![]() After tagging your edits with either a 5-star rating or color code (Screen Shot 3 B), you can sort them together (Screen Shot 3 C) by: color class, star rating, capture time, modification time, filename, etc. You can open new contact sheets by clicking the “+” sign (Screen Shot 3 A), adding images from either a desktop folder or directly from your card reader, if you didn’t use the ingest process. You can customize the window via preferences (Screen Shot 2, below).įrom this main window, you can view your images as a contact sheet and by double clicking on a thumbnail, you’re brought to a larger preview, which I will explain further later. Now that your files have been ingested, let’s look at the interface. Personally I find the GUI user friendly. If you aren’t adding metadata to your files, you should read up on the Orphan Works ( ) bill and rethink that. You can save as many templates as is required. By using the IPTC editor you can go in later and fine tune specifics. By setting up the Stationary Pad (Screen Shot 1 B) you can create a template that will load your reoccurring data into all of your files with the press of one button. You can easily and quickly embed metadata in your files starting here. This is one of the things that makes it a favorite among photojournalists and stock photographers. ![]() The metadata is where Photo Mechanic really has the opportunity to strut its stuff. If you are an impatient person like I am, another ingest feature is that you can open a contact sheet and start viewing your images as they download. (Screen Shot 1 A) By the way, provided you have multiple card readers, you can ingest more than one card at a time. One function I appreciate is that during ingestion you can back-up your files to a second location simultaneously. When using Photo Mechanic’s ingestion tool, you are given batch controls of your images, such as: adding a metadata template, renaming, and back-up. ![]() Images can be imported directly into Photo Mechanic via their ingestion program, or you can open images already stored in an existing archive/folder. Let me go over a few available options that give strength to the Photo Mechanic program: Download/Ingestion Intel Pentium 3 1.2GHz, AMD Athlon 1200 or higher. PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel PC: Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, or XP with Service Pack 1 – 3. At the present time, it is not a cataloguing solution-Camera Bits says that may change soon-but overall it’s a very user-friendly application that I use for all of my DAM workflow. ![]() Photo Mechanic by Camera Bits in all appearances seems to be my replacement. ![]() With the imminent demise of a well-known photo management application I’ve endorsed since the days I embraced digital photography, it became clear I had to find a replacement. ![]()
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