Previously, I described how to create and open photo collections in IrfanView using simple TXT files of file-paths.
Now I’ll show you a much easier way to find your files and create photo collections using XnView. (It’s free and comes in a desktop and portable version.) … [continued]
Tagging images isn’t difficult. It’s not even that time-consuming. You just need the right software. Something that works thoroughly and efficiently in batch-mode if you want it to. … [continued]
After the post on photo collections I’m sure some of you are wondering how you can do this for free, so I’ll tell you.
I’ve found a way to make photo collections with IrfanView. Sort of. All you need is a text file of file-paths to your photos. … [continued]
Since the talk of the serious organizational failings of Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer and Libraries in Windows 7 I’m thinking about photo collections in particular and ways of doing that. And the broader view of photo organizing. … [continued]
I wish there was an easier way of sorting photos. But I realize some of us are organizationally-challenged and that’s half the fun. In a $5-per-truckload-second-hand-store kind of way. Sure, bring it all home if you don’t mind spending a week at the laundromat. … [continued]
Email from a reader:
I have studied all your postings on digital photo organization. I am at a brick wall and I need some help.
I have been using Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0. I like the way it functions. However, for some reason, it keeps crashing on my computer. I believe this is because the program was written such a long time ago that XP is having difficulty with it.
IPTC (a standard set by the International Press Telecommunications Council) is one method of photo organization. This is the closest thing we have to a standard for embedding information in digital photographs. You know, all that stuff people write on the backs of the paper ones, or anything else you’d like to add. … [continued]
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