Over the last few years it has imported so many pics into the wrong dated folder on my computer hard drive and everything is a mess! Its time to clean things up! I also have many many duplicate pics all over! I’m looking for a basic organizational software that’s Very user friendly and will help me sort out the mess I have going without having to delete each duplicate and rename each pic into the correct file. Thank you for your research in all things photo! My problem: Soo many pictures! I have always used picasa. Moreover, most photo editing software provides functionality for adding watermarks and copyright notices on your photos. Users can create detailed renaming templates and apply them to multiple files – examples of the metadata you can include title, creator name, date taken, photo size, photo settings – basically anything you enter manually in the metadata info section of the RAW files. That being said, Lightroom does have a renaming tool that allows Metadata to be inserted.
I would suggest looking at a separate file-renaming tool – a program that is specifically built for that purpose. Regarding your question – this type of renaming may be a little more advanced than what’s offered in these programs. My aim with these articles is to give viewers a wealth of options to choose from – I tend to stay away from choosing one specific program above the rest as personal preference and opinion also factor into the argument. Thanks for the reply – glad you found the article interesting. I personally use Lightroom – I have 10,000+ photos and I find the photo organization tools this program has really helps! I would suggest looking at the search and sorting features of a program you are considering. Also, you could just use the search function to find specific photos, without actually creating new folders. I know this still isn’t exactly quick, but it works. Once the program finds them, you could then simply create a new folder and move the corresponding photos into it. You could use this feature to search for all photos on a specific date, for example. This means that you can search and sort your photos using different criteria such as date or keywords. Most of the programs listed, such as Lightroom, ON1 and DijiKam Photo Manager do however have advanced search functionality. In relation to your question – there is no such “wonder button” unfortunately. For the future, I would advise organizing your photos as soon as you transfer them from your camera haha. I can appreciate your conundrum haha – sorting through old photos can be a nightmare.