@johnphilpin If I remember our conversation correctly, you were, in addition to DT’s indexing capabilities, you were intrigued by the possibility of managing Blot from within the app. For those kinds of functions, I don’t think you need the Pro version. I scan a lot of material into DT and some of the other Pro features, like Bookends integration, are useful to me in my work, so I never actually used only the Standard Edition.
There is one thing to know about managing Blot in DT: Images need to be managed and named outside the app. If you name an image inside DT, as per Blot’s convention, beginning with an underscore so it doesn’t post, once that image indexes to your Blot folder, the underscore is for some reason stripped away—someone at DT explained it to me, but I don’t remember. In other words, you need to use Finder to name and copy the images into whatever folder you’re using.
If you decide to use DT to index files on your hard drive, you do need to learn about how DT creates and manages the relationship between the indexed version of the file and the file on your hard drive. Otherwise, you could end up causing yourself unnecessary hassle. Like anything else, you’ll either find the benefits of using the app are worth adjusting your workflow or adjusting your workflow will turn out not to be worth it.
One thing I do like about DT is that, with the exception of the images in Blot noted above, I can do the work almost entirely within DT, without having to open another app.