iView MediaPro updated to 3.0

iView Multimedia has announced a shiny new version of its powerful, cross platform iView MediaPro DAM (Digital Assets Management) software. Targeted at photographers and other creative professionals, iView MediaPro is a "media management, presentation, editing, publishing and cataloging application" with a long list of file formats it can work with including most image formats, fonts, audio, video, desktop publishing, HTML and XML files.

New features in 3.0 include a Pro Lightbox, streamlined annotation workflow, batch renaming and annotating on import, visual search, XML import/export, advanced web gallery options and new file format support for WMV, WMA, Word RTF and archived web page files.

The new version will be available November 1st for $199, and I must say: I've been playing with a demo of this app and, while its price might put it out of range of the average home photo jockey, iView MediaPro is a dream to use. One of the features of its core functionality I really appreciate is that it allows you to organize images and files in whatever directory structure you want, allowing you to get to any of your files through the Finder when the need arises. I highly recommend taking a demo of their latest version (either the Pro or its standard cousin) for a spin if you're in the market for a new image and assets management app.

[via Macnn]