- #PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 PC#
- #PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 OFFLINE#
- #PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 PLUS#
- #PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 WINDOWS#
Go to the tab and create a new collection, then search for the photos you are wanting to include once they are visible on the preview panel, simply select them, then right-click on the Collection you want to add them to and select "Add selected items here." Collections can be filtered and you can add sub-collections. The Browse tab can be thought of as a simplified Filter, where you can drill down through your metadata elements to see images that match a specific element you are interested in for example, images captured on a specific date.Įxamples of search, filter and browse in PhotoMechanic Plusįinally, the Collections tab lets you create groups of photos inside a Catalog. These can likewise be saved as snapshots. The Filter tab is far more specific, allowing you to hone in on individual fields - for example, an 85mm lens along with a specific keyword - in order to build up filtering criteria. These searches can be saved for reuse (called snapshots) meaning you can build up complex queries if you want which will automatically pull in new images as your catalog grows. By default, it searches across all fields, but you can restrict it to specific types such as "lens 85" to see all images shot with an 85mm lens (click on the cog next to the search bar to see examples of searches). Search is a keyword search that can use boolean operators such as AND and OR (the default option for multiple items is AND). These are Search, Filter, Browse, and Collections. Search will let you search a catalog using different tabbed contexts on the left side of the panel. Make sure you tick the appropriate option to enable it. There are two options available for a catalog: search and add/modify. You can also automatically add photos to a catalog at Ingestion. If a contact sheet is already open ( see Part 1) then you can select the photos you want to include and then right-click to access the "Include in Catalog" option (or exclude to remove the selection). You can also specify file extensions to include or exclude. You can use the Catalog->Scan To Catalog option which brings up a dialog allowing you to select one, or multiple, folders to add with options to exclude folders and use folder search patterns. Talking about creating catalogs, there are a number of ways to do this. And of course, you can also go back and re-scan folders to create new catalogs again from scratch. So, you could put all your weddings in one catalog and portraits in another, or separate by client. A default catalog is loaded at startup, but you can create and use as many as want via the Catalog->Manage Catalogs menu.
#PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 WINDOWS#
The Catalog is accessed via the Organizer panel I tested this on Windows and this has been split out from the Navigator/Favorites panel (in case you look at any online tutorials) in the latest update. Like Lightroom, it doesn't store the original images, just previews, and metadata.
#PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 OFFLINE#
database) for multiple drives and folders of both online and offline media, showing image previews and metadata. This allows you to load an image catalog (i.e. This is a big change that has been seamlessly integrated into the existing interface through the addition of an Organizer tab on the left column.
#PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 PLUS#
With the release of Photo Mechanic 6, Camera Bits produced a Plus version - so what is the difference? Quite simply, the added functionality of an image catalog, allowing Photo Mechanic to do your digital asset management. This is perhaps a curious omission as Photo Mechanic is famed for its blazing fast speed and if there is one area that would benefit from a speed boost then it's the catalog So What Makes It Plus?
One area where it was lacking was related to stage 2 and the image catalog. By its own admission, Photo Mechanic Plus isn't an image editor and there are plenty of sophisticated alternatives on that front. In part 1 I covered the ingestion and output stages. In fact, it's only a quarter of the story: ingest, catalog, edit, and output.
#PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 PC#
The ingestion of images into a PC is only half the story when it comes to managing your photo collection.
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