Click to visit website Phota Anyone who has had a digital camera for some time understands how difficult it is to keep track of your images as your collections grow and grow. Enter the latest version of Phota by Whizical!

Here it is all practically done for you, instant image databases from any folder of images you may have created on your Hard Drive as well as sophisticated text fields for describing the images, attributing authorship, times and dates, all of which can be used as parameters in a search function thrown in for good measure!

A bonus feature allows you to display your albums of images in a truly 3D style series of rooms that are auto-generated from all the images in a particular folder. Because these rooms are generated on the fly, there is literally no wait time for even huge collections of images. Options to label and create elaborately tiled rooms with custom ceilings, walls and floors all add to the dynamic nature of this advanced image album software.

There is a utility for creating finished CDROMs available as well which makes creating comprehensive image album archives quite easy and practical.

Unlike full presentation software like Image Armada, Phota is fast and practical and does not demand particularly sophisticated video cards or processing speed. It is ideal for large collections of digital photos which you need to be able access easily and quickly. The Search function is invaluable and since it uses keywords you incorporate into your image descriptions, it's accuracy can be as precise as you want.

I give it my best rating *****
Reviewer
Paul Marcano