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Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

By Jack Wallen May 21, 2012, 9:04 AM PDT

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Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

Introduction

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ntI started playing around with photography a while ago and decided I needed more than a file manager to manage my photos. Here are a few tools I found that meet various needs for various levels of users.

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Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

FastStone Image Viewer

FastStone Image Viewer

ntFastStone 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.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

FastStone Image Viewer

FastStone Image Viewer

ntFastStone is free for personal use but requires a license for business use. This tool is available only for Windows, but it does offer a portable version.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

StudioLine Photo Basic

StudioLine Photo Basic

ntStudioLine 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.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

StudioLine Photo Basic

StudioLine Photo Basic

ntStudioLine supports batch processing for the editing features and has an outstanding, user-friendly interface. This Windows tool is free of charge.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

IrfanView

IrfanView

ntIrfanView offers multilingual support, vast file format support, Adobe Photoshop filter support, paint and email options, a built-in multimedia player, embedded print profile support, and much more. Its free and is available only for Windows.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

Shotwell

Shotwell

ntShotwell is the open source photo manager for the GNOME operating system. It comes preinstalled with all GNOME 3-based and Ubuntu Unity systems.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

Shotwell

Shotwell

ntShotwell 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.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

Darktable

Darktable

ntDarktable 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.

Five tools to tame your photo management chaos

Darktable

Darktable

ntUnlike 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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