Improved the speed of browsing by using a faster JPEG implementation (since JPEGs are used for the internal disk cache of thumbnails and previews). The IPTC dialogs can now be customized to show only the fields of concern, their order in the dialog, and the field headers.

Movie files can now be captioned with IPTC using an XMP sidecar file. That means it’s visible in Photoshop, searchable by the newest Mac or Windows OS, and accessible if you’re selling your pics to a stock agency.Improved the look of the user interface to a more professional dark background.Īdded support for numerous IPTC Extension and PLUS licensing fields. Photo Mechanic also has a leg up on the organizing functions in Lightroom and Apple’s Aperture, which use proprietary databases.īut with this software, all of the information you add to your photos stays with them, written into the file. If you primarily use Photoshop, Photo Mechanic beats Bridge because of the extent to which you can control metadata and the speed at which it previews RAW files. Or, if you like, note the original file name so that if your file gets renamed along the way, you can check the metadata to help you locate the original. So put aperture or ISO info in the caption. Using Photo Mechanic’s Variables, you can automatically add info specific to each image. When you “ingest” pictures, you can add detailed information to each image’s metadata, noting who shot it and where, plus keywords, contact info, and captions. Unlike, say, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, it catalogs videos, too, though it doesn’t play them. But preview time is quick, and you can rate your photos while you offload. It’s strictly a viewer and organizer, so plan to do image correction elsewhere. Now in version 4.6, Photo Mechanic lets you offload, add metadata, backup, browse, pick the best, and upload or e-mail pictures incredibly fast.

Photo mechanic does a few things and it does them well, helping you add metadata, backup, and pick the best photos at warp speed.Īsk Photojournalists what software they can’t live without, and they may name Camera Bits Photo Mechanic even before Adobe Photoshop.

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