Migrating photo library from ASP1 to other products ?

[madbrain]

Has anyone done this ? Which other products fit the bill best ?

What if anything can be retained of the edits made in ASP1 ?
Are there other products that will read ASP1 XMP files and do a reasonable job ?

What about the metadata keywords ?

[R Frydryck]

As I understand it Corel uses a propitiatory XMP format, so you are stuck with them. That said Aftershot Pro can save as a TIFF to be edited by other programs. So as long as you do not "edit & save back to your TIFF" you have your RAW saved at least to your last edit.

My suggestion is move on. Aftershopt Pro 2 falls flat, with one of the worst V2 upgrades I have ever seen. And with ASP1's disappearance for two years I have lost faith in them and move on to acdsee Pro 7 (which is on sale till July 12th). There are many really nice RAW editors out there, and in my opinion ASP2 has not kept up with the times.

[afx]

What if anything can be retained of the edits made in ASP1 ?
Are there other products that will read ASP1 XMP files and do a reasonable job ?

Nope, each company does its own thing when it comes to raw conversion.

What about the metadata keywords ?

Just export standard XMPs and other programs will pick it up.

cheers
afx