It's been two years since I first explained picture tags and how valuable they are for sorting and searching your photos. (See: "Tag! You're It!") While tags are immensely helpful, there's a problem: tagging every picture is so very time-consuming. For instance, on my main computer, I have 52,374 pictures. (By the time you read …
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Photos: Getting Keyed Up
Are you familiar with using keywords to tag your photos? In the left frame above, Gus is on our back porch; meanwhile, in the right frame, the keywords associated with his picture are listed. What is the purpose of keywords? The primary function is to aid in sorting. For instance, on my computer, I have …
Tag! You’re It!
You may not have given it much thought but, perhaps, you have noticed that your photos are often sorted by date-taken on your computing devices. This organization is made possible by something called metadata. Metadata is information that is attached to every picture you take with a camera, tablet, webcam or smartphone. The capability of …