I’ll be honest, for me, one of the worst parts of photography is the end of the process, the moment of organize file, the order, in short, the last part of a very long work that begins in your head and ends on a hard drive. That final part of organizing photos makes me overwhelmingly lazy, but it is so, so important…
If you’re one of mine, I’m sure 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 😉 ), having a good program to organize your images is vital to do it with something more enthusiastically, but above all in a agile, effective and secure.
Because it’s not just about dumping everything in a supposedly safe place, it’s about being able to find the images quickly whenever you need them, not abandoning them in a sad corner, but preserving them appetizing, alive and kicking.
So, to make your life easier, here are 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 know its organizational possibilities, you will be even more so :-).
You can organize them by folders, by rating, but also by the EXIF data of the images (type of lens, ISO, keywords or location). Of course, to squeeze all its possibilities, it is best to study a little how it works and its possibilities 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.AdobeBridge
If you’re into Photoshop, you probably already know it and if not, maybe you should 😉 because it goes almost in pack with the use of Photoshop and works very well with Adobe Raw and Photoshop.
Adobe Bridge allows you to very 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, slide shows, lists, light table, etc.
Here you can see a small introduction of its possibilities.
3. Google Photos
It’s a classic and one of the most used and recommended programs to store and organize 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, maintaining good quality) and a very effective search engine to find the images.
Is very simple to use, The assistant is very practical since, automatically, thanks to a well-thought-out algorithm, it classifies the images based on what appears in them.
It also allows to make basic editing settings, make animations and collage, scan old photos, create shared albums with others, or view photos on TV.
Share images It is also very simple, you can do it through Whatsapp, Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
You can download it here for android or here for iOS.
4.Cyberlink Photo Director Ultra 9
Another great program that allows you to effectively organize your photos, 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 remove red eye, adjust skin tone, adjust brightness, color adjustments, remove objects, double exposure, lens correction, vignettes, etc.
Here is a short introductory video (in English).
5. Apple Photos
Those of you who are fans of Apple, 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, and 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, retouch, improve photo… 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, moreover, are very good. As you can see, a super complete program to make your life immensely easier 🙂 .
Here you have the 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 are not erased, it doesn’t matter; I don’t care where or how they are”, “one day I’ll get to this organizing thing”, “I’ll be smart enough 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 plant 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 the fact that they practically do not exist.
So I hope one of these 5 image organization software will make your life easier and more productive. Remember: don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today 🙂 .
And don’t forget to share this article with a friend or acquaintance who needs to put a little order in their photographic life. Thank you very much and until next time 🙂