Expression Media 2 is gone, replaced by a totally redesigned program called Media Pro 1 -- and with it any support for the older program as well. Phase One, who purchased EM2 from Microsoft last year, is selling an upgrade to the photo cataloging program for $59 for EM2 users ($69 for iView users). There can little doubt now that the "new" program is designed to integrate with the company's powerful Capture One RAW converter and image editing tool. A good deal for Phase One users and certainly a smart move from a corporate perspective to be sure -- but what about the rest of us?
I suspect future versions will quietly integrate into the Capture One system, eventually serving as their version of Adobe's Bridge product (but catalog-based, not browser-based). It just makes sense, after all. But if you don't use the entire package, well. . . .
Any thoughts?
So, the alternatives to Bridge get fewer and fewer.
And to top it off, in the latest issue of Photoshop User magazine (published by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals), under "NAPP Community," is a short note pointing the reader to www.photoshopuser.com where they will find "100 Ways Adobe Lightroom Kicks Bridge A$$ for Photographers." Think I'm joking? Check it out, with video tutorials no less.
Where is this leading, I wonder?
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