![]() One program allows you to search for only one tag at a time. Two programs I trialed, Mylio and Photoshop Supreme, had no provision to search exif data - where the stuff like time of day, and focal length, and camera model is kept. Searcher No point in tagging if you can't search the data. Having some kind of support for actual facets would be a big win. And you have to decide on what to do where it's not relevant. You also need a way to mark a facet as irrelevant.Ĭrudely you can implement these with constructs like WEA:Cloudy but then you still have to be able to search for images that don't have WEA:* as a keyword. If you do facets, you need a way to search for images that don't have an entry for facet X. Weather makes no sense for an interior shot. I prefer to go through a set of images several times, concentrating on one of these at a time. Usage: Have you sold exclusive rights for this image? Exclusive for 18 months for a calendar? One or more classes of description about the scene - weather, mood. (Woman with child Young boy.)ĭescribe the technical aspects - close up, high/low key, lighting GPS is fine, but "Lock Ness, Scotland" or Kensington market, Toronto, Ontario, Canada is easier to visualize. If, in addition to some general keywords for the batch you add a few per image you have a big win. You still may have a bunch to wade through. Search for holiday and focal distance less than 5 feet. If all your holiday shots are tagged 'Holiday' and your program can search existing metadata, your problem is solved. It was an incidental pic on some holiday, but which one. Tagger But what do you do when you are looking for the closeup of a butterfly. Often remember that the shot took place on your trip to Italy, or that it was the Smith & Brown wedding is sufficient. Many people will use some combination of Year/Month/ and string to describe event. So let's look at what I mean by a photo manager:īrowser Pix initially come in in bunches, and as such they go somewhere in some folder structure on your computer. I'm starting to avoid the word 'DAM' as it increasingly refers to industrial sized software costing tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. I've been thinking a lot about photo management. ![]() Further they won't release screen shots, feature lists etc.Ĭurrently using Apple Aperture. Supposedly in beta, but although I was 'on the list' to beta test it, I was never contacted, and I can't find anyone on their forums who will admit to beta testing. Skylum is in trouble over it's vapourware DAM.
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