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and I have EXIF Viewer 2.6. However, Fotofixer looks to be very cool!
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Ron

D40, 18-55II, 55-200VR, 50mm f1.8 & SB400 yet another new bag. Camera/laptop.
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larrytusaz said:
I have several, most of which are of the "file management" type.

First-off there is Exiv2. I finally settled on a file-renaming
pattern for all my images, which (in its most basic way) is the EXIF
date/time of the shot followed by the model of the camera. An example
is 20050823_152456_d50. Combined with some MS-DOS commands I put in a
BAT file, Exiv2 does this automatically very quickly.

But there are other variations, and also when I owned the D50 it was
known for putting the ISO information in the "maker" fields rather
than the "universal" area. Exiv2 copies/pastes that information into
the "universal" area, and handles the other variations--i.e., I put
" raw" as a suffix in the NEF files, and put "nbj" (Nef + Basic Jpeg)
as a suffix in JPEGs shot in RAW+JPEG mode.

http://www.exiv2.org/

Then there is Explorer XP, a file manager that has a batch renamer
built-in, so I can fine-tune any renames, or undo mistakes more
easily. It also makes it easy to assign "speed-dials" to common paths
(so I can browse to C:\Pictures\CurrentCameras\NikonD40 in 1 click)
and drag-drop from one path to the other in the same window.

http://www.explorerxp.com/

Then there is Infranview, you've heard of that one I'm sure. Great
batch renamer and resizer, extremely minimal usage of computer
resources. The only problem with it is that verticals don't show up
that way, guess it doesn't recognize the "tag" in the JPEG.
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It does read the orientation tag. Check your settings!
larrytusaz said:
http://www.infranview.com

The Nikon D40 hack. What a great work-around. Thanks to this little
utility, which edits the EXIF data of the NEF files to read D70
instead of D40 (in order to fool RAW editors not current enough to
know about the D40), I don't have to use Capture NX to edit my D40
NEF files. I can use Capture 4.4 without a problem--and, also, if I
wish, Photoshop 7 or Nikon Editor (the latter I now almost never use
for that purpose) or even the now no-longer updated (but free)
Pixmantec RAW Shooter Essentials.

You can read about that D40 hack at my "D40 tips & tricks" website:

http://www.pbase.com/larrytucaz/d40_tips_tricks

Dare I say it--Nikon View, 6.2.5 (I think). Great for browsing JPEGs
and marking favorites to copy/resize for the web--by the way, it has
a good batch resizer (and renamer, which I never use anymore due to
Exiv2) built right-in. Easy to trigger the proper image editor (I
have 5 to choose from, Photoshop 7, PSP8, Nikon Editor, Nikon
Capture, Infraview) for a given file without having to open that
program and browse to the image manually.

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LRH
http://www.pbase.com/larrytucaz
http://larrytxeast.smugmug.com/
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http://www.pixelfixer.org
 
Some useful free utilities:

Faststone - Photo organizer/viewer/editor.
Allway Sync - File synchronization program.
SharpKeys - Single key remapping program.
AutoHotkey - Multiple key remapping program.
TrueCrypt - File encryption program.
 
Thomas Comerford said:
Thomas Comerford said:
http://www.infranview.com
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Well I will be, don't I feel like an illiterate computer user! All this time I've dealt with that headache, and it wasn't even necessary. I checked the settings, and it was the first one that shows up (I have version ). The "auto rotate image according to EXIF info" was right there, un-checked; I checked it, and it works just fine.

Thanks so much for pointing that out.

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LRH
http://www.pbase.com/larrytucaz
http://larrytxeast.smugmug.com/
 
You're welcome! You may also be interested to know that you can configure it to display the JPEGs that are embedded in your NEFs. Makes it very easy to quickly review your images.
larrytusaz said:
Thomas Comerford said:
larrytusaz said:
http://www.infranview.com
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Click to expand...
Well I will be, don't I feel like an illiterate computer user! All
this time I've dealt with that headache, and it wasn't even
necessary. I checked the settings, and it was the first one that
shows up (I have version ). The "auto rotate image according to EXIF
info" was right there, un-checked; I checked it, and it works just
fine.

Thanks so much for pointing that out.

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LRH
http://www.pbase.com/larrytucaz
http://larrytxeast.smugmug.com/
Click to expand...
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http://www.pixelfixer.org
 
yatesd said:
I vote for this freebee from MS:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b038d4b5-1d88-437c-9f54-1fb0d210b5ef&DisplayLang=en

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Doug
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Hello,

I use the Microsoft Photo Info Tool too. It work good for me but I found the lack of compatibility of the "Five Star Rating". For example the rating I set in Microsoft Photo Info Tool doesn't show up in XnView nor in IDimager. For more info click here: http://cnnrbl.blogspot.com/2007/08/compatibility-of-star-rating.html
 
Brilliant thread so far.

I'll reccommend Microsoft Sysinternals
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

There's a whole heap of useful little utilities in there. Nothing really specific to editing digital photos, but the Process Explorer beats the pants off the standard Windows Task Manager.

And unlike a lot of other Microsoft software, almost all of these are under 1Mb!

thanks for all the tips so far.

Has anyone found a windows shell extension that allows you to view the exif info as additional columns in Windows Explorer? Thats one feature I'd really love. If not, I'll have to set aside some time to develop it myself.

Mark.
 
I just received info from JAlbum that they are now providing Free hosting for JAlbum photo websites with up to 30mb storage and 2gb bandwidth. I'm not affiliated with them, but thought someone might be interested so I'm passing the info along.


C.A. Fields

http://www.cafields.com

 
BullZip PDF Printer - This program creates a Windows printer that produces PDF files. Compare it to Adobe Acrobat Standard which is around US$300! ( http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php )

FastStone Image Viewer - This is one of my favorite programs regardless of cost. It is an awesome image viewer AND downloader, resizer and even contact sheet creator!! (Previously mentioned. http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm )

OpenOffice - If you want the ability to work with Microsoft Office format files but don't want to by an additional license, this is the program for you. The interface and features are actually very nice. ( http://www.openoffice.org/ )

TrueCrypt - Ever worry about losing your USB memory stick and somebody being able to have access to your files? This program creates an on-the-fly-encrypted volume on your hard drive OR portable storage device. (Previously mentioned. http://www.truecrypt.org )

ZipItFast! Pro - Supports virtually all compression formats including Zip, Exe, Tar, Cab, gZip, Lha, Ace, Rar and over 20 additional formats. ( http://www.zipitfast.com )
 
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D200,D80,D50
70-200 2.8 VR, 18-200 VR, 50mm 1.8
SB800
 
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