Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Tools to Manage Photos


Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

by Jack Wallen  |  May 21, 2012, 4:49pm PDT  |  Image 2 of 11
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FastStone Image Viewer

FastStone Image Viewer does red eye removal, resizing, retouching, cropping, and more. It has a full-screen mode, quick access to EXIF information, a thumbnail browser, and it can  handle multiple image file formats.

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StudioLine Photo Basic

StudioLine Photo Basic offers some unusual features, including Geo Caching, image editing, descriptions, archiving, and online albums. It also offers dual monitor support and a built-in auto-update function.

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IrfanView

IrfanView is unique in that its manager and thumbnail viewer are two different tools. And although the interface might seem a bit outdated, the tool is still powerful and useful.

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Shotwell

Shotwell is the open source photo manager for the GNOME operating system. It comes preinstalled with all GNOME 3-based and Ubuntu Unity systems. Shotwell is an incredible tool for managing your photo collections. It includes direct import from cameras or SD cards, automatic grouping of photos by date, tagging, ratings, editing (rotate, crop, red eye reduction, exposure, saturation, etc.), and the ability to easily publish photos.
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Darktable

Darktable is not just an image management tool, but a photo workshop and workflow tool. It can manage your photos, as well as work with RAW images. It also offers plenty of powerful filters and tools, helps manage images with tagging, supports color profiles, allows you to search images with database queries (via a plug-in), and offers a full-screen zoomable interface. Unlike most of the other image management tools, Darktable does have a steeper learning curve. It's free and is available for Linux, Solaris, and OS X.
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