max22 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 What is the best way to organize pictures on windows ? Is there any free or paid software that will help ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I just use in built function "Folder structure" :) DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max22 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 I just use in built function "Folder structure" :) I do the same thing right now but just wondering if there is any better way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted July 7, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted July 7, 2014 Although it's out of date have a look here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohdekill Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I do the same thing right now but just wondering if there is any better way? The most efficient way is tagging. Mac has this, Windows has yet to adopt it. Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Windows Live Photo Thingy? I hate to say it, it suited my needs perfectly It allows tagging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DConnell Member Posted July 7, 2014 Member Share Posted July 7, 2014 I'd just organize my photos into folders based on date, event or whatever, and then maybe use a photo organizer on top of that to let you search by person or location or whatever. That way if you lose the program for some reason, you still have some basic organization built into your file structure. Personally, I just use folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max22 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Ok thanks everyone. Thought maybe there was a better way but guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 You could give Picasa a try and see if you like it... http://picasa.google.com/ https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/156339 xrobwx71 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 THERE IS A BETTER WAY! But it all depends on your usage. Those saying "Just use a folder structure" is absolutely valid - it's a good method - for archival and 1 way querying. Put them into folders labelled by event and date. Fine. It's what Explorer does well. But what about "I want to see photos from 2004 with Gradpa Joe in them"? This is when tagging becomes a necessity. Apple fans will tell you how well iPhoto does it. And it does. But so does Windows Live Photo thingmybob. I use it to tag people, places, dates... It allows me to query my library from more than one direction. So I say choose your main storage angle (date is a valid one) and folder them thusly. Then let tagging take over. DConnell and dipsylalapo 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted July 7, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted July 7, 2014 ^ This. Max22, if you need help you need to be more specific, what exactly are you looking for when you say better way to organise your photos? How does this better way look in your head? Maybe someone can help if you give us those details. zhangm 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max22 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 ^ This. Max22, if you need help you need to be more specific, what exactly are you looking for when you say better way to organise your photos? How does this better way look in your head? Maybe someone can help if you give us those details. Sure I want to be able to organize photos by catergory and have a virtual catalog of all my photos. Kinda like the way google images looks but on my pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted July 7, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted July 7, 2014 Sure I want to be able to organize photos by catergory and have a virtual catalog of all my photos. Kinda like the way google images looks but on my pc. Have you already tried Windows Live Photo Gallery? You'll need to issue tags onto your content, since it can't guess that a picture of a beach is Vacation Fiji Summer 2004, but otherwise, it seems to support what you've described. It also supports face tagging, though the recognition algorithm doesn't seem to have been updated for a while and you get funny faces in trees, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz99 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Is Picasa can catalog images with tags ? I've always tought that I can do that kind of thing with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DConnell Member Posted July 7, 2014 Member Share Posted July 7, 2014 THERE IS A BETTER WAY! But it all depends on your usage. Those saying "Just use a folder structure" is absolutely valid - it's a good method - for archival and 1 way querying. Put them into folders labelled by event and date. Fine. It's what Explorer does well. But what about "I want to see photos from 2004 with Gradpa Joe in them"? This is when tagging becomes a necessity. Apple fans will tell you how well iPhoto does it. And it does. But so does Windows Live Photo thingmybob. I use it to tag people, places, dates... It allows me to query my library from more than one direction. So I say choose your main storage angle (date is a valid one) and folder them thusly. Then let tagging take over. Very good point. The only reason I don't do this is that I don't have the patience to go through and tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted July 7, 2014 MVC Share Posted July 7, 2014 To be honest I would think you would always use a folder structure since your storing the files on filesystem - dumping everything into 1 folder would be counterproductive to be sure. Now if you use something on top of that to make it easier to view and search seems like what every software I have ever seen does, call it albums, catalogs, whatever - but most of them can read the exif info from the picture and give automatic details like date and even location if your camera has gps, etc. Or other info you might put on them from the device that takes them. Tagging is great as well, but for example picasa will do auto face recognition and allow you to find photos with people in them very easy without any input from you. Like with anything the more upfront work you do the easier it is going forward. In the windows world, picasa and the live gallery both work and have different feature sets that might make one better for a specific use than the other - but since they are really both free, I use both for example ;) Just point them to where you store your photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 BudMan, not sure if you can comment: Picasa vs Windows Live Gallery - I know WLG stores tags in the file itself, I believe Picasa uses a local DB? And to the OP: You say you want to view them in categories". Please try not to use such a wooly term. Category is meaningless. Do you mean by person, by location, by event, by date, by camera, by arbitrary tag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 You can also tag via OneDrive site, I hope they add parity to the app soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 You can add tags to the photos in the Windows Explorer. As others suggested about folder structure. This is best option including tagging. The tagging option is in the Explorer.. You can't miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrobwx71 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 You could give Picasa a try and see if you like it... http://picasa.google.com/ https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/156339 I have been using Picasa for years and love it! FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 The most efficient way is tagging. Mac has this, Windows has yet to adopt it. Windows has tagging. At least as far back as Vista. Not sure about XP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted July 11, 2014 MVC Share Posted July 11, 2014 But what about "I want to see photos from 2004 with Gradpa Joe in them"? This is when tagging becomes a necessity. Here is what I do People Places Things Events In the case of Grandpa joe from 2004 he would be found in people / family / Grandpa Joe / 2004/ For example for this years pictures of my parents ... People / family / Mom / 2014 people / family / Dad / 2014 People / family / Mom dad (Them together in a photo)/ 2014 All that being said, I get your point of what if granda joe was in a xmas photo in events / Christmas / Joe Family / 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 The most efficient way is tagging. Mac has this, Windows has yet to adopt it. Had to check if this was an old necro post from windows 98 or something. Windows has natively supported tagging in the filesystem since at least XP. other than that, the best free photo organizer for windows is Windows (Live) Photo Gallery. fast and efficient. even auto tags faces for you if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Here is what I do People Places Things Events In the case of Grandpa joe from 2004 he would be found in people / family / Grandpa Joe / 2004/ For example for this years pictures of my parents ... People / family / Mom / 2014 people / family / Dad / 2014 People / family / Mom dad (Them together in a photo)/ 2014 All that being said, I get your point of what if granda joe was in a xmas photo in events / Christmas / Joe Family / 2004 There only one problem with tagging files.... you actually have to do it :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 There only one problem with tagging files.... you actually have to do it :p So? I like manually tagging my photos. I am not lazy. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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