How to organize and rename pictures?

How to organize and rename pictures?

How many times didn’t you ask yourself how to rename your photos without too much effort? Usually cameras have a simple system of numbering photos. Using a format like YYY1234.jpg, cameras save the pictures on your PC without leaving you any clue or reference about the picture itself.

Rename your pictures easy

In order to avoid clicking or activating a thumbnail view for your pictures you can easy rename them by using a simple tool. One of the popular tools you can find on the internet and download for free is AmoK Exif Sorter. Basically this software uses metadata stored in every picture and sorts your picture by date, time and location. This means that a picture saved by default from your camera as YYY1234 will be renamed as: 26-02-2009_19:20_Los Angeles.

This picture renaming tool can be used also to create different folders for your different categories of pictures. Using this photo renaming tool you can also rename the folder. Let’s say you want to make a special folder containing pictures from your vacation to Greece. Here is how it works. You just have to highlight all pictures taken in Greece. The software includes this term in the names of the photos and saves them all in a folder called Greece.

In brief, this tool can help you rename, move or copy photo and preview of new file name in real time. Single files, directories or sub directories can be easily processed and handled. You can also try the integrated picture viewer and easily manage your pictures by drag and drop features of this renaming tool.

Rename and save pictures by quality

This simple tool will help professional photographers to rename the pictures not only by date, time or location but also by quality. Exposure or white balance may be used as selection criteria also. This feature helps photographers to sort and rename pictures when creating professional catalogues, booklets or business presentations.

Either a beginner or an advanced photographer, it is very easy now to rename your pictures.