Photo Mechanic
Photo Mechanic® is the Fast Media Browser That Helps You View, Organize, Manage, and Export Digital Photos
Photo Mechanic is a fast media browser that helps you view, organise, manage and export your digital photos and videos.
The minute you put down the camera, your post-processing workflow begins. The most productive photographers in the world use Photo Mechanic and it features to make managing photos faster and easier.
It allows you to quickly ingest/import photos from your memory cards and pick your favourites without having to wait.
It’s part of every single one of my photography workflows and I honestly couldn’t imagine it without it!
Photo Mechanic isn’t just for photojournalists; its speed and organizational tools now help all professional photographers work faster and more efficiently. For over 20 years and counting, Photo Mechanic remains the go-to software for professional photographers around the world.
About Photo Mechanic
WHY USE PHOTO MECHANIC?
- it’s Fast! Lightning fast!
- it uses Variables…
The most powerful (and probably underused) feature of Photo Mechanic is Variables.
Variables are a set of data that Photo Mechanic can fetch from one location and automatically insert into any other location.
There are 3 sources for this data:
- Your camera and photos. All the data that’s already inside your RAW or JPEG file. Like shutter, aperture, ISO, GPS info etc.
- Data from your computer. local date, time etc.
Any set of data you have entered in a field. for example your website URLthat AutomateTasks, so I can spend more time shooting and being creative with editing.
Ingest
Copy your images off of your memory cards and start working right away
Ingest is the process of copying files from a memory card to your hard drive. Photo Mechanic supercharges this step by automating other tasks at the same time, making your life much easier.
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Start Editing Immediately
Don’t wait around. See the thumbnails of your images while they’re being copied from your memory card. Cull, rate, and tag them as you go. Photo Mechanic is fast!
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Browse Files Faster
Go from image to image quickly – faster than ever before in Photo Mechanic. Find your keepers and bring only the files you want to keep into your post-processing workflow.
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Multi-Card Ingest
Save time by copying images off several memory cards at the same time when you have multiple card readers.
Add Metadata During Ingest
Save a step by adding copyright and credit information during the copying process
Edit
Edit your photos in Photo Mechanic in a flash!
Editing your photos can be a lot of work. Photo Mechanic makes the process of selecting, organizing and adding metadata to your images so much easier. Here are some of the key features that help you get things done more quickly and accurately.
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Contact Sheet
The Contact Sheet is the heart of your workflow. See your image thumbnails, edit and organize quickly and efficiently. Photo Mechanic puts you in control.
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Preview Raw Files Fast
Flip from one image to the next without any render delay. With thousands of images, the savings really add up.
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Keywords
Sometimes you need more than one keyword to describe (and find) an image. Photo Mechanic helps you add keywords in many ways. Structured Keyword lists allow you to add related keywords fast.
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Variables
Automatically add EXIF camera data to your images like focal length, serial number, or ISO to metadata fields like captions or keywords.
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Batch Editing
Work faster when you copy, delete, tag, watermark, rename, resize, and add IPTC metadata to lots of photos at once.
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Move, Copy, & Rename
Add capture time to filenames. Create dated folders on the fly. Copy files to multiple destinations at once. Photo Mechanic’s file-management tools are incredibly powerful.
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Code Replacements
Save time typing long complex text with Code Replacements. A few keystrokes can add entire sentences to your captions.
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GPS Coordinates
Geotag your photos by easily applying your saved GPS tracking logs to your photos with Photo Mechanic. Now, in Photo Mechanic 6: Use GPS data to automatically add city, state and country names to your metadata!
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Adjust Capture Dates And Times
Take photos from multiple cameras and get them synchronized to the correct date and time. This is great for wedding photographers with second shooters.
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Pick The Best Of The Bunch
View and compare images side by side, horizontally or vertically. Spot differences between images that are too subtle to see when viewing one at a time, or simply pick between two top choices.
Try Photo Mechanic for free
Photo Mechanic is used by photographers around the world to save time and hit crucial deadlines. The best way to learn about how much time Photo Mechanic will save is to try it. No risk, no credit card needed. It’s free for 30 days.
- Enter your email address. We’ll email you a download link
- Click on the installer and you’ll be guided through the steps
- When prompted, click the TRY button
Enjoy full functionality, including Photo Mechanic Plus, during your trial period.
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