Sorting pictures
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After 6 years of using a digital reflex camera, I've got about 270 GB of pictures to sort. Usually, sorting means : going through the pictures, make a selection, review, ditch what I did not select. Or going through the picture, copy some of them to another directory. Is there any decent piece of software that can do that easily ? e.g. If a picture is displayed and I hit a key, the picture is copied to a target directory and the next one is displayed ? Or the picture is selected, the next one is displayed and I can review the selection when I have been through all the files ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe a way to finally get into the C# world. Thanks for confirming my intentions :-)
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Remember, if you get stuck, you can always use Q&A[^] :-D But, please, first read the Questions FAQ
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After 6 years of using a digital reflex camera, I've got about 270 GB of pictures to sort. Usually, sorting means : going through the pictures, make a selection, review, ditch what I did not select. Or going through the picture, copy some of them to another directory. Is there any decent piece of software that can do that easily ? e.g. If a picture is displayed and I hit a key, the picture is copied to a target directory and the next one is displayed ? Or the picture is selected, the next one is displayed and I can review the selection when I have been through all the files ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
(as someone else's wrote it might be easy to code, except for dealing RAW images, probably easy, but I've not given it some thought) I use Lightroom to manage my collection. One of the best software buy in a long time. typical workflow : - import images (from camera/disk) (for me, it's "by date"), add keywords and tags. - go through the collection, discard bad images (out-of-focus, bad exposures, ... ), mark and rate images I want to absolutely keep (1-5, stars,colors,... ). - filter out discarded images to see only one I want to keep. ( you can set filtering while you work, so you only see the marked images) - create (smart) collection and drag all good images to collection. - go to collection, and edit/process images (export to flickr or facebook) I do not delete images from HDD unless really bad. Couple of months later, I go through the images again and review all the picked images and will them delete the ones I do not like ... (in general, I do this 2, 3 times and end up with 1%-4% images that I take in one "session". M.
Watched code never compiles.
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(as someone else's wrote it might be easy to code, except for dealing RAW images, probably easy, but I've not given it some thought) I use Lightroom to manage my collection. One of the best software buy in a long time. typical workflow : - import images (from camera/disk) (for me, it's "by date"), add keywords and tags. - go through the collection, discard bad images (out-of-focus, bad exposures, ... ), mark and rate images I want to absolutely keep (1-5, stars,colors,... ). - filter out discarded images to see only one I want to keep. ( you can set filtering while you work, so you only see the marked images) - create (smart) collection and drag all good images to collection. - go to collection, and edit/process images (export to flickr or facebook) I do not delete images from HDD unless really bad. Couple of months later, I go through the images again and review all the picked images and will them delete the ones I do not like ... (in general, I do this 2, 3 times and end up with 1%-4% images that I take in one "session". M.
Watched code never compiles.
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(as someone else's wrote it might be easy to code, except for dealing RAW images, probably easy, but I've not given it some thought) I use Lightroom to manage my collection. One of the best software buy in a long time. typical workflow : - import images (from camera/disk) (for me, it's "by date"), add keywords and tags. - go through the collection, discard bad images (out-of-focus, bad exposures, ... ), mark and rate images I want to absolutely keep (1-5, stars,colors,... ). - filter out discarded images to see only one I want to keep. ( you can set filtering while you work, so you only see the marked images) - create (smart) collection and drag all good images to collection. - go to collection, and edit/process images (export to flickr or facebook) I do not delete images from HDD unless really bad. Couple of months later, I go through the images again and review all the picked images and will them delete the ones I do not like ... (in general, I do this 2, 3 times and end up with 1%-4% images that I take in one "session". M.
Watched code never compiles.
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After 6 years of using a digital reflex camera, I've got about 270 GB of pictures to sort. Usually, sorting means : going through the pictures, make a selection, review, ditch what I did not select. Or going through the picture, copy some of them to another directory. Is there any decent piece of software that can do that easily ? e.g. If a picture is displayed and I hit a key, the picture is copied to a target directory and the next one is displayed ? Or the picture is selected, the next one is displayed and I can review the selection when I have been through all the files ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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As an earlier follower, I have the privilege to ask programming questions in the Lounge. And my mother does not want me to go in Q&A.
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And my mother does not want me to go in Q&A.
I wish my mom told me that when I was young. Oh, The Horrors! THE HORRORS!
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100€ well spent. It just works and it works very well.
Watched code never compiles.
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After 6 years of using a digital reflex camera, I've got about 270 GB of pictures to sort. Usually, sorting means : going through the pictures, make a selection, review, ditch what I did not select. Or going through the picture, copy some of them to another directory. Is there any decent piece of software that can do that easily ? e.g. If a picture is displayed and I hit a key, the picture is copied to a target directory and the next one is displayed ? Or the picture is selected, the next one is displayed and I can review the selection when I have been through all the files ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
ACDSee. I have used it for years and so should you. :) http://www.acdsee.com/[^]
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After 6 years of using a digital reflex camera, I've got about 270 GB of pictures to sort. Usually, sorting means : going through the pictures, make a selection, review, ditch what I did not select. Or going through the picture, copy some of them to another directory. Is there any decent piece of software that can do that easily ? e.g. If a picture is displayed and I hit a key, the picture is copied to a target directory and the next one is displayed ? Or the picture is selected, the next one is displayed and I can review the selection when I have been through all the files ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
If all you are concerned with is selection (not editing, etc.), then Pixort[^] is an excellent tool. The free version works fine (non commercial use). This gives you a one keystroke operation to dispatch a file to another folder and move to the next image. Pixort also lets you easily compare photos as you sort and select, which you may want to do to select the "best" shot. Another option is Irfanview [^]. Configure folders for the "Move" (F7) and "Copy" (F8) commands. This becomes 3 keystrokes to move a file to a specific folder and go to the next image. Sure you could write it, but why re-invent the wheel?
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If all you are concerned with is selection (not editing, etc.), then Pixort[^] is an excellent tool. The free version works fine (non commercial use). This gives you a one keystroke operation to dispatch a file to another folder and move to the next image. Pixort also lets you easily compare photos as you sort and select, which you may want to do to select the "best" shot. Another option is Irfanview [^]. Configure folders for the "Move" (F7) and "Copy" (F8) commands. This becomes 3 keystrokes to move a file to a specific folder and go to the next image. Sure you could write it, but why re-invent the wheel?