Lightweight and convenient image sorter. Photos in order: five programs for organizing a photo collection

Tools for organization are available in almost every image program. You can often find programs that are simultaneously viewers, editors, and cataloguers. These are, for example, Zoner Photo Studio, ACDSee, Nero Kwik Media and many others. There is no doubt that all-in-one tools are convenient for many users. But if, among their many capabilities, the main ones for you are those related to organizing photos, you may want to take a closer look at specialized programs.

Firstly, such applications are not overloaded with unnecessary options - and therefore, in most cases, they work faster and more stable than multimedia processors. Secondly, specialized programs They usually offer more tools to search for photos based on different criteria. Read our review about five apps that make organizing your photo collection easier.

⇡ Daminion 1.0 RC

• Developer: Daminion Software
• Operating system: Windows
• Distribution: free
• Russian interface: yes

Under its current name, the Daminion cataloger has been in development for more than five years, but its creators have much more experience in writing applications for organizing photographs. Previously, Daminion developers released the PicaJet program, but later decided to write a completely new application with multi-user access to the photo database and other interesting features. At the same time, a single-user version of Daminion is also available, which is distributed free of charge. The multi-user version is called Daminion Server.

Daminion works with catalogs - databases of photographs, and adding files to the catalog is the user's responsibility. This means that you need to manually specify the path to the folders with the images. In this case, files can be physically copied or transferred to the folder that is used to store data, or they can simply be added to the directory without copying. At the same time, Daminion remembers relative paths to files, so when you transfer photos to another drive, all data in the directory will be preserved. When adding photos to the catalog, you can immediately assign tags to them, or you can do this later - everything is at the discretion of the user.

As soon as the files are added to the directory, they are displayed in the program window in the form of thumbnails with captions. In the signature you can see basic information about the file: name, resolution, size, shutter speed, ISO. In addition, each thumbnail contains tools for organization: you can quickly set a rating, tag the image, add keywords, set a color tag, and view detailed metadata. The user can change the way files are displayed, displaying only images without additional information, or, conversely, removing thumbnails and calling up a list of files with information about them.

If you select an image, you can see more information about it in the Properties panel. There is also an opportunity to supplement this information: indicate the people who are depicted in it, the event during which the photograph was taken, the location where it was taken, the category. For professional photographers fields such as “Project”, “Client”, “Copyright” are provided. You can also fill in fields in the “Properties” panel in batch mode - to do this, just first select necessary photos. All changes to tags are synchronized with file metadata, so information about files is always presented both in the database and in the files themselves.

If the right panel is informational and at the same time serves for data entry, then the left panel - “Tags” - is intended for search. All file search criteria are at your fingertips. For example, you can display only pictures located in the same folder, expand the “Creation Date” list and quickly find a photo by the month it was taken, display only files with the maximum rating, and so on. It is very important that, in addition to custom tools for organization, the program also offers many automatic ones. For example, it is very easy to select geo-tagged images taken with a specific camera using a specific lens. There is nothing difficult in using several conditions at once.

The program also has an advanced search that allows you to use up to fifty parameters, including operators AND, OR and others.

There are no tools for editing images in Daminion; you can only rotate the thumbnails for easier viewing. If any changes were made by mistake, you can always roll back to the previous version - the program keeps track of revisions. This is especially true when working with the application multi-user.

Daminion works not only with graphic files, but also with video, PDF documents. At the same time, the program is optimized for working with very large collections of images (the test database consists of 500 thousand images), so you don’t have to worry about the stability of its work when adding new files. By the way, for convenience, you can use several independent directories that can be opened in the program simultaneously, each on a separate tab.

⇡ IMatch 3.6

• Developer: photools.com
• Operating system: Windows
• Distribution: shareware
• Russian interface: no

Despite the fact that the latest version of IMatch dates back to the end of last year, when looking at the program's interface, it seems that it is many years old. Indeed, appearance has always been the weak point of IMatch, and against the backdrop of modern interface solutions, small buttons with graphics Windows style 2000 looks scary. The author has long promised to redesign the appearance of the application, but has not yet done so. However, many users still prefer this program.

The main reason is the support for scripts, thanks to which you can connect to the program almost any function that is not implemented in it by default. For example, there are scripts for managing file versions, for finding files that have been tagged incorrectly, for checking the correctness of names, and others. Scripts do not have to be created manually - many useful additions have already been written by other users of the program and are available on the forum.

Another important feature of IMatch is its stable work with large collections of files. The program easily copes with databases containing hundreds of thousands of photos, does not slow down and works quite stably. In addition, IMatch implements a periodic reminder of the need to create backup copy.

Like Daminion, this program works with photo databases that must be manually populated with photographic content. The processes of creating a database and importing images are implemented in the form of a wizard, but despite this, it is difficult to call them intuitive. There are too many boxes to check along the way. By default, in the program window the database is sorted into folders. It is also possible to view by category, by saved search templates, by the history of selected files, and so on.

⇡ MyPhotoIndex 1.24

• Developer: My Photo Index
• Operating system: Windows
• Distribution: free
• Russian interface: no

MyPhotoIndex is inferior in functionality to its more advanced competitors, but the program has several important advantages. Firstly, the program is free and open source. Secondly, it is very simple, and the user does not need to rack his brain for a long time about where to find this or another option - they are all at hand.

The program offers organization of photos by categories, by tags and by rating. Tags can be added to the slice when importing images into the program database, and several tags that are used most often are already added by default.

Access to all main functions is provided through the context menu. With its help, you can add and remove tags, add and edit comments, change the date the photo was taken, send photos for printing, encrypt them, and set them as wallpaper on your desktop. Separately, it is worth noting the data sharing capabilities: with one click, photos can be uploaded to Facebook, Flickr and other services.

Using built-in search tools, the user can search for photos by tags, by title and other criteria. The search function for images that were taken between two specified dates is convenient.

⇡ Photo Event Organizer 1.3

• Developer: GearMage
• Operating system: Windows
• Distribution: free
• Russian interface: no

Of course, it’s very good when you have the time and desire to keep your photo collection in perfect order: set ratings, sort pictures by category and add tags. But, unfortunately, even a simple sorting of hundreds of photographs into folders takes months for some. Thanks to large memory cards, we don't have to worry about running out of space and often copy photos to our computer once every two months. And then all the events recorded during this time end up in one pile.

Photo Event Organizer is simple program, which helps in easily sorting running photo archives by date. Specify the directory in which all photographs are stored, and also set the time period that determines the duration of one event. After this, the program will show you what period of time the photos will go into each folder, and will offer to give a name to each event during which they were taken. If you wish, you can simply sort photos by month or year.

Once the operation is complete, you will see new folders with neat names like “October” and “November”. Photo Event Organizer can both copy photos to new folders and move them, which is, of course, faster. If duplicates are found during the copying process, they will not be transferred to the new folder. Thus, the program can also help free up some space on your hard drive.

⇡ Namexif 1.6

• Developer: Digicamsoft
• Operating system: Windows
• Distribution: free
• Russian interface: no

And finally, another simple free utility that helps you organize your photos by adding information about the time they were taken to the file names. The information is taken from the metadata written to the file at the time it was created. Once you get files with names like 2013-04-01-17h56m56.jpg, they become a little easier to navigate.

Namexif works in the form of a wizard: the user is first asked to specify files or folders. Since the program can look into subfolders, you can immediately select the root directory, and then Namexif will find and rename all photos at once.

At the second stage, you need to select a renaming format. For example, an application can leave the original name at the end or add arbitrary characters to all names.

Unfortunately, there is no function for previewing changes, as well as a rollback, so it is better to practice on small folders first.

⇡ Conclusion

Requirements for image organizing programs may vary, but the end goal for the user is always the same - the ability to quickly find the photo they need. Each of the programs discussed above helps with this in its own way, so all you have to do is choose the one that best suits you. Don't forget that photos that you can't find are as useless as they were long deleted.

The beginning of autumn is the time to sort out summer photos, and at the same time organize the family photo archive. For years, millions of users have used the free Picasa program to do this. But this year you may have to reconsider your habits - as of May 1, Picasa will no longer be downloadable. The popular program suffered the same fate as Google Reader and is now no longer supported. You can only work with Picasa if you have downloaded it previously, but please note that no further updates will be released for it.

It would seem like nothing, but there are enough programs for organizing photos on the market, both paid and free. But despite the huge selection of applications for working with images, finding a full-fledged replacement for Picasa is not so easy. Mainly because, for all its simplicity, this program was multifunctional: with its help you could organize photos into albums, select pictures according to various criteria, perform basic editing operations, and quickly upload albums to the cloud.

Let's not forget that Picasa was a free solution, which means commercial programs should not be considered as an alternative. We also intentionally do not include in this review programs whose main function is to view images. Our goal is to find solutions that allow you to organize large collections of images and upload photos to the Internet.

⇡ Google Photos is the successor to Picasa

To create a backup copy of your photo archive in the cloud, you can hardly find a better solution than the successor to Picasa - " Google Photos".

Firstly, all web albums uploaded using Picasa are automatically transferred to the new service from Google. Secondly, as in the case of Picasa, users of the new service receive unlimited storage space for photos whose size does not exceed 16 megapixels. For most people who use their smartphones for photography, this means being able to download their entire photo archive for free, since the number of smartphones with higher-quality cameras is not so large (even the iPhone 6s has a 12-megapixel camera, and the Samsung Galaxy S6 has a 16-megapixel camera).

To upload photos to the cloud from your computer, you need to use the Google Photo Backup application. Like Picasa, it allows you to automatically download all photos from memory cards, desktop and standard Windows folders for storing pictures. In addition, you can add any number additional folders, in which photographs are stored.

When automatically copying photos to the cloud from memory cards, you can also choose a folder in which to save a local copy of the images. Google Photo s Backup can download images at their original resolution or automatically compress them. RAW files are supported, but loading is disabled by default (this can be changed in the settings).

If everything is more or less clear with uploading images online, then many other Picasa functions have not migrated to Google Photos. The online service has rather modest image editing capabilities (and, frankly, the editor interface leaves much to be desired); there are no tags, captions, or comments on photographs that are familiar to Picasa users. So if you've been using Picasa not only as a tool for uploading photos online, but also as a cataloger and editor, it's worth looking for a desktop application with the functionality you need in addition to Google Photos.

⇡ BonAView 1.9.0

• Developer: High Motion Software
• Operating system: Windows
• Distribution: free
• Russian interface: yes

BonAView is not the most famous program for working with photo archives, but it is undeservedly ignored. In terms of functionality, it is close to Picasa, and in some ways it even surpasses the recently closed program.

Viewing images is possible by catalogs, by albums, or in the Timeline mode beloved by Picasa users, when photos are automatically organized by the program by time of shooting.

You can use ratings to sort images and create custom albums. BonAView is suitable for working with photo collections of any size, as it supports an unlimited number of albums (including any number of subalbums). The number of photos in each album is also not limited.

You can use filters to sort images. They help to display only photos related to a particular album, having a certain name or a given rating.

Viewing photos is possible in two modes: in the form of thumbnails, the size of which can be easily controlled using a special slider, and in 3D view. The second mode allows you to work with a “carousel” of images, rotating and even editing them as you view them.

By the way, about editing. There are many functions for improving photos in BonAView. There are options for adjusting color rendering, level correction and red-eye removal, tools for automatic settings, tools for sharpening and blurring, about a dozen effects (sepia, negative, shadow, etc.), a good set of frames for different cases. It is interesting that, as in “large” photo editors, it is possible to apply editing tools not to the entire image, but to part of it, having previously selected the required fragment.

It is also worth paying attention to interesting feature to create visual annotations. Using it, you can add various graphic elements and text to the picture.

Let's also mention the excellent built-in search engine. BonAView can search for photos by specified folders, by user albums, by certain properties (size, resolution or file type, last modified date, rating).

To quickly select photos stored in different folders and albums, it is convenient to use the ImageBoard tool (analogous to Photo Tray in Picasa). Once photos are placed in ImageBoard, you can add them to albums and perform other operations as a group. But there are no full-fledged tools for batch processing in BonAView - for this the same developer offers separate program ImBatch.

Unfortunately, BonAView does not include any means for sharing photos with other people. This may be due to the fact that the latest version of the program dates back to 2013, when social functions were not as in demand as they are now. However, BonAView can be used in conjunction with Google Photo Backup.

⇡ JetPhoto Studio 4.15

• Developer: Atomix Technologies Limited
• Operating system: Windows/Mac
• Distribution: free for non-commercial use (Pro version available)
• Russian interface: no

JetPhoto Studio combines the capabilities of a cataloger, viewer, graphic editor, and also contains tools for publishing photo albums on the Internet.

To start working with the program, you need to create an album. Then photos from different sources are added to the album (from a memory card, from local folders, from a webcam, etc.). When sorting images in an album, the user can mark them with a star, add keywords and notes (that is, a text description of the photo). It is also possible to edit information in EXIF. All this data can be used when searching for the desired images. And pictures marked with a star can be quickly selected. It is convenient to use a calendar to search for photos. Simply click on the desired date and only photos taken on that day will be shown.

In addition to the usual mode for viewing photos in the form of thumbnails for such applications, JetPhoto Studio offers an interesting feature of displaying images on a map. The program perfectly understands geotags and makes it possible to assign them either manually or based on the downloaded GPS track. There is also integration with Google Earth, creation of KML and KMZ files. If information about where the photo was taken is not automatically available, you can easily add it by simply pointing to the location on the map. This can also be done for a group of photographs by first selecting them.

JetPhoto Studio offers many different ways to easily view your images. For example, based on selected photos, you can create wallpaper, flash gallery, screen saver, slide show, web gallery in one of several formats.

But the image editing capabilities are more than modest. There are only a couple of very simple effects, tools for basic image correction and cropping.

Like Picasa, this program allows you not only to work with photos locally, but also to publish them on the Internet. There are two main ways to do this: using the Flickr service and the JetPhoto Server. The second method involves creating your own website with web albums based on the proposed templates. The user needs to purchase hosting, deploy JetPhoto Server on it, and then upload web albums from the program to the site. Agree that for most this is too complicated and expensive (especially since we are looking for an alternative to Picasa, which means free solutions).

But integration with Flickr is very interesting, because on this photo hosting you can store photos with a total volume of up to 1 terabyte. In order to be able to upload your photos to Flickr, you need to authorize JetPhoto Studio to access account. After this, you can upload both entire albums and selected photos. In this case, you can upload originals or compress images to a specified size, manage privacy settings, and add geotags. Keywords and notes added to photos in JetPhoto Studio will also be transferred to Flickr. For the convenience of users, the amount of available free space is shown before each download.

Among the disadvantages of JetPhoto Studio, it is worth noting that the interface is not very responsive. The program often freezes when performing certain operations, and importing photos with default settings generally paralyzes the computer. However, if you switch to import in the background, you can work with other applications. In an age when even many web applications can simultaneously load data and perfectly respond to any user actions, this looks like an archaism. However, JetPhoto Studio is in a sense a relic of the past, because the latest version of the program dates back to 2013.

⇡ WindowsPhotoGallery ("Photo Album") 2012

• Developer: Microsoft
• Operating system: Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
• Distribution: free
• Russian interface: yes

Perhaps someone will consider the application from Microsoft not the most the best alternative Google product, but Windows Photo Gallery is very similar in functionality to Picasa. The application can be downloaded for free as part of Windows package Essentials. In addition to the component we are interested in, the package also includes a blog editor, an email application, OneDrive and a program for working with video files. During installation, you can select only those applications that should be installed.

Immediately after launch, Photo Gallery picks up all the photos stored in the image library (by default, these are the My Pictures and Public Pictures folders). To add other images, you just need to show the program where they are stored by changing the library settings.

If you need to copy photos from a memory card, just connect the drive - the program will immediately offer to import pictures.

In the Photo Gallery window, photos are sorted by the time they were taken. In this case, as in Picasa, there may be photos stored in different folders nearby. Their location on the disks does not matter. If you wish, you can choose one of many other sorting options: by folders, by ratings, by drive types, by people depicted in photographs, by title, by geotags. The appearance of the application workspace is flexibly customizable: you can enable the display of additional information about the file, rating, signatures, quickly change the sort order, etc.

A variety of tools are offered for organizing images: ratings, flags, captions, text tags, geotags, information about the people present in the photographs. To add tags different types Convenient to use sidebar. As the user works in the program, a database of tags is compiled, and later one can quickly find photographs tagged with a certain keyword, or those in which the desired people are present. Interestingly, Photo Gallery can help with identifying people: the program itself finds the heroes of photographs and offers to indicate who they are.

All photo information added to the Photo Gallery can later be used in searches. For example, you can search for pictures taken in certain months and tagged with a particular tag. The AND and OR operators are used to define search criteria. The search criterion can also be the file type (video, photo, raw file) and whether it was published on the Internet.

Photo Gallery allows you to send photos and video files by mail, as well as upload them to various online services: Flickr, OneDrive, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo. Images can be compressed to the desired size before downloading. In addition to sending them to the Internet, photos can be used to create panoramas, collages, and videos (in the Movie Maker application).

Photo Gallery also offers some image editing tools. There are several filters with a convenient preview function, tools for color correction and noise removal, exposure settings and photo alignment. In addition, directly from the program you can rename files, change resolution, and edit information about the shooting date. It's convenient that everything changes made can be canceled by pressing one button.

Unfortunately, Photo Gallery support for Windows 7 will be discontinued soon. This is because Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 have a built-in Photos app for viewing, organizing, and sharing photos online. This application allows you to view photos in different modes: by album, by folder or by date. Photos is integrated with OneDrive, and all photos a user works with in the app can be uploaded to the cloud. Albums are created automatically based on best images or manually by the user. However, in terms of functionality, Photos is inferior to Photo Gallery (just as Google Photos is inferior to Picasa - simplification is in vogue these days).

⇡ Zoner Photo Studio Free 18

• Developer: Zoner, Inc.
• Operating system: Windows
• Distribution: free
• Russian interface: yes

We deliberately placed Zoner Photo Studio at the end of the review, leaving this application for dessert. Despite the fact that the program is the younger brother of the professional version of Zoner Photo Studio, it has all the modern important functions for organizing your photo archive, as well as free uploading to your own photo hosting. From paid version Zoner Photo Studio Free is different in that it does not have advanced image editing tools: masks, filters, gradients, selection tools, noise removal, adding frames, perspective correction, working with HDR, as well as tools for screen capture, batch processing , creating video slideshows. However, the list of what the program has is much longer than the list of missing options.

Zoner Photo Studio Free can work both as a simple tool for viewing photos stored on disk or on any media, and as a cataloguer. In order to create a database of photographs, you need to import them into the program from any folder, from a memory card, etc. Photos stored in the database can be displayed in the form of a calendar, by folders or by keywords. There are a lot of viewing modes: from one in which the main part of the window is occupied by one image, to “tiles” (with the ability to flexibly adjust the size of thumbnails). You can also display multiple photos side by side and view geotagged photos on a map.

Image sorting is also great: photos can be sorted by title, rating, date created or last modified. There are also a huge number of advanced criteria that involve all EXIF ​​data. In addition, the program can separately show RAW and JPEG images, giving preference to either the first or the second.

To the right of the viewing area there is an information panel where you can easily edit all the data about the photo. So, it is possible to set a color label, add a rating, title, description, keywords, and change EXIF ​​information.

Zoner Photo Studio Free does not work with third-party cloud services, but it offers unlimited space for storing photos on its own photo hosting Zonerama. After creating an account and gallery, a Zonerama item appears in the navigation bar with two folders: “Public Albums” and “Hidden Albums.” It's easy to guess that all photos sent to the first folder become publicly available, and pictures uploaded to the second folder can only be viewed by the owner. To upload photos, simply select them and drag them to the desired album with the mouse.

Although the editing capabilities are limited compared to the professional version of Zoner Photo Studio, the range of editing options is quite impressive for a free program. You can not only change the image resolution and canvas size, but also add text, place one image on top of another, add some effects, perform color correction, improve sharpness, work with shutter speed and white balance.

⇡ Conclusion

In general, as our little research has shown, most free programs that can be considered as a worthy alternative to Picasa have one common drawback: they are quite old. Therefore, you still need to think about whether it’s worth switching to an unfamiliar solution or staying with the abandoned, but still working Picasa for some time. The only program that stands out from the rest in that it is actively developing and looks modern is Zoner Photo Studio Free. Apparently, it can be recommended as the best replacement for Picasa.

Nowadays, computer technology has freed us from the need to store photographs in huge albums on shelves. Now photographs are stored digitally, occupying gigabytes on computer hard drives. A huge number of “New Folders” sometimes makes it impossible to quickly find the desired image in the photo archive. We decided to talk about the best programs for sorting photos on your computer, thanks to which searching and viewing photos will be nothing but pleasure.

TOP 7 best programs for sorting photos on your computer.

This image viewer is lightweight and allows you to edit photo. IrfanView does not overload the system thanks to only the necessary options and a simple design. The application's performance makes it ideal for use on home PCs. Other benefits:

• Ability to work with all image formats.
• Function of adding audio and video files.
• Convenient options for minor editing (removing red eyes, adding effects, etc.).
• Batch moving and converting files.
• Slideshow in a convenient mode.
• Clear interface.
• Ability to take screenshots and crop photos.

In addition, the application is completely free.

This utility allows you to work with an image database and organize photos on your computer. Daminion is designed like a catalog and stores images even when they are moved to another location. Pros:

• Convenient display in the form of signed sketches.
• A complete summary of information about each image (size, extension, exposure, etc.).
• Various functions (pictures can be tagged, rated, added keywords, etc.).
• The ability to add information about pictures and indicate the place, people in it, and category.
• The presence of “Client” or “Project” fields, which is especially convenient for professional photographers.
• Advanced search (the program searches not only by folders and shooting date, but also, for example, by the camera used, geo-tag and other parameters).

Daminion is stable even with huge catalogs of images.

This file manager allows you not only to organize your photos on your computer, but also to convert them to any format. A rich set of tools and a user-friendly interface make the application very popular. Main advantages:

• Huge number of supported formats.
• Powerful converter.
• Ability to work with a scanner.
• Ease of creating albums, catalogs, slide shows and even HTML pages.
• Ability to sort by shooting date, weight, name, etc.
• Clear and easy to use interface.

The program is free and suitable for both beginners and professionals in working with images. Batch editing and a set of filters are very appreciated by many users.

Despite the very unfinished appearance of the program, IMatch is still popular among users for a number of reasons. The main one is the ability to connect all kinds of scripts to the utility that are not in the basic version. This allows you to customize the application to suit you. Add-ons are available for download on the forum. Advantages:

• Stability even when working with huge image catalogs.
• Reminders to create backups.
• Convenient sorting of pictures.

You've probably heard about this image browser. ACDSee has earned its popularity due to its speed, ease of use, and many printing options. In addition, the developers have focused on the interface: it is simple, understandable and equipped with tips at all stages of work. Graphic editor has basic options: applying effects, rotation, compression and other simple functions. Main features:

• Wide coverage of formats.
• High performance with low system requirements.
• Possibility of printing and recording files on media.
• Convenient converter and editor.

This version of the program is free, but there is also a paid version with advanced functionality.

MyPhotoIndex 1.24 does not have such advanced functionality, but some advantages still make it popular. These include:

• Open source program.
• Simple interface and set of functions.
• Organizing catalogs according to various parameters: tags, categories, ratings, etc.
• Frequently used tags are added by default when loading into the database.
• The ability to encrypt images and conveniently add them to sites and servers.

In addition to the basic options for viewing and adjusting a photo, the utility has a very useful aspect of image recognition. The application scans hard drive computer and allows you to manage all found files in a very convenient form. Main advantages:

• Easy to organize images.
• Supports a large number of formats.
• Possibility of batch work with files.
• The function of setting a password for albums and folders.
• Clear interface.

Picasa is suitable for the average user whose goal is to put order in photo volumes, improve quality, create collages and other simple actions. Plus, the program is absolutely free.

We looked at the most convenient, in our opinion, programs for organizing images. They all differ in their set of options, and each user will be able to choose what they need. What application do you use?

An unbridled desire to photograph anything and everything is typical of any owner of a digital camera. Therefore, on the computers of the vast majority of users (who among modern users does not take photographs?) quite quickly accumulates an unimaginable number of pictures, which are often located in randomly named folders and have meaningless names. Finding the right photo in such gigabyte photo jungles is quite difficult, because it is unrealistic to look through the entire photo archive every time. As a result, unique photographs that captured some memorable moments of life will most likely be lost among a host of other images.
However, providing quick and convenient access to specific photos is not so difficult. To do this, you will need to think carefully about the system for storing images in your photo archive and involve specialized software tools.

Storing pictures on a computer

The first thing you should clearly understand is that storing all your pictures in a digital camera is not the most convenient and, of course, not the most reliable way. It is better to download photos to your computer after each photo shoot, and do this as soon as possible - while the memories of the events are still fresh in your memory. After this, it is wise to immediately get rid of bad shots - blurry photos, dimly lit photos, out of focus photos, etc. Of course, some of them can be improved by certain software tools, but if you have the same images of better quality, it’s clearly not worth spending time on correcting shooting defects.

Of course, when importing photos to your computer, it is better to dump them not into randomly created folders - otherwise, in the future you will spend a lot of time searching for the necessary pictures. You should develop some kind of hierarchical system for storing images (taking into account the nuances of a possible search), and then save the images in accordance with your own system of rules.

There are many options for organizing image storage in a photo archive. Most often, when distributing pictures into folders, they are guided by the calendar-geographical principle (in this case, the date and place appear in the folder name - for example, 2011_05_27_Crete) or they divide the pictures into folders, taking into account the events at which they were taken (for example, 2011_07_31_Birthday) - Fig. . 1. You can also take into account the subject of the pictures (landscapes, animals, flowers, etc.), etc. in the system. In general, each user will have his own version of the hierarchy in the photo archive, which depends on the significance of certain criteria for him.

Rice. 1. Possible option
photo archive folder structures

In addition, it may be useful for searching if you tag photographs with keywords (family, vacation, corporate event, etc.), thereby combining them into virtual thematic collections. This will allow you to quickly identify (by filtering or otherwise - depending on what software tool will be used to solve this problem) images taking into account the keywords of interest. It's quicker to assign such keywords while importing images from the camera, although you can do this later, after saving the photos to disk. Unfortunately, in any case, the initial process of assigning keywords will require some time and effort, although modern software allows you to assign keywords to groups of photos at once, which significantly speeds up the process. In addition, you need to approach the assignment of keywords thoughtfully - with an eye to the expected needs and, relying on the software tools that will be used to manage the photo archive.

As for file names, not everything is clear here. It is advisable to use descriptive file names that can be used to easily identify what kind of image it is, since it is completely unrealistic to guess from the view name DSC_0705 that this is, say, a photo from a family vacation in Thailand. Therefore, it is better to rename pictures using a template. The type of template is determined by the nuances of the search. It seems to us preferable to include the date (possibly only the year and month) and frame number in the image name - for example, 2011-09-05_0015.jpg or 2011-09_0015.jpg (15th frame, taken on September 5, 2011 or in September 2011 ) - rice. 2. It is also possible to add the name of a place or event to the name of the photo - a variant of the name of a specific photo from the group in this case may look like: Thailand_2011-09_0015.jpg. Such renaming should be carried out in batch mode (manually renaming hundreds and thousands of files is completely unrealistic) - it is better during the process of importing files or immediately after loading them into a photo archive.

Rice. 2. Batch renaming files

When developing an option for hierarchical separation of photographs, you should be guided by two important principles. Firstly, if possible, place photographs of the same type together - this will simplify orientation in the future. Secondly, each image should be added to the archive in a single copy, otherwise the volume of the archive will noticeably increase, and difficulties will also arise if it is necessary to edit images that have duplicates. It should also be noted that it is more convenient (both in terms of orientation and from the point of view of the intended backup) to store your photo archive on a separate disk or in a separate partition (ideally, on a separate external disk), where no other information will be saved.

Photo management

After setting up a hierarchical system for storing images on disk, you can manage your photo archive using a variety of software tools. The simplest and most accessible way is to use Windows 7 libraries. Libraries are essentially virtual folders in which files are combined regardless of their physical location. This makes it easier to find, use, and organize files on your computer or network. By default, libraries are designed to help you manage documents, music, images, and videos more efficiently, although you can use them to organize other files if you want. Viewing files in libraries is done in the same way as in regular folders.

In the case of working with your own photo archive, it makes sense to create a library specially designed for this, assign it an appropriate name (for example, “Photo Archive”), and then directly from Windows Explorer indicate to Windows the range of folders that the new library will contain (Fig. 3). It is worth noting that the specified folders with photos can be stored on various media (for example, on the hard drive of a desktop PC and an external hard drive), but, nevertheless, after placing them in the library it will be possible viewing corresponding images in one window. And this is not the only convenience - it will also be possible to organize files by properties (for example, by date, type, etc.), sort and group them according to a number of parameters, including keywords (Fig. 4).

Rice. 3. Defining a range of folders for the created library in Windows 7

Rice. 4. Grouping images based on keywords through libraries
Windows 7

You can go the other way - use the graphics viewer you like, which has minimal functionality for organizing photo collections - as a rule, support for categories, tags and ratings (similar capabilities are provided in many solutions of this kind). Which solution to choose is a matter of taste and wallet, since on the market you can find both recognized commercial products, and quite worthy alternative free applications. As an example, let's name the paid program ACDSee, well known to most users, and the free cross-platform viewer XnView, which is gaining popularity. Both of these software products are designed for viewing, organizing and simply editing images.

Working with images in these solutions is easy and convenient, since the developers have provided different options viewing images, included simple tools for performing basic editing operations, thought through functionality for convenient exchange pictures, etc. As for organizing a photo archive and getting quick access to images of interest, the possibilities here, of course, are more impressive than in the libraries of Windows 7 (that’s why there is specialized software!). Thus, rating images allows you to assign each image a certain value in terms of its value (for example, quality), thanks to which in the future it will be possible to quickly find the most popular original images. The use of color marks also simplifies organization - with such marks, for example, you can mark images at different stages of the workflow (in some colors - original images, in others - images after correction, in others - images selected for printing, etc.) - Fig. . 5. No less convenient is the use of categories, thanks to which you can instantly find images belonging to a specific category or even several at once (Fig. 6).

Rice. 5. Use custom color markers to highlight photos
in ACDSee

Rice. 6. Quick Receipt access to images from two categories at once in XnView

As a rule, an even more convenient option for managing a photo archive is provided by photo organizers, which are designed to organize and sort digital photographs. Therefore, it is not surprising that these products have more advanced capabilities for organizing photo collections and quickly searching for images in them. There are many similar solutions on the market. Some of them (such as Apple Aperture, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager, etc.) are quite expensive, difficult to learn and aimed at professional photographers. At the same time, home users also have nothing to complain about - they have at their disposal numerous compact and easy-to-learn applications that are affordable or even free. Examples of such programs include Zoner Photo Studio, PicaJet and Picasa.

Cataloging pictures using photo organizers is as easy as shelling pears - just place each photo immediately in its assigned logical catalog category (Fig. 7) or first in a general storage, and then assign categories to the pictures (often with the ability to highlight different categories with icons), ratings and tags, and also assign keywords (this will determine whether the images belong to specific logical groups). Note that you can assign keywords to all selected images at once and not just one keyword at a time (Fig. 8) - this significantly reduces the complexity of this operation.

Rice. 7. Adding files from disk to the PicaJet category

Rice. 8. Assigning keywords in Zoner Photo Studio

All this will allow you to quickly find the photos you need in the future by searching, filtering, sorting and grouping. It is especially worth noting the possibility of taking into account keywords when searching and filtering, which makes it possible to perform complex search queries (taking into account not only one, but also several keywords) - Fig. 9. In particular, by manipulating keywords, you can easily find in the depths hard drives all photographs with a sunset on the river, a son on a bicycle, temples during restoration, blossoming apple trees, etc., even if you took photographs of such objects along the way, many times and at different times.

Rice. 9. Quick search based on keywords in Zoner Photo Studio

Briefly about the products

ACDSee 14.3

Developer: ACD Systems

Distribution size: 71.8 MB

Work under control: Windows XP(SP2)/Vista/7

Distribution method: shareware (30-day demo - http://www.acdsee.com/en/free-trials)

Price:$29.99

ACDSee is a world-famous graphics viewer (Fig. 10), aimed at both professionals and home users. Includes tools for quickly and conveniently viewing files in a wide variety of graphic formats, as well as audio and video files and archives. In addition to viewing graphics, this solution can be used for editing and cataloging images, batch processing files, searching for duplicates, online image sharing, etc.

Rice. 10. Working with images in ACDSee

Cataloging in ACDSee is based on the use of categories, ratings and multi-colored labels. Categories are created manually (there is a predefined list of base categories) and can be nested; For better orientation, categories are highlighted with different icons. The ratings in this program are basic, but the labels can be edited, which allows you to separate images into logical groups in accordance with personal tasks. There is support for keywords and geotags, it is possible to edit EXIF ​​and IPTC data. Pictures from a variety of devices are imported into categories: hard drive, CDs, digital cameras, flash drives, scanners, etc. Batch renaming of files is supported. With one click you can send selected from different places according to some principle, files into the so-called Image Basket for further editing or sharing. When viewed, images appear as thumbnails, full screen, or as a slideshow; If necessary, individual fragments of the image can be easily viewed in enlarged form using a magnifying glass. Get more quick access It's easy to get to the photos you need using sorting, grouping, and filtering based on image size, date, rating, tags, EXIF ​​data, categories, and keywords.

The editing panel built into the program, in addition to supporting basic operations (rotation, cropping, etc.), will help correct the exposure of the image, adjust levels and curves, perform color correction, get rid of red-eye and noise, and also apply standard filters to the image. These operations can be performed not only on single images, but also on several images at once in batch mode. Tools are provided for comparing images and converting them to other raster formats. In addition, ACDSee allows you to burn pictures to CD/DVDs, combine them into slideshows, PDF files and web albums, and easily share images by uploading them to social media, to FTP servers, etc.

Zoner Photo Studio 14

Developer: Zoner Software

Sizedistribution: Zoner Photo Studio Free - 26.7 MB; Zoner Photo Studio Pro - 87.7 MB

Work under control: Windows XP(SP2)/Vista/7

Distribution method: Zoner Photo Studio Free - freeware; two other editions - shareware, 30-day demo version (http://www.zoner.com/ww-en/download-free-photo-program)

Price: Zoner Photo Studio Home - $34.99, Zoner Photo Studio Pro - $69.99, Zoner Photo Studio Free - Free

Zoner Photo Studio is a recent product on the market, but already a well-proven program for managing and editing photographs and organizing shared access to them (Fig. 11). Possibilities this decision are impressive, many functions were implemented by developers with an eye on professional products, in particular Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. The program is presented in three editions: free Zoner Photo Studio Free and two commercial ones - Zoner Photo Studio Home and Zoner Photo Studio Pro. The capabilities of the free edition are limited to basic functionality. In addition, this edition does not have a 64-bit version and does not support GPU acceleration or dual-monitor operation.

Rice. 11. Organizing a photo collection in Zoner Photo Studio

Zoner Photo Studio allows you to create a photo archive in the form of a set of albums based on an existing folder structure or manually. Albums have an unlimited nesting level, and the easiest way to create them is by dragging the corresponding folders with pictures from the Explorer window onto the “Albums” folder of the program navigator. You can replenish your photo archive directly from devices (from memory cards of a camera, scanner, etc.), as well as by obtaining images from websites, PDF files, etc. When viewing images, they are displayed in the form of icons or thumbnails; to speed up access to the images of interest, it is easy to use sorting, built-in search and filtering. When filtering and searching, EXIF ​​data, keywords, service text information (title, description, etc.), as well as ratings, tags and GPS coordinates (the latter are entered manually or read from Google maps) can be taken into account. It is possible to batch rename files using a template.

The editing capabilities are also impressive and will interest both beginners and advanced users. The former may be limited to basic functions (rotation, cropping, alignment, automatic improvement images), and the latter will be interested in using such advanced editing functions as adjusting levels, editing colors, improving exposure, reducing noise, etc. Any changes can be applied not only to one, but also to several images at once in batch mode. There is also functionality for converting images from RAW formats to raster formats and editing EXIF ​​data. It's easy to combine your favorite photos into a PDF slideshow or convert them into a postcard, and even create 3D and HDR images. As for publishing, it is worth noting the creation of web galleries, recording DVD presentations, printing (using templates and photo calendars), sending email, as well as uploading to Facebook, Flickr and Picasa web albums.

PicaJet 2.6

Developer: Picajet.com

Distribution size: PicaJet FX - 5.91 MB; PicaJet Free - 4.81 MB

Work under control: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7

Distribution method: PicaJet Free - freeware; PicaJet FX - shareware, 15-day demo version (http://www.picajet.com/ru/index.php?page=download)

Price: PicaJet FX - 490 rub.

PicaJet is a convenient and very easy-to-use program for cataloging image collections (Fig. 12). It is presented in two editions: free PicaJet Free and commercial PicaJet FX. The free edition includes only a basic set of functions - in particular, the creation of categories is not provided, the sorting and search capabilities are more than limited, etc., so we do not recommend choosing PicaJet Free to manage large and complex archives. The commercial edition has everything you need for effective organization photo archives has a set of functions, and it may well suit most home users.

Rice. 12. Managing your photo collection in PicaJet

To organize a photo archive, PicaJet uses categories that are created automatically when adding images based on the existing folder structure and/or based on IPTC data, or manually. The nesting level of categories is not limited. You can add pictures to the collection from a digital camera, scanner, webcam, CD/DVD discs and hard drive folders. To speed up the process of including images in the photo archive, you can use hot keys; You can also quickly import images from Explorer by dragging and dropping. In order to better identify categories, they can be assigned a variety of icons. Categories are assigned during import or manually by simply dragging a group of images onto a category. There is functionality for batch renaming of selected files based on templates. If necessary, it is easy to add a description and/or rating to the selected images. Photos can be viewed with grouping and/or sorting by date, rating, import time, etc.; It is possible to display pictures when viewing them as a slideshow.

The editing plan includes operations such as cropping and rotation, red-eye removal, sharpness adjustment, auto-correction, etc. It supports quick correction of multiple images with one click, as well as resizing them and converting them to another graphic format on the fly. You can print photos in popular formats (including 9x13, 13x18, 10x15), as well as edit metadata (EXIF and IPTC). As for sharing, it is worth noting the presence of functionality for creating photo galleries for publication on a website, burning photo collections to CDs, sending photos to mobile phone, as well as optimizing photos for sending them by e-mail.

Picasa 3.9

Developer: Google

Distribution size: 14.5 MB

Work under control: Windows XP/Vista/7

Distribution method: freeware (http://dl.google.com/picasa/picasa39-setup.exe)

Price: for free

Picasa is a popular tool for organizing, viewing and easily editing photos (Fig. 13), which has gained fame in no small part due to its close integration with Picasa web albums. Such integration expands the possibilities of sharing pictures with other users, and this is a definite plus. And the functionality of this program as a whole is at the level. However, the way the developers implemented images is not very successful, in our opinion. In addition, the application is quite resource-intensive and comes with a very mediocre help system.

Rice. 13. Organizing a photo archive in Picasa

Picasa uses albums to catalog images; nested albums cannot be created. Albums are filled manually, by sorting out images found after scanning or importing, which takes a lot of time from the user. Scanning hard drives starts when you first start the program, and by default all hard drives on the computer are scanned, which takes quite a long time - it is better to interrupt this process, manually adjust the list of scanned directories through the folder manager and start scanning again. Photos from hard drives are added to photo collections automatically as scanning progresses, in addition, you can add pictures manually by importing images from cameras, CDs, memory cards, scanners, webcams, etc. In addition to albums, Picasa has another cataloging tool - the People collection. With its help, photographs are cataloged according to the people depicted on them with the connection of facial recognition technology. This collection is created in a semi-automatic mode - faces in all photographs are automatically recognized, and the user then needs to indicate the persons of interest to him in the photographs to create albums corresponding to them. When viewing, images are displayed in normal mode or as a slideshow, depending on given option sorting (by name, date, etc.). To speed up access to the photos you need, you can mark your favorite photos using tags, and also use tags - they resemble keywords and allow you to later easily find photos through the built-in search. You can also specify geographic data to link images to a Google Earth map.

Built-in editing tools allow you to resize photos, rotate them, crop them, and also perform a number of image correction operations (red-eye removal, straightening, adjusting contrast and color balance, etc.). In addition, it is possible to rename several photos and batch edit them, as well as online image editing using the Picnik.com service. There is functionality for printing photos in basic formats, as well as editing EXIF ​​data. If you wish, it is easy to create a photo collage from selected photographs, burn the photographs to a CD, create a video by combining photos into a slideshow, or publish them on Blogger. You can also share your albums with others after you add them to Picasa Web Albums.

XnView 1.99.1

Developer: Pierre E Gougelet

Distribution size: 4.36 MB

Work under control: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista/7; There are versions for Mac OS X and Linux

Distribution method: freeware (http://www.xnview.com/en/download.html)

Price: free (for private non-commercial or educational use)

XnView is a free cross-platform viewer of images and other multimedia files (Fig. 14) with support for a very large number of formats (on at the moment- more than 500). The program allows you to easily view, process and convert image files, and is also equipped with a number of additional functions, including availability simple tools for organizing photo collections.

Rice. 14. Working with a collection of images in XnView

Photo archive management in XnView is based on the use of categories, the nesting of which is unlimited. Assigning categories to images is done manually and is possible for all selected or tagged files at once. You can add pictures to the photo archive from disk, as well as from scanners and digital cameras. In addition to supporting categories, you can assign ratings, color tags, and labels to make it easier to navigate among multiple images. When viewing photos, you are allowed to enable sorting by date, rating, format, width/height, orientation, description, comment, etc.; You can view selected pictures in slideshow mode. Implemented in the program is a built-in search, taking into account basic parameters images, including EXIF ​​and IPTC data. It is possible to batch convert and batch rename files.

The utility is equipped with a basic set of functions for editing images (including reducing the size, rotating, cropping), allows you to adjust brightness, contrast, gamma and color balance, has tools for automatically adjusting levels, eliminating red-eye, applying simple filters and effects, etc. Many operations can be applied to a group of images at once in batch mode. IPTC data can be edited. If necessary, the XnView utility can also be used to compare images, print files, create panoramic images, take screenshots, generate multi-page files and web pages, and a number of other actions.

Conclusion

Everyone’s photo archives are different, as are the requirements for working with them, but for all users, searching for the necessary images in the archive takes a lot of time. It can be dramatically accelerated only by proper organization of the photo collection, which implies a well-thought-out catalog system in the archive and the use of specialized software tools.

Each user chooses the hierarchical system himself, based on the subject of the images and his own priorities - the main thing here is that you are comfortable. As for the software tools, it all depends on the user’s requirements in terms of cataloging and the complexity of the intended search. For some, the capabilities of Windows 7 libraries or a simple free viewer will be quite enough, others will prefer more functional paid solutions: the popular ACDSee viewer program or one of the reviewed photo organizers, among which we found the Zoner Photo Studio program to be the most convenient for cataloging.

Despite the fact that the eLiteSort program is paid, it can also be used in free mode on an ongoing basis. Namely, 2000 files for sorting at once and 50 files for sorting every day. Such restrictions will not limit most users. Use it with pleasure.

I'll tell you my story, I had several cameras, more cards memory for these cameras, several people who took pictures with these cameras, several computers onto which pictures from these cameras were dumped. As a result, a situation arose where each computer had its own collections of photographs, i.e. some were common with other computers, some were unique, and scattered in folders with incomprehensible names like “101MSCD”, DCIM, etc.” new folder"that is, when there are a lot of them, a natural desire arises to “tidy up.” You can also add cases when photos are thrown off the camera’s memory card, but the card is not cleaned, or only part of the photo is thrown off. All this leads to the fact that as a result you you see duplicate photos, but don’t remember where the originals are, etc., etc. It becomes difficult to navigate the collection, let alone make a coherent whole, taking into account the contents of folders on different computers.

My eLiteSort program will help solve this labor-intensive task for a person (when the number of photos is more than one thousand), a small digression - the lite prefix only speaks of the ease of use of the program and its logic, Deluxe version, etc. no, maybe someday this will happen, but for now, eLiteSort’s capabilities are enough for me. I must say that I tried to make the program interface in such a way that these instructions I didn't have to read it.

Program features

This is actually the sorting of photographs and video files captured on a camera. Video files shot on a camera usually contain information about the image in the form of a (.THM) file, this file makes it possible to correctly judge the date of the video, but usually video files (not from a camera) do not contain information about the shooting date, so it is impossible to reliably sort such files .

To properly sort photos and videos, it is required that the time and date on the camera be set correctly, I think there is no need to explain why.

For ideological reasons, the program does not contain the ability to configure a new file name (photo or video), because This change makes it more difficult to find duplicates, and to find a file in general. Therefore, all files retain their original name; it changes only if the user wants to save two different files with the same name in the same folder.

In the program, you can add events, both periodic and for a specific date; in this case, a photo or video file taken on the date of the event will go into a subfolder with the name of the event.

It should also be said that the program has the ability to independently set folder names and the depth of the path where the video or photo will be located.

Sorting photos

Sorting photos is the main purpose of the program, and is done very simply and transparently for the user. When you first start the program, we indicate the folder (top line of the program) where we will put the sorting result. Next, drag the folder in which we want to sort the photos into the main field of the program. The program will automatically select the file types suitable for sorting. All that remains is to click the process button and wait for the result of the work to complete. All! - photos are sorted.

Video sorting

The video sorting process is identical to the photo sorting process, the only difference that is not noticeable to the user is that files with the .thm extension (contain information about the video) are not visible to the user.

Video instructions for sorting video and photo files

This process is completely identical for both video and photos. Therefore, the second video is more of a demonstration character.

Sorting photos

Program settings

Adding an event

The need to add an event may arise if you want to create a separate folder for some photos, for example, holidays such as a birthday, wedding, February 23, New Year and other dates. The very addition of the event is very simple procedure- to do this, click the “add event” button, select a date, decide to check the “frequency” box or not, in the case of a birthday you can check the box, but on a wedding day you don’t need to check the box, although it depends on everyone. Editing an event - double click on the event, save the adjustment. Deleting an event - select the desired event and press the delete key.

Setting up your photo folder structure

The structure is configured in the photo hierarchy block of the program settings. The number of lines in the main field is equal to the number of resulting folders, counting from the top. By default, the program has two lines in this field:

• $YYYY year
• $MM_$month

List of placeholders:

• $YYYY - Four-digit year, for example 2011
• $YY - Two-digit year, for example 11
• $MM - Two-digit date month, for example 09
• $M - Month, without zero padding, for example 9
• $Month - Name of the month with a capital letter, for example October
• $MONTH - Name of the month, all capital letters, for example NOVEMBER
• $month - Name of the month, all letters are small, for example July
• $DD - Two-digit day of the date, for example 09
• $D - Day of the date, without zero padding, for example 9

Other program settings

The program interface language can also be changed in the settings; for the changes to take effect, you need to close the program and start it again.

Video files in a separate folder - when this checkbox is selected, all video files transferred to the program for sorting will be placed in the specified subfolder, inside the main path. Those. the entire hierarchy will be created in the specified directory. By default, the video directory is selected, and this solution, in our opinion, is preferable. Although there are users who put video files captured on a camera in the same place where they put photographs. This option also has the right to life, and is not something bad.

Smart sorting in the absence of EXIF ​​information - when this checkbox is selected, if there is no information about the date of creation of the photo or video, the date will be taken from the file attributes, and the smallest date will be taken; usually it is also the date of creation of the photo or video. If this checkbox is not checked, photos and videos that do not contain EXIF ​​will be stored in the folder specified below.

Registration and payment for the program

Purchasing a program through the website

Purchasing the program through the website is quite transparent. The buyer goes to the program purchase page, enters his name and email, after which he is redirected to the payment acceptance service. Which in turn offers a payment option. After the program is paid for, payment system informs the server about the success of the payment and transmits information about the paid invoice. And on the website, the buyer is given activation details, which he must enter in the program in the activation section.

Purchasing through the program interface

Purchasing a program through the interface differs from purchasing through the website only in that as a result you receive an activation key that is only suitable for the computer from which the payment was initiated, and in the paragraph above you receive an invoice + email, which is suitable for activation later on any computer on which activation will occur. This does not matter for registration, and two methods are used to provide payment alternatives. Those. You can choose any of the options.

Manual payment

Payment in manual mode boils down to the fact that the buyer transfers the required amount to one of the wallets indicated on the website, and notifies the author of the program with any of available ways. Manual mode payment is not automatic. When the required funds are transferred to the specified wallet, I receive a notification about the transferred funds, after which I send the registration data to the buyer that he provided in the notification.

Activation of the program

The user's activation data can be of two types. The first type is the key, the second type is the account number and email of the buyer. The key is provided for a specific computer, account + email for activation on any computer, but after activation, this account number and email are associated with the computer on which the program was activated. Thus, any of these two types of registration data provide the ability to activate only on one computer. After reinstalling the system, activation keys usually continue to work. The key may stop working after changing the hard drive on the computer, network card or motherboard. When you change the unique id of your computer, you can contact the author of the program for help in re-activating the program. But since some unscrupulous users try to activate several computers in this way, the author of the program reserves the right to refuse activation if the new id received, in our opinion, is not a derivative of the old one. Activation of the program itself is quite simple - you need to go to the appropriate section in the program and enter the received registration data.

Trial mode restrictions

By default, the program is installed in trial mode, which allows you to understand the capabilities of the program, as well as use it in a limited mode. During the first installation of the program, the program provides the ability to sort 2000 files without any restrictions. After completing the main free quantity, it remains possible to sort no more than 50 files every day. Those. in fact, the program continues to work, but in a limited mode. To operate the program in trial mode, an Internet connection is required. After purchase, there is no need to connect to the Internet.

Reviews and comments:

Williehom - 2019-04-03

Is Cashbury preparing for default? 10/11/2018 10/11/2018News The head of Cashbury, Arthur Vardanyan, said that from October 11, 2018, the company will freeze payments to its depositors for a period of three weeks. He spoke about this on the company’s YouTube channel. Vardanyan promised to resume withdrawing funds from his personal account from November 1, 2018 and to report on the progress of the company’s restoration every Thursday. According to Vardanyan, Cashbury is “going through hard times,” which were caused by “dirt and negativity” in the media, as well as “custom” videos on YouTube. He also reported about the blocking of the company’s bank and stock exchange accounts, as well as blackmail of Cashbury partners, cancellation of events and threats to project managers. Because of this, the company is forced to go on a three-week vacation to restore blocked accounts and begin to fulfill financial obligations to investors, he explained. 1. From November 1, we will launch withdrawals of funds from your personal account and will try to keep it working as before. 2. Deposits and withdrawals of funds, creation of new deposits, accruals on already created deposits, referral bonuses, transfer of internal money will be canceled at this time. 3. All ordered payments that we did not have time to process this week will be returned to your accounts and you will be able to order a withdrawal on November 2. On September 26, 2018, the Central Bank named the Cashbury company one of the largest financial pyramids in Russia. Cashbury managed to attract several tens of thousands of people to the project, the Central Bank said.

Williehom - 2019-04-03

Watch out, chargeback! 08/23/2018 08/23/2018News Telephone scammers have reached unlucky Omsk stockbrokers, OMSKREGION reports. The scammers used the promise to return funds lost as a result of failed stock exchange transactions as cheese for the Internet mousetrap. A 45-year-old Omsk man contacted the police with a statement about the theft of money from bank card. Investigators established that cell phone An unknown man called him and introduced himself as an employee of a brokerage company. The interlocutor reported the possibility of returning lost money, which will become available only after registration on one of the Internet sites. The victim was not surprised by the call, since last year he actually carried out transactions on the stock exchange. “The man, under dictation, filled out the necessary fields on the website, indicating personal data and details of his bank card. At the same time, almost 270 thousand rubles disappeared from the applicant’s account. It turned out that the money was transferred to the account of a website registered in another state,” law enforcement officers said. An 81-year-old pensioner found herself in a similar situation, who also received a call from a brokerage company and was offered to make money on the foreign exchange market. Under the dictation of an unknown person, an elderly Omsk resident registered on the site and personally transferred 29 thousand rubles to someone else’s account. On all facts, criminal cases were initiated on the grounds of a crime under Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. The sanction of this article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 5 years. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Omsk Region reminds citizens: - do not believe words strangers about compensation, money exchange, lottery winnings; - do not tell third parties your card number, PIN code, login and password for the Internet bank, as well as SMS passwords sent to your phone, no matter how convincing the offers for winnings, selling various goods or providing services may seem. If you do become a victim of such a crime, promptly contact the police by calling “02” or the duty station of the police department at your place of residence.

Williehom - 2019-04-02

NAS Broker. Forget about your money 08/19/2016 07/09/2017 Publications Through the feedback form over the past couple of weeks, we have received several requests from our readers who had the temerity to contact NAS Broker companies. The methods of work and attracting clients of NAS Broker managers are not clean and in many ways repeat the tricks and scams of FOREX scammers from our blacklist. Let’s take a closer look at what NAS Broker is and whether you should trust them with your money. Let's start with legal information about the company. In the “About the Company” section on the NAS Broker website there is absolutely no useful information, just unfounded statements about their mythical successes and achievements. According to the scant information on the company's website, the legal address of NAS Broker is The Jaycees Building, Stoney ground, Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines. State Register companies in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is closed, it is impossible to verify the accuracy of this information. The unfounded statement about some kind of regulation is striking: Regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), License No. 21969. Moreover, the license number coincides with the registration number of the company, but the license itself is not on the website. The conclusion is simple: the statement about regulation is a lie and is intended for naive beginners. Offshore licenses in themselves are not an advantage, and when a company also lies and posts false information, the conclusion is clear: you should not trust it. NAS Broker's offer contains several points that have no analogues in any company: 4.22. The COMPANY has the right to charge a monthly fee in the amount of 100 (one hundred) US dollars for servicing the CLIENT's account. 4.23. The CLIENT agrees that the COMPANY has the right, without prior consent or notification of the CLIENT, to subcontract to third parties the procedure for technical and operational maintenance of a trading account (non-FOREX related services). Based on the complexity of operations and transactions, requests and activities of the CLIENT, the COMPANY has the right to change the price of service at the discretion of a third party for the actual services provided by the subcontractor (not FOREX services). The CLIENT accepts the obligation to independently pay bills for actual services to third parties. The Client does not have the right to make transfers for FOREX activities to the account of third parties who do not provide FOREX services or amounts higher than the actual services provided by third parties in the process of servicing the CLIENT's FOREX trading account. Not only do the gentlemen from NAS Broker want to take money from you because you entrusted them with this very money, but they also oblige the client to pay some unknown third parties for unknown services. 4.31. Conclusion cash CLIENT is carried out subject to the CLIENT completing a minimum trading volume equal to 1 lot for every 100 (one hundred) USD of deposit, after the last replenishment of the account. Lots of less than three minutes are not applicable within the framework of this article. Limiting the client’s right to manage his money and imposing mandatory processing of trading volumes on him does not go anywhere. This alone is enough to conclude: NAS Broker is a banal scam and will do everything so that the client cannot withdraw the money deposited. 4.40. By signing this agreement, the CLIENT unquestionably agrees to the terms of the “Delayed Payment” service, which allows transactions on over-the-counter markets using Additional Liquidity, namely: - The additional liquidity provided can be used exclusively for transactions on over-the-counter markets; - The CLIENT undertakes to carry out transactions with the provided additional liquidity from the moment it is credited to the trading account until the corresponding payment is received; - Withdrawal of funds from a trading account for which the “Deferred Payment” service is activated is not possible until the corresponding payment is received in full to the trading account; - The results of completed transactions are not available to the CLIENT until the transferred funds arrive at the COMPANY’s account and are credited to the CLIENT’s trading account; - The CLIENT bears sole responsibility for the timely receipt of funds in full; - THE COMPANY has the right to refuse to service his trading account to a CLIENT who violates the terms of debt repayment. - The CLIENT understands and agrees that the COMPANY reserves the right to cancel any transaction carried out using additional liquidity, at its complete and exclusive discretion; - The CLIENT releases the COMPANY from any expenses, expenses, claims, obligations. Scams with various kinds of “loans” that need to be “repaid” with real money are actively used by many primitive scammers, and NAS Broker has not come up with anything new. Providing “additional liquidity” is a primitive trick of scammers in order to lure additional money from the client. In most cases, after the loan is “repaid,” the scammers stop contacting you. This is understandable: they have already received the money and they are not going to part with it. 6.3. The CLIENT is liable to the COMPANY for losses incurred by the COMPANY through the fault of the CLIENT, including damage caused as a result of the CLIENT’s failure to provide (untimely provision) of any documents, the provision of which by the COMPANY is provided for in this agreement, as well as the relevant regulations. The Client is responsible for damage caused to the COMPANY as a result of any misrepresentation of information contained in the CLIENT documents provided by the COMPANY. It feels like the guys from NAS Broker, having gotten into a frenzy when drawing up a fiddly letter called an offer, are no longer able to get out of it and decided to make the client guilty without the slightest chance of rehabilitation. I would very much like to see NAS Broker’s argumentation when trying to justify the damage caused by the client due to the failure to provide some unnamed documents. 11.2. The CLIENT unconditionally: - agrees that the courts of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have the right of exclusive jurisdiction, which determines any procedural actions in relation to this agreement; - subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; - agrees never to make any claims that such a venue is inconvenient or that it has no legal effect in relation to the CLIENT. Well, in conclusion, so that the client does not even have a desire to protect his interests, he is offered to sue on distant islands in the Caribbean. Offers of all companies are drawn up by lawyers of these same companies, and primarily protect the interests of the company, not the clients. But such a blatant and cynical violation of rights and violation of the interests of clients is only possible in scams, which undoubtedly include the lovely company NAS Broker. Let's summarize what awaits the client who was careless to contact this scammer: Charging fees for mythical account servicing services, and fees can be charged not only by NAS Broker but also by third parties. Inability to withdraw money without mandatory processing of trading volumes. Withdrawal of funds from a trading account under the pretext of compensation for mythical damage caused to the company. Mandatory deposit of funds into the account to repay the “additional liquidity” provided by NAS Broker. The ability to freeze funds in an account at any time under the pretext of combating money laundering. And this is not a complete list. Are you ready to part with your money? Welcome to NAS Broker?? . To be continued.

Williehom - 2019-04-02

Useful tips 07/23/2016 10/24/2016Help and advice choceChoosing a FOREX broker to work with is a very important question and must be approached with full responsibility. As practice shows, it is haste in this matter that becomes the main reason why beginners fall into the web of FOREX scammers. If you receive calls from people unknown to you, offering profitable investment of funds or offering to open a trading account with a “world-famous” FOREX broker, you can safely add the number to the blacklist and be sure: you are being scammed by scammers. Not a single decent FOREX company engages in attracting clients through telephone calls. Such “tempting” offers can only come from FOREX scammers. If you receive offers to open a trading account in a FOREX company that is unfamiliar to you, at a minimum, you should collect the maximum amount of information about this organization. What should you pay attention to? 1. Business reputation of the FOREX company. Business reputation, according to Wikipedia, is an intangible benefit that represents an assessment of the activities of a person (both physical and legal) from the point of view of his business qualities. How to evaluate the reputation of a FOREX broker unknown to you? The easiest way is to enter search bar Yandex phrase “company name, reviews” and carefully study all available information. The absence of negative reviews or the presence of a large number of exclusively positive feedback on numerous FOREX ratings is not evidence of the integrity of a FOREX broker, and you must firmly understand this. It's no secret that FOREX scammers often employ an entire army of paid PR specialists who, for a fee, post a huge number of laudatory reviews on various Internet resources. In addition, direct bribery of FOREX ratings administrations in order to promote a dubious brand is also far from uncommon. This is precisely why outright FOREX scams such as MMCIS, MillTrade, FOREX TREND, TeleTrade often occupied and continue to occupy the first lines in various FOREX ratings. Be sure to go to the FOREX brokers section of the most popular investment resource on the RuNet forum MMGP and read the thread of the company that interests you. Pay attention to whether a representative of the FOREX broker is present in the topic and how he answers questions from forum members. The absence of a representative of a FOREX company on the forum and ignoring customer questions is grounds for an unconditional refusal of any cooperation with such a company. Any statements from a FOREX broker that they do not communicate with clients publicly, but only through technical support, are typical tricks of FOREX scammers. Don’t be lazy to register on the forum, it will only take a few minutes, and ask the forum members for their opinion about the company that interests you. Pay attention to the reputation of the forum members who will respond to you. The opinion of a novoreg with three posts on the forum cannot be taken seriously. It is also worth paying attention to the experience of the FOREX company in the market, the presence of licenses in various jurisdictions, and the jurisdiction of the specific company in which you are thinking about opening an account. Having licenses in serious jurisdictions (USA, EU), even if you open an account with an offshore company that operates under the same brand, is a serious plus. 2. Trading conditions. Carefully read the trading conditions offered by the FOREX company. Particular attention to the types of accounts, types of order execution, the minimum size of an open position, the size of spreads and swaps. The lower your costs, the more you can earn. 3. Legal documents. Study the offers and regulations of the FOREX company very carefully. The absence of these documents in open access in Russian this is a reason to refuse any cooperation with such a company. Often, FOREX scammers deliberately hide these documents or post them in English. Remember: any excuses in the spirit of “we are an international company and therefore all our documents are in English” are just primitive tricks of FOREX scammers to hide any nuances from you. If the company is focused on a Russian-speaking audience, all documents must be in Russian. Please note whether the company is part of any structures that are authorized to resolve controversial situations. If such issues arise, you most likely will not have the opportunity to resolve the issue in a court of offshore jurisdiction. And to try to defend your position, for example, in the Financial Commission, you have at least a hypothetical chance. Particular attention should be paid to bonus programs. Often, scammers actually impose various kinds of so-called bonuses and loans with obviously impossible conditions. Remember: free cheese only comes in a mousetrap. If you have any questions about bonus programs, ask them publicly and demand a detailed answer. 4. Technical support. Please note whether the FOREX company has 24/7 technical support. In fact, the importance of this issue is somewhat exaggerated. As a rule, the need to contact technical support in most cases arises only for beginners. But having 24/7 technical support will be an additional advantage. 5.Software. As a rule, at the moment, almost all FOREX companies offer the same choice of software. These are different versions of the MeteTrader trading terminal: a version for a computer on Windows, an MT4 version for mobile devices and a web terminal for trading from a browser. As additional bonuses For automated trading, terminal hosting services can be offered on a dedicated VPS. Some companies are already offering the opportunity to open accounts for trading through the MT5 terminal, but it is difficult to say how much of an advantage this is. 6. Investment programs. As practice shows, luring out funds under the guise of investing in various investment programs is the main field of activity for scammers. If you are offered options for “low-risk” investment of your funds somewhere with a guaranteed return higher than the bank one, sometimes the difference in returns can be orders of magnitude, rest assured: you are faced with scammers. Over the past few years, dozens of financial pyramids that offered “profitable investment in the FOREX market” have collapsed. Don't hope that this won't affect you. Money is not a rabbit; it does not reproduce on its own. Believing in fairy tales about financial geniuses who are able to pay huge interest on your deposits is, to say the least, naive. 7. Security. Please note how much attention the company pays to safety. Mandatory verification, the need to confirm the withdrawal of funds by entering a code from SMS, the possibility of two-factor authorization can significantly reduce the risk that your money may be simply stolen. 8. Factors whose significance is exaggerated. We would include the following among these factors: availability of offshore licenses. By and large, these are just meaningless pieces of paper that are of an image nature. Not a single offshore “regulator” has provided any noticeable assistance to any trader in controversial issues. The same can be said about the licenses that are now being distributed in the CIS countries. Judging by recent events, outright scammers like the Availability of various training courses offered by FOREX companies can get a license without any problems. The process of becoming a trader can take years, and no express course will teach you how to work profitably. As practice shows, unscrupulous companies actively use such courses to “brainwash” clients and only push them to deposit funds into a trading account. Availability of analytical forecasts on the company's FOREX website. It is no secret that you can work profitably only by trading systematically using an extremely formalized trading system. And no third-party analysts can replace a trader’s own rules for entering and exiting the market. Maximum trading leverage. Huge trading leverage is not an advantage; it only speeds up the loss of deposits by beginners who have not learned to control their risks.