AboutScott Valentine Expertise Most anything about digital post processing (Photoshop, etc), effects, and image restoration, some technical information about digital imaging systems, light and electron microscopy, optical physics and image analysis. I can help with shooting basics, lighting setups, and getting the most out of your digital camera. I am also an 'expert' here for Photoshop (Computers/Technology > Software > Graphics Software > Photoshop).
I am currently writing a book for Adobe Press on composite artwork using Photoshop CS4.
Experience I've been an image analyst and advanced amateur photographer for over 6 years. I run an Adobe user group, focusing on digital media, and have lectured on digital image capture systems. Currently, I am an administrator for a rather large instructional Photoshop forum
Organizations Adobe User Groups, National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Advanced Imaging Specialists
Education/Credentials Bachelor of Physics, University of California, San Diego
Awards and Honors Winner: Best in Show and several category first place awards - Imaging Professionals of the Southwest Print Competition (multiple years)
Expert: Scott Valentine Date: 1/2/2008 Subject: photo sorting on PC
Question hi,I have a question about how to sort photos quickly. My platform is PC and the OS is Windows XP pro. At the moment I am using the standard Windows Picture and Fax Viewer,but it's very ineffective,because:
I have various folders with a very large amount of photos;I only want to keep the ones I like and discard the ones I don't. So when I get new photos,I find it very time consuming to browse through all of them,then right-click,then choose a path on one of my 3 hard drives,then click 'save',then browse again,and so on for a thousand times! It takes ages. I would like to find a program that allows me to do something like the following:
I specify ,once,in what folder I have to save all the selected pictures,then I press a simple key shortcut on the photo that I want to save,and it automatically gets saved in the folder specified.
Viewing a picture once and save it with a single action would be far more time-saving than right-clicking,specifying where to save,etc.
Sorry about the lenght of my message,and thank you for your help. Happy new year too
Luigi
Answer Thanks for your question, Luigi. If I understand correctly, you want to organize your photos and be able to browse a large collection easily.
It is a free photo organizer and basic editing application. Once you install it, you can set it to "watch" certain folders or scour your hard drives. It will then catalog them, and let you separate them by date or other category that you add later. Give it a few to several minutes to go through everything, and it will display all of your images in a scrolling interface.
There are many options for viewing, sorting, culling, grouping and editing your photos. And, it's still free!
I hope this solves your problem. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask!
