Software

Vegemiteman · 5th November 2009, 2:09 PM

Hope this is the right board

Since my son was born last year, we have 1000s of photos of him spread across 3 PCs.

What I want is some software that will import the photos, show them by date and allow me to bulk rename them to something like "Jack Dec 08" and then maybe tag people in them (Pa, Nana, Dad etc)

I have Picasa and it is ok, plus our camera came with some software that can sort of do what I like - is there any others?

Sir.Eos · 5th November 2009, 3:28 PM

Almost anything (even windows explorer can sort by date photo taken, from the exif data) and then most photo programs will allow bulk renames as in Jan_001, Jan_002 etc. Personally I have in the past used Canon Zoombrowser (because it came with my camera)

what do you mean by tag people though?

xhanatos · 5th November 2009, 3:41 PM

what's wrong with picassa?

most people here will suggest adobe lightroom. there's a 'free' beta (available from the website).. you can try that out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir.Eos

what do you mean by tag people though?

tag the photos with keywords:
http://www.photo-info.co.nz/files/Li...m-Keywords.jpg

Sir.Eos · 5th November 2009, 3:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xhanatos

tag the photos with keywords:
http://www.photo-info.co.nz/files/Li...m-Keywords.jpg

I was just wondering if he meant like facebook tagging or something like that where you actually tag the people

baar01 · 6th November 2009, 7:18 AM

I think he means like this.

Vegemiteman · 6th November 2009, 7:25 AM

Thanks guys

Nothing wrong with Picasa - its is good but I was just wondering if there were any other options.

By tag people I meant - in Picasa you can put tags on Photos and then search by the tags - i.e. Jack with Pa, Jack with Nana etc

xhanatos · 6th November 2009, 7:27 AM

yup, lightroom can do that but it's not free. >$140

ya3 · 6th November 2009, 10:22 AM

iPhoto comes free with all new Macs.

5th November 2009, 2:09 PM	#1
Vegemiteman Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bayswater North, VIC Posts: 250	Software Hope this is the right board Since my son was born last year, we have 1000s of photos of him spread across 3 PCs. What I want is some software that will import the photos, show them by date and allow me to bulk rename them to something like "Jack Dec 08" and then maybe tag people in them (Pa, Nana, Dad etc) I have Picasa and it is ok, plus our camera came with some software that can sort of do what I like - is there any others? __________________ Big thanks to AmB - I now have a name for my fear. It's called EatenByAFuckingSharkaphobia!!

6th November 2009, 7:18 AM	#5
baar01 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brisbane Northside Posts: 535	I think he means like this. __________________ Flickr

6th November 2009, 7:25 AM	#6
Vegemiteman Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bayswater North, VIC Posts: 250	Thanks guys Nothing wrong with Picasa - its is good but I was just wondering if there were any other options. By tag people I meant - in Picasa you can put tags on Photos and then search by the tags - i.e. Jack with Pa, Jack with Nana etc __________________ Big thanks to AmB - I now have a name for my fear. It's called EatenByAFuckingSharkaphobia!!

6th November 2009, 7:27 AM	#7
xhanatos Iron Photographer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Abbotsford VIC Posts: 4,014	yup, lightroom can do that but it's not free. >$140 __________________ Reuters Photo Blog

6th November 2009, 10:22 AM	#8
ya3 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: WA Awesomeness:Extreme Posts: 2,503	iPhoto comes free with all new Macs. __________________ I think you should visit my website.

5th November 2009, 3:28 PM	#2
Sir.Eos Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Adelaide Posts: 167	Almost anything (even windows explorer can sort by date photo taken, from the exif data) and then most photo programs will allow bulk renames as in Jan_001, Jan_002 etc. Personally I have in the past used Canon Zoombrowser (because it came with my camera) what do you mean by tag people though?