Personal   Professional
GENERAL
Definable sidecar file extensions    
Integrated Light table / max images / 4   / 30
UNC file names for better support of images on network shares    
Supports working with multiple/different databases    
Database size limit Personal SQLite 2 Gb    
Database size limit Professional SQLite     2 Tb
Database size limit Professional SQLServer Express / Standard (2005 or 2008)     4 Gb / unlimited*
Customizable thumbnails  
Clean-Thumbnail-Display mode    
Image Stacking    
Versioning support  
Custom definable version place holders (maximum) 5   unlimited*
RAW Support  
Work in Offline Mode    
Histogram / configurable /-   /
Script Manager for script development with visual GUI designing    
Batch processing: foreground / background /-   /
Quick Scripting: run / design /   /
Integrated CD/DVD burner  
Run Slideshows  
Slideshow Designer    
Frame Designer  
Portfolio Organizer  
Web publisher with ftp support  
Transfer to photo sharing sites  
Direct Image E-Mails  
Integrated Print Module / max dpi / 300   / 600
Store page designs as a Print Template    
CATALOG
Hierarchical Catalog Structure  
Label Assignment Panel  
Label Sets    
Geo Labeling    
Face labeling    
Speech labeling    
Fast labeling with Keyboard Shortcuts    
Catalog label relationships    
Booleanwise searching (including search scripts): run /design /-   /
Customizable preview-sub text    
Metadata branch entry in the Catalog Explorer    
Version Placeholder branch in the Catalog Explorer    
Catalog States branch in the Catalog Explorer    
Timeline branch in the Catalog Explorer    
Toggle individual branches in the Catalog Explorer    
Support for synonyms for catalog labels    
Folder marking with 9 customizable color states    
COLLECTIONS
Downscaled thumbnails (up to 20%)  
Upscaled thumbnails (up to 300%)    
Virtual Collections    
Fast Collections    
Image Basket  
Collection filters / filter scripts /-   /
Stamp thumbnails with catalog labels and/or album collections    
Stored previews for faster operation with self definable preview size, and quality    
METADATA
Phonetic meta searching    
Offline metadata (database stored metadata)    
Automatically reads back metadata changes made outside IDimager    
Introduce your own custom meta properties (XMP Schemas)    
Self configurable fields in the Image Details editor    
Custom selectable tags for the Exif Summary    
Cascading metadata within a version set    
IPTC support (IIM and IPTC-Core): read / write /   /
XMP support: read / write / extensible //-   //
EXIF display: on-line / off-line /-   /
Export metadata to CSV/XML  
Customizable Image Detail editor fields    
DOWNLOADER
Integrated Downloader  
Run download profiles as a background process    
Version Combi Detection: fixed / configurable /-   -/
Download from Stored Media  
Download from PTP/WIA devices  
Download from E-mail    
Support for pre, post and handler scripts    
Run a batch file as part of the Download process    
Rating and Culling    
SCRIPTING
Quick scripts: design / run /   /
Quick interface scripts: design / run -/   /
Normal scripts: design / run -/-   /
Search Scripts: design / run -/   /
Filter Scripts: design / run -/-   /
Sort Scripts: design / run -/-   /
Inline Scripts: design / run /   /
Download Scripts: design / run -/-   /
 
* limited by disk space or operating system
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