CLEAN YOUR DIGITAL PHOTO MESS! 25+ Digital Photo Organizing Options
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Are you frustrated with organizing your digital photos? Do you want to make sure you start organizing your photos the right way?
I'm excited to share this video for 2022. I'll be talking about the five things you need in a photo management program, 25 photo organizing programs and my system for saving digital photos.
#photoorganizing #digitalphotos #organizedigitalphotos
I'd love to talk with you about your photo organizing challenges! Would you help me with my research? Click below to schedule a time with me!
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▶️ MY PHOTO ORGANIZING REVIEWS
My entire playlist of reviews:
• Digital Photo Manageme...
Windows File Explorer to Organize Photos 2021 - • Using Windows File Exp...
Using Mylio to Organize Photos 2021 - • Using Mylio to Organiz...
Using Google Photos to Organize Your Digital Photos 2021
• Using Google Photos to...
Using SmugMug to Organize Your Digital Photos 2021
• Using SmugMug for Orga...
Amazon Photos for Organizing Digital Photos 2021
• Amazon Photos for Orga...
Using Photobucket to Organize Your Digital Photos 2021
• Using Photobucket for ...
Using Adobe Lightroom to Organize Your Digital Photos 2021
• Using Lightroom to Org...
Using Photo Mechanic Plus to Organize Digital Photos 2021
• Using Photo Mechanic P...
Using Forever® to Organize Your Digital Photos 2021
• Using Forever® Storage...
Using Apple Photos to Organize Digital Photos 2021
• Using Apple Photos to ...
Using Adobe Bridge to Organize Digital Photos 2021
• Using Adobe Bridge to ...
Using Adobe Photoshop Elements to Organize Digital Photos 2021
• Using Adobe Photoshop ...
Using Movavi Photo Manager to Organize Digital Photos
• Using Movavi Photo Man...
VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
02:29 Five Features Needed in a Photo Management Program
02:37 Organize Photos in Folder or Albums
03:20 Add & Edit Metadata - Tags, Description
03:55 Back Your Photos Up
04:39 Privacy and Photo Integrity
06:15 You Have to Like Using It - The User Interface
06:40 Editing, Facial Recognition
06:58 20 Plus Digital Photo Organizing Programs/Apps/Solutions
07:16 Your File Management (Windows File Explorer, Mac Finder)
07:42 Big Tech Solutions (Google, Apple, Amazon)
08:31 Easy Programs (Forever Permanent Photo Storage, Memorable, MemoryWeb, Photobucket, Adobe Lightroom, Movavi, Windows Photos)
10:34 Highly Technical (Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Bridge, ACD Systems, Eagle.Cool, Photo Mechanic)
11:15 Looks Promising (Magix Photo Manager, Systweak Photo Organizer, Mylio)
12:11 Photography Community (Flickr, 500px, SmugMug)
12:30 Old Tech (FastStone, Picasa, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Forever Historian)
13:40 Not Photo Organizing Solutions (Dropbox, OneDrive, Shutterfly, Snapfish)
15:20 My Favorite Solutions
16:07 My System & Offers for You
18:30 Best Photo Management Program
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Mollie
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Your video is the most helpful and comprehensive that I need.
I am so happy I found your videos! Great content! I now feel like my future photo projects will be less daunting over the next few years.
Excellent instructional video. Sometimes there is just so much information, it is difficult to wade through it all. Thanks from a newly retired photo bug.
Hi Tom!
Thank you for watching!
I’ve got a fun little series going on if you haven’t see these yet…
th-cam.com/play/PLiPTnYSnq_yhlA3JH2bofX60vfw1NA8xs.html
Cheers!
Mollie
Excellent video. Great points. You know your business. Thankyou.
Thank you very much Brian!
Thank you so much for this info! I was considering Forever, but I have so many photos/videos, it would have cost me thousands. Your video led me to Mylio and I’m in the middle of cleaning up 20 years of digital folders. I am thrilled!! I’m so relieved to find the right program to meet my needs.
Glad this helped!! Thank you so much for watching!
Cheers!
Mollie
What do these programs cost?
Very pertinent observations thank you!
And, thank you so much for watching!!
Cheers!
Mollie
Thanks Mollie. Deb.
Hi Molly
I am 71 years young and I am new to computers. I just purchased a new lap top with windows11 and I am completely lost trying to do anything with my photos and thats the reason that I purchased the unit. I have man pictures to leave my children and grandkids. I’ve watched so many of your videos but windows file explorer is so different than the one that you used in windows 10.
Thanks for all that you do.
Earl
Hi there - It's a wonderful think you are doing to preserve your photos for your children and grandchildren!
Windows 11 is not that much different except in appearance. I'd love to talk with you if you would be interested, I'm doing consumer research and I can share a few tips about using Windows 11.
Here's a link if you'd like to schedule a call:
www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Cheers!
Mollie
Thank you for doing this video! What a blessing among the many options out there. I was very surprised you mentioned Forever so early. Though I love tech, I have to admit I still have Historian on my PC. A client of mine was a scrapbooker and got me using it wayyyyyy back. I used to have a good workflow using it, until my iPhone. Now I mainly use my iPhone and iPad and have been looking for a way to offload and archive to free up memory on my devices and Macs. I’ll take another look at Forever and watch your vids. I come back and use your link once I pick.
Bob… thank you so much for watching, and your kind words! I’d be happy to talk to you further, if you have any questions about FOREVER… And I am curious regarding your transition over the years away from historian. Here is a Calendar link in case you’re interested.
www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Cheers!
Mollie
Amen sista!!! Love your channel!
Thank you so much for commenting and I sure hope we can get you on track! You can schedule a call with me at www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixplan.
Cheers and blessings to you!
Mollie
Thank you !
You are welcome!!
Cheers!
Mollie
This is one of the best topics I have found on the entire internet. So many photos and videos will die with the owner or the device. Just lost and forgotten. The photo albums in the cloud will be forgotten or locked behind passwords no one remembers. Even figuring out where people have their personal photo archives stored is difficult. Many of my friend have no idea how their files are backed up or even how to retrieve or transfer them. I am just going through this myself.
I was looking forever for a good photo management software for my grandma. She is still young at heart, very active and takes a lot of actually very good and sweet photos. But going through all the hotkeys and gestures on windows to create/move/rename folders and images and transfer something from here to there - that isn't much fun for her. She has a list of hotkeys written down and she kinda knows how it works but when you do it so rarely its like translating a foreign language with keys and movements and that just isn't fun. I checked "Eagle" out - one of your recommendations - and it looks very clean, intuitive and not cluttered with 100 features that hide the acutally important ones. AND it's on german - my grandmas and my mother tongue - so that's another plus - AND you pay once and get free updates forever - AND it's a local software :D Thank you a lot for shining light on these gems. I think I found one I like. I'll try it out myself for the next couple of days and when I think its good for her, I'll get my grandma a license and install/explain it for her. It will be awesome. Thank you!!
Oh my! I’ll be curious to see what she thinks… please let me know. And thank you for watching!
Thanks Mollie - this was an amazing video! I was just about to start a huge project: collecting, storing, and organizing family photos with the hopes to share a photo album for each of my children as Christmas gifts. As most people, I have a combination of digital and "paper copy" photos. After watching a couple of your videos I realized my project plan was not the best (thanks so much!).
You shared the two photo products you thought were best - however, I am not sure which one would be best for me. They both sound awesome. I am not sure how to pick. Can you share why you like over over the other? If you had to choose, why would you pick one over the other?
Thanks Mollie!
Hi Raquel - Thank you so much for your comments here. . . so glad it helped.
I loved using Mylio for years but found that I didn't have the time to maintain my collection within it. It is super rich in features and is great to look at photos, however you have to export photos from their in order to share and create projects.
I now just use folders on my computer and upload to Forever so that I can easily share and make photo books and more. I love using Forever for its simplicity and for my clients, is easiest to learn and maintain. (Believe me, I have been testing this for awhile!)
Here's a video on the system we use and teach at Pixologie - th-cam.com/video/39xavbRQCr0/w-d-xo.html
And, I'll be doing a new live version of the class on Wednesday next week - here's a link if you'd like to see that one!
www.thepixplan.com/registration-page-560fbfbb-3559-4744-b976-9b95011ad66d
Hoping this helps you further!
Cheers!
Mollie
Thanky Mollie, I really enjoyed your "Clean Your Digial Photo Mess!" video. My wife and I are just starting to organize/re-organize 40 years+ of photos and digital photos and videos, vcr, 8mm, and mp4, etc. I have 20 years experience in website development and told myself, I was just going to develop a website online to do the same thing that youj talked about for 20 minutes. Your top 5 were high on my list of requirements which was reassuring. You didn't mention much about videos. It's such an integrated part of our world today, that I'd love to know more about your thoughts on them. I'll try your two recommendaitons. I'm hoping that "Sharing" and "Ease of Access" in a streaming world, i.e. my phone, my computer, my TV are also a part of your top two favorites. I'll reach out to you when I get stuck.
Hi Andy - Thanks so much for watching! What a job it is to organize all of that! I always forget to add in the video component. I actually work with videos right along with photos - so no separate workflow for the organization of digital videos. Unless. . . a person is so inclined to edit their videos into a compilation, etc.
Forever definitely integrates video well - streaming on devices and even with Amazon Fire TV. (My recommendation is 100GB of storage and the one time permanent video streaming plan but let me know if you have questions!)
Mylio - stores videos but when you double click it - it will launch a media player.
Neither options allow for editing.
Do you use a PC or Mac?
Here's a link to a Buying Guide for Organizing Photos!
www.pixologieinc.com/five-things-you-need-to-save-your-photos/
Cheers!
Mollie
Good video with quality info. Good 30k ft overview of getting photos under control. Thanks for sharing.
DigiKam is awesome and open source!
Thanks for sharing!
I find this very interesting. I already had a similar system as your 5 step plan. Mine is: 1. Upload all photos to a master plan similar to yours, I also do it monthly. But this is in a hard drive. 2. Delete bad photos 3. Edit a few good photos 4. Share on social media. (Keep good photos on my phone or iPad)
The thing I’m struggling with is doing all this with two phones and two cameras (mine and my partners) he uses android, I use iPhone. And photos app tends to the change the date metadata. I need a new photo organizer for previewing the nice edited photos at the end of the steps. Adobe bridge sounds wonderful, but I need something for IPad!! I will keep looking.
Hi purple moon! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and watching!! Are you using a PC or Mac? And when you say you keep them in your phone or iPad, just curious how that is working for you. If a photo is on my iPhone it is also viewable on my iPad…
Mollie: Thanks for the video!!! It was well thought out and covered a lot of ground. A lot of hours were involved in your efforts and hopefully it will save people a lot of time. However I didn't see the best ones for editing your photos, which ones will show photo locations on a map (like Zoner Photo Studio), nor was there much information on which are free and what the costs are. And thanks for giving a warning that the big tech companies may not be your friend.
Interesting list but i have some concerns. 1) terms of service - where are some of these applications storing your data and what rights are you giving them by default to view and use your images; 2) long term compartability and support--Picassa is a good example. You invest a great deal of time organizing a library and suddenly the application is abandoned or replaced; 3) Interoperability and compatability with other formats or applications--this is really important when building a catalog. Lets say that you have invested a ton of time over many years adding keywords and descriptive metadata to your image database and then for one reason or another you want to migrate your library to another service. Can any other application seemlessly import all that data with your photos, or will all that work be lost?; 4) Is anyone else even going to want this material? While it may be important to us, unless it is well organized, easy to access, and requires no special maintenance or cost, it may wind up being as much of a burden and a blessing to others. Anyway, a few concerns worth considering.
Hi Yukon Chris - All good concerns. It is why my first go to for saving photos is in folders on my computer. Many people have lost TONS of work due to these reasons. I am most comfortable with using Forever Permanent Storage for a variety of factors but this is knowing I have my full family photos in folders on my computer.
I also believe that people currently will never be as enthusiastic about what you have done to preserve family photos and history as we'd like. You have to do this because you enjoy and are interested in it all for yourself first. Then, sometime, someday, truly someone will be interested and curious about the old family photo and video collection.
I really appreciate your thoughts! Thank you so much for watching!
Cheers!
Mollie
Great content! What SW do you recommend to find and remove duplicate photos?
Synology Photos (sadly is not in your list) solved all my problems. I have full control of my entire life photo collection, with no subscription whatsoever, freely shared across my whole family with the right permissions granted, accessible from anywhere in the world.
The hardware may seem a bit expensive at first but it is well worth it.
Wondering how come you didn't mention NAS (Network-Attached Storage) (be it Synology, Qnap, Terramaster, MyCloud, you name it), not a word - it can be perfect solution for many (well, it is for me). Strong file management, privacy at your fingertips.
Hi there - I so appreciate your comment - this could help other people for sure! I have never heard of Synology Photos before. . . I will check it out. Most of our clients are not able to install a NAS on their own and so we don't generally provide education on it. We use a NAS here at Pixologie . . . does your backup to a cloud site in case something happens to your home?
Cheers!
Mollie
@@Pixologie yeah, kind of. I mean I have another NAS located at my mum's place, they're both mirroring each other and backing up.
Cheers.
A NAS was my solution as well. Installing it today, I am not techy so we will see! Seems like the perfect answer to my hordes of photos. My plan is to sync google with the NAS, and to back it up to an external drive 2x a year. I chose synology because it seems the most user friendlly, but it looks like they are not being as cooperative with people using off-brand internal drives as they used to be.
Thanks JocieFire for sharing! Hoping it goes well with Synology. I have looked at it now, but haven't had time to review/test, etc.
FINALLY!!! I want to work with your and your programs, File management is my biggest challenge. I began with an ancient apple and mac, then to PC, and now back to imac and always iphone. I think I have pictures stored and saved multiple times, I want to organize them for me, family, friends and travel. How do I begin working with you?
Hi Lynne! I’d love to chat with you… here’s a calendar link…. Let me know if you can’t find a time that works!
Cheers!
Mollie
It would be great if you share the costs of these programs. I appreciate all of this helpful information. :)
HI Charisse -
The two main solutions I speak about at the end are:
Mylio - $99 per year subscription
Forever - Pay for the storage once - $199 for 10GB - buying more storage brings the price per GB down and they generally have 25% off. (Click here for a trial account if you like: www.forever.com/ambassador/pixologieinc.)
And. . . Apple and Google are something like $9.99 per month for a large amount of storage (200GB when I last checked.)
Hope this helps a bit!
Cheers!
Mollie
Did not go far enough but your review was a start . "Clouds" though convenient, costs go up for additional storage & private photos a hard to retrieve & they pester (track) you with ads So I am shopping for a setup to have sole control ( I have some salvaged drives to collect & burn my photos to or USB drives Or DVD discs ~ Which I am told, do not corrupt of loose data as soon. Whereas I heard mentioned that some inferior Solid State or USB drives can .Though 72yrs old I am trying to stay tech-savvy with a newer I-phone, and a Win-11 laptop ( to my regret ) Thanks for your input . My plan is to unsubscribe from cloud-based photography storage and DYI
I enjoyed your video. I already have 12 gb of Forever storage and was thinking of purchasing Historian to help organize my thousands of old photos prior to importing select ones into Forever. Currently, everything is either on my external hard drive or in Google Photos. My question: What features does Mylio have that Historian 6 does not? I was wondering why it was your favorite. Thanks!
Hi Sheri - Thanks so much for watching! I used Historian for many, many years. I believe it is older technology and the terminology used in it is somewhat dated. Also, you don't have the ability to make folders or albums in it and I prefer to have my computer organization mirror what is in my Forever account.
I just have folders of photos on my computer and actually don't use Mylio any longer. Maintaining another program is just complicating the situation and I'm pretty busy.
For people who want to use a program, Mylio is beautiful. . . but I do caution people to be careful when choosing it because if you don't use it routinely, it can be hard to jump back in, and I think it's the same even with Historian.
Ultimately, you need to like using whatever you choose and you need to be able maintain using it. I hope this helps!
Here's a video you can watch that I did on organizing photos once and for all!
th-cam.com/video/39xavbRQCr0/w-d-xo.html
Cheers!
Mollie
It's sad how difficult this stuff can be. I'm a photographer, a musician and I archive old music. Anything that is digital feels to me like it is super unreliable and can disappear forever.
So true! It's so complicated. Sounds like you have an interesting background!
I do feel like Forever does offer more reliability than the big tech companies. If you want to know more about them. . . here's a video on why we recommend them: th-cam.com/video/wiOcF6YqAE0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Cheers!
Mollie
Hi Mollie! My name is Kylee and I am about to be 23 years old and a college graduate. I'm working hard to organize my physical and digital spaces before pursing a career outside of school. I think all of your advice and information is wonderful! It's definitely very helpful, especially for photos of family or important events. However, I am running into a somewhat unique issue and I can't seem to find any advice about it on the internet.
During my entire academic career, starting around middle school, I have grown up in a world revolving around social media and split-second casual moments captured on camera... specifically Snapchats and Instagram stories. I've noticed that a huge portion of my most sentimental memories are captured in these low quality and more-or-less unimportant images. They often have random stickers and filters on them too.
For whatever reason, I haven't been able to make myself delete the majority of these because of their sentimental value to me. I've gotten to the point where my friends and I will accidentally find some of these random silly moments. It's very nostalgic essentially watching the everyday moments of your childhood again, especially near college graduation. Sometimes these feel more important than the high quality, posed photos from milestone events.
On the other hand... they take up so much space. They make all my albums cluttered, and their quality keeps getting progressively worse. Is it worth holding on to these types of pictures/videos, or is it time to delete them since they are comparatively insignificant in the long run? If I keep these digital files, is there even a way to preserve their quality?
I just thought I would ask for any advice or recommendations you may have. Thank you so much!
I’d love to talk with you! Would you be willing for a Zoom call? Here’s the link: calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch?month=2022-05
I would love to know the solution to this as well! I am 26 and grew up with an iphone taking photos nonstop. All of them are so special to me but I have a hundred thousand photos that I have a hard time deleting.
One recommendation I have, is for those who have ignored their photo collection for years, like myself: it's an app called slidebox.
It makes it super easy to sort pictures into folders or delete them, on your phone, all by swiping. This allows you to go throw a whole bunch of pictures really fast, and it's really enjoyable.
I went through 8k images in like 2-3 hours, and was able to delete those screenshots really quick. Loved it!
This sounds great! I installed it on my phone… but my phone is optimized so I can only see 2,000 of my photos with Slidebox out of the 12,000 total in my camera roll. Ugh! Thank you so much for sharing!! This could help people who have all their photos on their phone!
Great video. I am just an individual that wants to compare all photos for duplicates, move one to a new folder and delete the others. I don't mind purchasing. I do not want cloud based.Any suggestions?
Any program can face detection for videos? Objetive: Delete whatsapp memes and videos from a big messy from phones...
Hi there - I don't know of any face detection or facial recognition for videos. Never had a need for it so far . . . however, this would be a useful feature!
I am betting you've seen this and I don't know if it is even helpful:
blog.vidizmo.com/search-face-in-video
Good luck and cheers!
Mollie
Imo, I currently use Faststone as one of my applications and it is surely an underrated application. This software is like explorer on steroids and serves up some really practical features. I am in no way affiliated with the company but I find it to be very useful. Sure, the user interface needs an upgrade but the app makes up for that, best of all its completely free with no ads. Unfortunately, it will only run on windows machines, sorry Mac users including myself lol.
Hi Glenn - thank you so much for sharing! I haven't installed it yet on my PC to try it out and am glad it has been a useful program for you!
Cheers!
Mollie
I am planning to write family stories in con juntion with my old photos. What do you suggest for this?
Hi! Can I try mylio for 30 days trail and then use your discount code or do I have to use your code first to get your annual discount? Thanks.
Hi Molly, I have an appointment with you today at 3pm but something unexpected came up. Is there any way we could change it to later today or tomorrow? So sorry about the inconvenience. I'm trying to haveing the zoom meeting using me cell phone but I can't get it to work yet
Hello, What is the best photo organizer for a Mac? I am so used to File Explorer on a PC and it is so easy to use. I cannot stand Albums and Folders, etc on a Mac. It is so confusing. Plus I love the fact that when I moved a photo from the "Pictures" folder, they move permanently to the folder you move them to. With the Mac, they stay forever in photos so you never know if you moved them to a folder or not. It is maddening! Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you. Brad
Hi there! I’m answering some of this on my TH-cam live program today… if you cant make it, just watch the replay! I recommend exporting photos out of the app to folders in your finder… so you can somewhat work with the pictures in the same way as on a PC.
th-cam.com/users/livedN_2wZ4EHlY?feature=share
Cheers!
Mollie
@@Pixologie Thank you! I’ll check it out!
I purchased a great scanner and have only used it for documents to date. But I have caught all of that up and digitized years of files. Now I'm ready to scan photos. I want to create a system that my kids will inherit. One of my concerns is if I die, my cloud storage account goes away and the kids no longer have access to that. Any suggestions? Also I want to have facial recognititon on the photos so I can find them and look at them...the purpose of pix!
Thanks so much for watching! We recommend Forever.com which guarantees to preserve your memories for your lifetime plus 100 years… I’d love to talk with you if you like! Schedule a call here: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixplan.
Cheers!
Mollie
I’ve inherited very old pictures going back 100 years. Is there an app where after I scan I can add text to show the people in the picture for example?
Being a clinician, my simple way of storing patients photo records as like trauma -> Hand trauma -> name of patient -> photos. like that..i just want to be able to put tags, play a bit with doodling and markups, and add a comment or notes of the procedure or follow-up history. Using lightroom, but only storing is possible not my requirements. Please do suggest. Thanks in advance.
Hi there - Do you use a Mac or PC and an Android or iPhone? And, do you prefer to edit photos on your computer or your iPhone?
Normally, I'd recommend storing in folders on the computer. Add tags with File Explorer (PC) and edit with the Photos app for markups.
Hoping this makes sense!
Cheers!
Mollie
Hi Molly, found your videos recently and found them most helpful!! Unfortunately, I found them after I had already backed up my photos from my Android to Google Photos. I already erased the pictures and videos on my cell phone, except for everything in WhatsApp. TOO BAD.. I have both an old MacBook Pro and a PC with Windows10. Here's my question. I haven't downloaded OneDrive on my cell phone or on my Mac and I haven't purchased any storage in OneDrive, but now, almost all my photos from my cell phone and from PHOTOS in my Mac are already in OneDrive. That means close to 40 Gb!! How could this have happened? I haven't purchased any additional storage nor have I download the OneDrive App in my cell phone? I'm quite puzzeled. Does OneDrive offer support through CHat or phone? I'd appreciate any help. Blessings
Hi there… would you be interested in talking with me about your situation? I do consumer research and would love to chat with you further about this instead of trying to explain it in the comments here. I’d have a few questions for you and then I’d give you a plan. Here’s the link to schedule a call… www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Cheers!
Mollie
Great video
I need your help please,
Well, I have a folder that contains a lot of photos around 5GB and I can't sort it out
There is something at Google photo offers me to choose just one photo as a reference and it classifies all the photos that match in a library
And in my 5GB file there are my own photos my parents my friends of the cars of the buildings etc etc.
Is it possible for lightroom to do the same thing as Google photo?
Because Google photo is really smart but limited in terms of space and connection
Thanks
Hi Mollie, thank you so much for this. I am a 68 year old who started using digital camera in the early 90`s. The dates are all wrong on those pictures. So that is one mess. I don`t have tons of pictures because I have never had a smart phone(someday I will probably get one). I do have an ipad now and take pictures on that. Also I download some pics that people send me on email. I have a PC. I am fairly tech savy, but ....hey, I am old. I think the biggest problem will be figuring out the dates of pictures. Would you recommend Mylio or Forever for someone like me? Are there any programs out there that can estimate dates of your digital or scanned photos? Sorry for asking so many questions. Thanks for whatever help you can give me!
Hi Rachelois1!
You are very welcome! In general I steer people towards using folders and Forever. I have this class that explains our system… th-cam.com/video/e58WlgnAFTM/w-d-xo.html
Might give you some more background. If you need more help after watching the plan, there will be a way to schedule an appointment with me if you like!
Cheers!
Mollie
Also I will answer the question about estimating dates during this week Thursdays TH-cam live program!
@@Pixologie thank you!
Is there a program to find duplicate pictures? Thx 😊
I just found that Mylio does that...yaaaay
Hi Mary Ann - Mylio can find many duplicates and I love that program!
However, it can only find dupliciates if these conditions are met:
- Exact files that are the same size and resolution
- Exact files that are the same name, but in a different folder
- Exact files that match, but have different names
- Exact files that match, but have different metadata
We have found that a Duplicate Finding program that compares pixels of images may find more. Here's another video in case you want to know more. . .
th-cam.com/users/live3hg09uwOMBM?si=9lvPItQocby8a94K
Cheers!
Mollie
I really like your videos. May I ask you why you don't like iPhoto Library?
A main feature that I am looking for is the ability to see which photos have "not" been placed in a folder yet. I saw that Forever does that, but that program is pricey as I have approx. 15,000 photos. Would you happen to know if another program has that feature? Thank you.
Hi Pamela - what kind of computer do you use? I'm sure Mylio has the capability, but it is an advanced program that requires a lot of use to become familiar with. Apple Photos has the ability to create a smart album for photos not in any album.
I consider Forever to be a permanent home for a family photo collection - so more than a program. By chance, do you have videos also? It is an investment for sure, but I have found it the easiest solution for consumers and my clients to use.
Cheers!
Mollie
Mollie-could you elaborate on the Apple Photo smart album for photos not in an album? I have a system set up in my apple photos, but always struggle to remember which pics are already in an album. Thanks!
Hi Amanda - on your Mac, in Photos. Create New Smart Album and select "Album" is NOT "any"
Let me know if that helps!
Cheers!
Mollie
I’ve enjoyed Photoshop 8 for many years. Now it won’t work with windows 11. I want something that will import the tags and dates for my pictures but isn’t a subscription.
Hi Fehr270 - So frustrating!! When you say you want something that will import the tags and dates for your photos, what do you mean? Do you already have photos with the tags and dates set? Unfortunately, software seems to be going to all web-based and/or subscription based. We recommend using Forever Permanent Photo Storage which is web-based but you pay once for the amount of storage you need and then the company preserves your photos, tags, descriptions, etc. for your lifetime plus 100 years.
Free Account: www.forever.com/ambassador/pixologieinc
I did look at Magix . . .
www.magix.com/us/photo-graphic/photo-manager-deluxe/
I have not tested this program and have no opinion but it looks like it is a onetime purchase for now.
Hope this helps!
Mollie
Does one of the apps have the ability of providing an approximate age of a person on a photo?
AI would be amazing at this!
I invested SOOOO much time and effort into tagging faces in my photos in Picasa that I'm still using it 6 years after official support was discontinued. The facial recognition data does not appear to save to the file metadata and be transferable in any way.
I am elderly and have a lot of photos on my phone and pc. Is there someone we can trust to organize them for me?
Whycan't I delete my photos after I put them in folders?? This drives me crazy!! Thanx, Wendy
Hi Wendy… thanks so much for watching… are you working on a pc or Mac? I’d need to know a bit more about where you are trying to delete from… if you like, I’d love to chat! Schedule a time here: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixplan. Cheers!
Mollie
I have an extensive photo collection that was organized using Windows Live Photo Gallery. I have tagged people, added geotags, descriptive tags, and captions. This information is apparently not stored with the individual photos. Also, Microsoft no longer supports Photo Gallery. How can I get this information out of Photo Gallery and into the metadata that is stored with the individual photo files?
Hi Jugg - It has been a long time since I have worked with Windows Live Photo Gallery. Under File, do you see an option to export? I am wondering if you can export the photos with your tags and metadata. This is how some of the other programs work. Can you let me know? I'll look to see if we have an old computer here with Photo Gallery still on it. . . but I am not sure we have one.
Let me know!
Mollie
25 programs and no Capture One? What about Capture One (Pro 23) Mollie?
Hey MeMyselfandBob! Thank you so much for calling this out! I actually am now (of course) aware of Capture One. . . Unbelievably, I have done this video for three years and my 2023 version, I missed including Capture One as well. I can't believe it . . . I would definitely put Capture One in the professional photo management software category. Do you use it and love it?
Cheers!
Mollie
I have photo's everywhere external drive, google, one drive android phone its exhausting. I'm overwhelmed!
Hi Joanie - Many people are overwhelmed by their photos! Have you seen this video of mine:
th-cam.com/video/e58WlgnAFTM/w-d-xo.html
I share the system we use to help people organize photos at our offices at Pixologie. Let me know if you have any specific questions I can help with!
Cheers and blessings!
Mollie
Mollie...Thank you for this terrific explanation. I think want to hire you as a consultant. I M a professional retired photojournalist with (est) 40-50,000 photos in different places. My guess is about 1/3 are duplicates. I need a system that works. I think you - with your easy, affable way - and our approach might work well. Can we talk about that? How do I reach you?
Hi Roger - thank you for watching! You are very kind! Here's my calendar if you'd like to make an appointment . . . calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch?month=2023-11
Cheers!
Mollie
Hi Mollie, I tried to download the Mylio phot editor and I am not successful. They ask for my email and then lelling me that they will send me a code but not able to receive the code to download the program. Could you please help? I really appreciate your help in advance.
Hi there - I am sorry this is not working for you. I am not sure what is happening. Can you go to their home page . . . mylio.com and find the chat. Then type in your situation. If the chat can't answer, they will get a person to help or respond to you usually in a timely fashion. Hoping this helps!
Cheers!
Mollie
Thank you. I will try your suggestion.
Hoping it worked!
I am so confused!! I have so many photos and videos from previous devices (phones, digital cameras, laptops, iPad, etc) and Ive uploaded much of it to my desktop (iMac) which has 1TB storage. My problem is that since I’ve purchased this desktop, it has had several updates. It is now on Catalina which I think is 2 OS behind now. My issue is that with the last update, my photo “albums” and whatever organization I had got scrambled. There are some that look ok but there’s this one album that has 10,000 photos in it and it is one big jumbled mess. No idea how or why it happened. I think it may be that some of the previously stored items were not compatible or something? Well now I’m afraid to update and I have no idea how to unscramble the mess and make heads or tails of it. I would be eternally grateful for any suggestions!! Help!! 😮😮😮
Windows photos used to allow you to store photos in folders ike it was saved in your phone but now it changes the date so you loose valid meta data.
Big mess up from their side
But putting them manually in monthly folders is an OK compromise. Thank you!
I agree! I just work in File Explorer not in Photos...
This intro was so incredibly personal because its exaclty me hahaha (I need severe help)
Can't find "memorable" on internet to save my life :) Defunct already?
Hi there! You do have to worry about these companies! Here’s Memorable’s website: getmemorable.com
I think they may have changed their website a few times over the years.
Forever.com - a good portion of the purchase price goes into the Forever Guarantee Fund and can only be used for ensuring the photo collection is preserved for generations to come.
www.forever.com/guarantee
Thank you for watching!
Mollie
@@Pixologie Thank you. Changing names is not good, but if Google can't find for various keywords, is even worse. They do not inspire big trust to users, especially for users over the seas. I am really careful signing up long term ...
Forever is way too expensive. I'm not sure who they think they are trying to charge those kind of prices but that's not happening. I just want something with facial recognition and the ability to add tags easily. But so far it is proving difficult. I am 30 or 40 thousand pictures behind in my organization and I don't know how else to go about this unfortunately. Meh
Mollie: How can I e-mail you to show you something and ask for some help?
You can schedule a research call with me here: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
I'll have some questions for you and then will share how we help people!
Cheers!
Mollie
Been trying to use Adobe Elements for a friend with 250,000 images. He is not computer savvy (90 years old). He has tons of slides too so those dates are wrecked.
Elements Organizer is trash - runs super slow even on a beefy RAM system SSD storage.
Fast stone is NOT old tech. Don't look at the screenshot
Hi there - Do you use FastStone? What do you like the best about it? Your thoughts may help someone else since I'm sorry I haven't tried it yet.
Cheers!
Mollie
@@Pixologie yes I use fast stone. Very good image management, scanning etc. Metadata management. Very much like xnviewmp. Updated frequently. Not old at all
Thanks so much for sharing!!
i wish AI would just go away and stop trying to tell me what i should think and do! leave AI for medical research etc,. not for interfering with our lives,
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