W2R
Moderator Emeritus
For organizing my images, I don't use software. I just organize them by date in folders with names like "2017 photos", or "scans from 1948-1975". Then inside those folders I have subfolders such as "2017_01_31", and so on. You get the idea.
For processing my images to improve their quality, crop, change size, and so on, I use Paint Shop Pro, for two reasons:
(1) I have been using it since the last century so for me it is as familiar and comfortable as old socks; and
(2) it doesn't require a subscription.
I used a version that I apparently updated to, back in 2000 (v6.02) until this month when I bought the latest 2018 version on CD. The 2000 version just had an installation zip file which I could copy onto a new computer whenever I needed to do so and it still works with Windows 10. But the 2018 version seems to require interacting with their website during installation. I assume that if I uninstall from one computer then I can install on another but haven't done that yet.
If that turns out to be difficult or impossible, I still have the file needed to install the 2000 version again.
For processing my images to improve their quality, crop, change size, and so on, I use Paint Shop Pro, for two reasons:
(1) I have been using it since the last century so for me it is as familiar and comfortable as old socks; and
(2) it doesn't require a subscription.
I used a version that I apparently updated to, back in 2000 (v6.02) until this month when I bought the latest 2018 version on CD. The 2000 version just had an installation zip file which I could copy onto a new computer whenever I needed to do so and it still works with Windows 10. But the 2018 version seems to require interacting with their website during installation. I assume that if I uninstall from one computer then I can install on another but haven't done that yet.
If that turns out to be difficult or impossible, I still have the file needed to install the 2000 version again.