I use to sync all my devices together. 🤷🏼♂️
how is it working for photographers trying to organize their own files in their own machines? is it folder based? does the structure of my folders influence how eagle works?
Been using this to grab sections of sites I like then dragging them into figma for quick and dirty site mockups
Your link for "Learn more about Eagle and grab yourself a copy today:" just comes back to this RUclips video
Dang Paul, what a gem! Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
My pleasure :) I'm loving it big time. :)
Hey Paul, thanks for presenting this. I use another media files manager, but this is also a great option.
which do u use? looking for one atm
Told you about this a while back. Brilliant app.
My memory is obviously appaling.. lol
LOL, "If that doesn't get you excited then well you are a little bit dead inside I think..." is the bomb! :D haha
I’m still working on my one liners! 🤣
@@WPTuts keep it up! I look forward to them and that passion you have for the product you are talking about. 😉
Buying this. Great find.
I like to see the image editing option when I capture a screenshot
Update since purchasing it: It seems to have very little progress on development. I wish they'd release the code to the public for much needed updates. If you already have a ton of images, transferring to Eagle is pain staking. When it is synchronizing a new folder into the library it can't do anything else, so you have to wait for it to finish. You cannot import existing bookmarks via an HTML or csv file which to me is a fundamental necessity. It is not a good full bookmark replacement tool, as there isn't any way to access the bookmark menu from the browser ext. When you save a bookmark, it goes to uncategorized in which you have to manually transfer it to the desired folder.
If you're starting from scratch or have a small media library and don't plan to use it for a real bookmark replacement, perhaps it can be a good media manager. For me, it has made the task of getting larger existing media over to it a massive undertaking. And unfortunately I cannot discontinue my Raindrop bookmark manager sub either.
It has a lot of potential but is still a bit buggy when making the library on cloud storage. There are still file formats that it doesn't support such as .eps, so the verdict is still out for me.
Yea, I too use Raindrop bookmarks..
is this Eagle media manager a cpu / memory hog when it's operating on a task? How does it standup when being tasked to do some heavy lifting like importing 1000's of files?
@@BGdev305 to me it seems slow and resource intense... especially if you're using dropbox and onedrive too.. between eagle and dropbox they were spiking CPU and memory during the whole time it was transferring... My PC is a little older, i7 6 core, 64gb ram, Nvme m2 but Eagle's code is not efficient and hogs up CPU... decent front end, but I couldn't tell you if the backend has been Frankensteined maintained or not...
@@SpiritTracker7 Yea I figured it would be heavy on the cpu IF used for more than casual usage.
What's your Eagle app experience atm, especially the library on cloud storage? I'm currently using Kyno to manage metadata but once I put all videos on the cloud, every time I access it, I have to wait for every file to load, which such a cumbersome task when the folder has 100+ video files.
First like, now listening
Thanks Paul - looks really good. Currently hovering over the buy button!
I didn't hover for very long.. lol
@@WPTuts My only niggle preventing an immediate purchase is the fact that I have Adobe Cloud which comes with Adobe Bridge which i've never actually used but think does some similar stuff to Eagle.
@@danstevens1974 I used Bridge and it was very useful, but this feels more integrated into your computer and OS.
@@WPTuts Bought it, tried it, love it! Another great recommendation Paul to add to your list. Thanks!
Oh great :), I've been looking for something similar to ACDSee, I've been using it for ages and couldn't live without it, one thing which will be a real game changer for this type of applications is AI, I wish if it can understand the files (images or anything else) and add its details, it will make it easy to search and filter.. As usual, Thanks a lot Paul 👍🏼
Is this app Chinese owned? When I paid via PayPal the company name was in chinese.
This is a beautiful app - but it has two major conceptual flaws:
⬝ It has no open metadata workflow. You may convert keywords to tags at import, but all metadata-work you perform only lives in Eagle - a classical software lock in. It was possible to use databases and to write metadata to files, as ACDSee and other tools do. That way, you remain free to change to any other (good) DAM and have all your keywords and other metadata intact.
⬝ All data gets duplicated while creating the Eagle database. Other database driven DAMs simply pick up files where they are on your drives (and in addition to database entries writes back metadata to these original files). Having to export out files rules out attractive use cases, such as serving all website-graphics (along with metadata) via data feed from your Desktop.
Is there a sharing/add member option if you work in a team?
The problem with Eagle is that you can only buy the app using Paypal. I have been requesting other means of payment as I do not use PayPal but the company constantly ignores the request for any alternate payment option. A big letdown for me👎
Your link to the app triggers a warning... so you know.
Thanks for the video.
This is what I need!
💪🏼 Great tool. Just had to get it. How do you Paul use pCloud with Eagle?
"If that doesn't get you excited, well, I think you're a little bit dead inside." LOL
Once they finally release a way to share libraries or images externally in a more convenient way this will truly be an amazing app... The eagle pack method is just bad. So far though its been outstanding.
What's the problem with the eaglepack format? I haven't tried it, so no idea if it's any good or not.
I agree, if there is one minor flaw in Eagle it is the sharing capabilities. I've easily circumvented that by storing my eagle database on my NAS, Nexcloud and/or in my pCloud account. Then I use those tools to do the heavy lifting on the sharing. I can also set up upload options using those tools where my clients media/assets and it goes directly into my eagle library to be sorted or acted upon.
@@JustSturgis I have these same tools but haven't tried a work-a-round on it. Now I'm curious and will revisit.
@@WPTuts It's a way to package files and distribute in their own file format as a one-off to others. No syncing, no sharing or collaborative real-time features but the app is still ahead of its time with the features it does have working for it. There may be work-a-rounds though as suggested.
@@JustSturgis Yeah, could you please give us the process for how to connect the DB with pCloud?
Thanks for your sharing.
okay but didnt say anything about how it makes a copy of files and those are the files that gets managed not your original files. so how does that work?
you! SO MUCH THX!
Ironically I just had an 8TB portable drive 'semi' crash. I say semi because through the OS it is unreadable but I used EaseUS Data Recovery and am presently pulling off all of the data onto another 8TB drive. This drive contain everything from camera raw large NEF, CR2, ARW photoshoot files to even larger PSD files, JPGs and so on.. to the tune of about 860K individual files!
The problem is 'some' of these recovered files no longer sorted into their respective folders / dirs, lost tags, etc. So while still pulling of this data I'm thinking of what is the best way to reorganize roughly 2TBs of files (mostly image related).
I have the myriad of tools n apps like Adobe LR.. Adobe Bridge.. etc that I could handle importing, sorting, tagging and even folder creation.
I also have Winautomation that I plan to use to save alot of 'manual' folder creation and moving files.
@WPTuts Paul or anybody else that has used this, is this a cpu / memory hog when it's operating on a task? How does it standup when being tasked to do some heavy lifting like importing 1000's of files?
“If that doesnt excite you, then you’re a little bit dead inside I think” 😂 😂
I can't get it sync properly over pCloud Drive on two computers. Some things are syncing and some things don't. Have it been working okay for you?
@@Mafiakitty yeah, works fine in my experience. I have it connected to 4 Macs.
Im late to the party, but now i get to be Adobe free! (Bridge). Loved Bridge, but after Flash was deemed unsecure and Fireworks was abandoned... Which was my go to tool. I swore off Adobe Products for good. They actually were threatened by a design tool, against their prized Photoshop..smh. Well Eagle has set me free. Goodbye Adobe Bridge.
I’m wondering if Eagle can organize documents too? The reason I ask is this could be used to organize all the files for a web project.
It depends what documents you mean, but scroll to the bottom here (en.eagle.cool/) and all the supported file formats are listed there. :)
@@WPTuts thank you! It looks like any file format is supported. I was thinking text documents from OnlyOffice or notepad or signed pdf contracts.
Yep, I have around 300 files in my eagle library that are not images. These include all sorts of common and uncommon file types. For example yesterday I uploaded a bunch of .dwg files for the first time. I didn't even think that Eagle might not handle those and I was right, the imported perfectly via drag and drop.
@@JustSturgis thank you for confirming this! I think I’ll buy a seat or two.
I am dead inside. Also, cool app.
Come on Dave, you can't be beyond saving! lol
Think about this app bevor you integrate it into you workflow! This app copies all media files in it's own library. This is a nightmare!
I have been looking for an app like this for years! I am a user of "Media Pro" from PhaseOne, formally "Media Expression" by Microsoft, formally "iView Media", which is discontinued.
I am testing eagle right now and I've got a big problem: the App copies all files in it's own library. So you can't see anymore, what is the path of this file. You can't open the file from egale, because it will open a copy only, you have all files twice on your system. All this makes it useless to scan your client's folder hierarchy.
What a pity!!!!! It was so close to becoming my new favorite Media App.
I didn't find interesting the fact of storing the images inside a catalog file. If for some reason the file becomes corrupted, everything is lost apart from the fact that everything is duplicated. For me this sucks and other apps can't use the same folder structure.
to be fair - it is an absolut nogo for a DAM. It is a Digital Asset Storage, i can not even edit my images with lightroom or photoshop. Na, i bought it but i guess it is a 30 bucks wasted.
No iOS app so far for it, right 🙄
No, no native iOS or Android app.
No ProRes support for video? Yeesh. Nonstarter.
Simply I HATE SUBSCRIPTIONS.
And that has what do with this app?
@@WPTuts offer is great. :) one time payment and the software is mine. That what i like. 🙂