User Reviews

  Worked great for organizing 3000+ photos and  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 4
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I found the product easy to learn and it's tagging ability unmatched. I had audio, video and photos in a wide variety of formats that I was able to catalog in the application. The project I was working on was a large multi-media presentation and being able to have all the media organized and categorized made an impossible job seem bearable. Media Purveyor was great. I also made a few suggestions to the developer and he was very quick to add the features I requested and saved me thirty or forty hours of work. The interface does take some getting used to and appears a little dated, it would be nice to see it brought up to XP and Vista standards. Once you master the interface, there seems to be no limits with what you can do with the application.

  Still excellent  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 4
• Value: 5
• Overall:

After quite some time using MP, it's only better than before. I can still say nothing bad about it, I like it more than ever and some old reviews will hopefully be changed. The ease of use I gave very good but for those who can't catch on a quick as others or are new to this or simply don't have patience won't find it so easy. It really depends on the type of person. Personally, I could have given it an excellent but it's not just my use I rated it for. This is still just an awesome editoretc..and think the creators deserve an applause. As well, the other negative reviews from long past were incorrectalse statements and should be changed as they STILL don't apply. Just because you don't like something, please, don't lie about it either, tell the negatives but don't lie, that is just bad practice. Still Purveying!

  Promising, slow  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 1
• Value: 4
• Overall:

It looks very promising to be different. Although not intuitive, like most other similar programs. Interesting and unique features. Main problem - very very slow importing all images. Maybe it's the first time when you open the program.

  Very impresive  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 3
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I have been looking for an editor/image catalog for sometime that would allow custom tags or keywords. MP is it. And then to my pleasant surprise I find that the keyword data is embedded and travels with the pic from machine to machine--COOL! No need to share the "catalog". I've been a PC hobbiest for 20 years and I have to say I am very impressed. I love the lossless edit features too. Nice Job!

  Shows a lot of promise, needs some minor work  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 3
• Ease of use: 2
• Value: 5
• Overall:

Should have select all/none for file associations during setup! Unable to thumbnail contents of Temporary Internet files... Irfanview use to have this ability but no longer! I consider this important for an image viewer as it is a large source of pictures and helps users remember where they have been online or find the site for something they remember seeing! Edit image windows selection tool seems to outline the selection with about a 64 pixel wide shadow??? Interface needs some work... It's a nice design but unfinished! Most of the view panes around the edge of the application window should be closed by default. Buttons should not overlap tool bar icons when pains are resized. The left pain behaves inconsistently from the others, does not close by mouse click and crashes the application upon click-resize after a drag-resize event! This is generally a very nice program despite a few bugs and is definitely a keeper for anyone who plans on really tweaking some pics!

  Amazing work!  

• Interface: 3
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 3
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I have been hunting for a powerful photoviewer with customizable data fields. This is the only freeware capable of doing this ... nicely. It is also too capable, making it too complicated for novice users. If you are looking for a software with zero learning, this is not for you. Nice work!!!

  Media purveyor... not for the novice user!  

• Interface: 3
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 2
• Value: 2
• Overall:

After reading the previous reviews, I had to see Media Purveyor for myself. The developers deserve tremendous credit for all their effort. A lot of work went into this program as this is one of the most extensive freeware programs I have seen. Everything does work with Media Purveyor contrary to the the previous three reviews. However, you will need patience to learn to navigate and use Media Purveyor. This program is not for the novice user or someone who prefers the "KISS" approach! Although there are many useful and convenient features for picture conversion built into Media Purveyor, the same capabilities are available in many other graphic programs with an easier interface. Having used many different graphic programs over the years, ease of use is what most people look for, including myself. Hopefully, the developers of Media Purveyor will continue their work with that in mind as they offer many wonderful capabilities with their program!

  Reminded me of an adware infection  

• Interface: 1
• Features: 2
• Ease of use: 1
• Value: 2
• Overall:

I'm sure that MP is very powerful, and that the writers are very nice people who put a lot of work into it. Unfortunately, when you run it, apart from the very annoying splash screen and multicoloured scan bars, it starts this undefeatable all-singing all-dancing full screen 'scanning for media' routine with an eye-scorching bright blue user interface that makes it feel like your PC is being taken over by adware - and this is in 'non-novice' mode or whatever they call it. (The clunky 'Media Purveyor' name is a clue to its peculiar phraseology). The interface is completely counterintuitive. I never got as far as trying to resize the windows or sort the folders, or even trying to configure it at all. It's ugly and overengineered, and I like my own colour scheme, fonts and scrollbars, not someone else's. And on uninstallation, you get scary, meaningless warning messages about folders you didn't know existed. Sorry guys, I hated it.

  Response by software author  

There are several points that are simply wrong: 1) Re: "annoying splash screen": Most programs have a splash screen and the MP splash screen does not require a timeout. Press a key or click the mouse and it goes away instantly and there is an onscreen message that states this clearly. You can also disable the splash screen from the configuration screen (as of version 1.3). 2) Re: "undefeatable screen": There are no "undefeatable" screens. The media scan process displays a "Cancel" button most prominently. The media scan process itself is optional and not the default behavior. The wizards themselves are all optional and can be canceled by clicking cancel or closing the window (stock Windows behavior). It only takes four clicks to get going after install (using all the default options) and that includes closing the splash screen. 3) Re: "colour schemes": Though Media Purveyor does use its own default color scheme, the colors are configurable directly from the configuration screen. 4) Re: "Scary uninstall messages": They contain notes that state explicitly "If you do not know what this means then you may safely disregard this message." All of that said, your colorful and emphatic criticism of the interface must be based on something truly confounding (and not just a hatred for the color blue). Though the UI is based on several other popular applications there is an added level of complexity because of the description based searching and perhaps the software could do better in that department. I will make every effort to improve the user experience with future versions. Thank you for your honesty.

  Not for me..  

• Interface: 2
• Features: 2
• Ease of use: 1
• Value: 2
• Overall:

I admit that I'm into instant gratification. I was frustrated with this program, not impressed with all the prompting interface wizardry, and to top things off, it locked up trying to read some of my larger graphics folders. The freeze was not an isolated event. It is hard for me to recommend a program that locks up on my system and also requires tolerance, patience and other qualities that I lack.

  Response by software author  

The wizards are intended to acquaint new users with Media Purveyor s unique functionality. However, MP can be used as a conventional thumbnail browser, image editor and slideshow application with no headache or hassle. You are correct that it was a mistake to force the wizards upon my users and so as of version 1.2.4 the wizards are completely optional and can be skipped without problem. The locking issue was recently identified by a user/tester and has also been corrected in version 1.2.4 (the issue had to do with EXIF data from specific cameras and was therefore difficult to test in-house). I understand that freeware still represents a time investment for the user and I sincerely apologize for the loss of your time as a result of the application lock up.

  Too much nagging  

• Interface: 2
• Features: 2
• Ease of use: 1
• Value: 3
• Overall:

Ok- too many wizards and cannot close them?? Too much junk to figure out-I have a major headache right now!! Yukkkk...........

  Response by software author  

The wizards can now be closed and skipped as of version 1.2.4 and were only there to help you through the unique new functionality; conventional functionality for a thumbnail browser/slide show application is self-explanatory. Media Purveyor does quite a bit for a free program and it attempts to surface all of the functionality so that everything is quickly and easily accessible. The downside is that everything (actually only 70%, an effort was made to hide more advanced functionality) is presented and this can be overwhelming. However, I invite you to use what you need and not worry or become confused by the options.