I will be honest, for me, one of the worst parts of photography is the end of the process, the time to organize the file, the order, in short, the last part of a very long job that begins in your head and ends in a hard drive. That final part of organizing photos makes me overwhelmingly lazy, but it's so, so important...
If you are one of mine, surely you understand me perfectly. If you are lucky enough to enjoy the process from start to finish, congratulations, but what is clear is that, in both cases (and especially in the first one ? ), having a good program to organize your images is essential to do it with something more enthusiastically, but above all in an agile, effective and safe way.
Because it's not just about dumping everything in a supposedly safe place, it's about being able to quickly find the images whenever you need them, not abandoning them in a sad corner, but preserving them appetizing, alive and kicking.
So, to make your life easier, I present to you some of the best programs to organize your photos. Are you coming?
FIVE DIGITAL PHOTO ORGANIZERS
1. ADOBE LIGHTROOM
Not only is it a powerful editing tool, it's also a great image organizer so you don't have to be in several places at the same time or have several programs for the entire photographic process.
If you are already a fan of Lightroom, when you learn about its organizational possibilities, you will be even more so if possible :-).
You can organize them by folders, by rating, but also by the EXIF data of the images (lens type, ISO, keywords or location). Of course, to make the most of all its possibilities, it is best to study its operation and its possibilities a little before starting to organize, so you can find the most efficient system for your work method.
Here You have the link to the download with seven days of free trial.
2. ADOBE BRIDGE
If you're from Photoshop, you probably already know it and if not, maybe you should ? because it goes almost in a pack with the use of Photoshop and it works very well with Adobe Raw and Photoshop.
Adobe Bridge allows you to easily and efficiently organize your photos using color tags, star ratings or keywords.
It also allows batch modifications (same action for several photos at the same time) and export them easily to the web, to pdf. or wherever you want ? .
Also, image files can be displayed in thumbnails of different sizes, slideshows, lists, lightbox, etc.
Here you can see a small introduction of its possibilities.
3.GOOGLE PHOTOS
It is a classic and one of the most used and recommended programs for storing and organizing photos. At the moment it provides unlimited storage in the cloud (although the images must have a maximum of 16MP, otherwise, the same program compresses them to this size, preserving good quality) and a very effective search engine to find the images.
It is very easy to use, the assistant is very practical since, automatically, thanks to a worked algorithm, it classifies the images according to what appears in them.
It also allows you to perform basic editing settings, make animations and collages , scan old photos , create shared albums with other people, or view photos on TV.
Sharing images is also very simple, you can do it through Whatsapp, Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
You can download it herefor Android or herefor iOS.
4. CYBERLINK PHOTO DIRECTOR ULTRA 9
Another great program that allows you to organize your photos effectively, by date, location, color tags, stars, and even facial recognition, allowing you to find the method that works best for you.
It works perfectly with different formats such as RAW, JPEG, etc., and allows you to easily share your photos with Facebook, Flickr, and even Youtube.
It also includes some editing possibilities like removing red-eye, adjusting skin tone, adjusting brightness, color adjustments, removing objects, double exposure, lens correction, vignetting, etc.
Here's a short introductory video.
5. APPLE PHOTOS
Those of you who are Apple fans, surely you know it perfectly, because it is the program to store photos that comes by default with their computers. It is very intuitive and easy to use, it also allows you to share images from your different Apple devices.
It also has many editing tools: brightness, exposure, contrast, color, noise, curves, black and white, retouching, photo enhancement... More than enough to allow you to combine the editing program with the organization program in one. With Photos, you won't need to go far to do it ? .
And if what you like is sharing your images on social networks, you can also do it quickly and easily by email, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Finally, it allows you to design your photo book without leaving the program. The results of the book in terms of design and quality are also very good. As you can see, a super complete program to make your life immensely easier ? .
Hereyou have extended information.
Finding an editing program with which we feel comfortable is essential as part of photographic work, but finding a program that "encourages" you to have your photos organized in a simple and agile way is something wonderful ? . Because at the moment we lazy people think that “it doesn't matter”, “as long as they don't get erased, it doesn't matter; I don't care where or how they are", "I'll get to organizing this one day", "I'll get my act together to find the image I need when I need it"...
But believe me, with the volume of images that we move in the digital world, we find ourselves in thousands and thousands of images that also come from different devices. It is chaos, and not organizing it is equivalent, most of the time, to practically not existing.
