Photoshop Album

[eamc]

I just started using PHOTOSHOP ALBUM and am referred to this forum for topics. ALBUM is great, and identifies images by date. I have trouble seeing the FILE NAMES. Suppose I manage and select some 20-30 files and want to move them to, say, Premiere.
1) How do I see the file NAMES, other than clicking PROPERTIES one by one? It will sort by file name, but does not show them.
2) If I change a file, say abc.jpg, from within Album, it leaves the original file alone, but starts a new file called abc_edited and that is the onlyh one you see in Album. What if I change the file outside of Album? There is a REFRESH command, but it is not covered in help.

Edwin

 

[jimoblak]

PS Album is geared toward home users, not advanced users that use Premiere. If you need a visual index of image directories, consider the free XNView program from xnview.com

 

[sdraper]

Yep XnView is excellent!

 

[eamc]

Thanks for your suggestion. I have found out that you can easily move files into Premiere and its bins, using the EXPORT command. Their approach is to identify a file not so much by nmame (I have found out how to access it) but by a mixture of looking and tags. I have used ImagAXS for tags, but you have to add them one by one. How is XNV for keyword/tag addition?

 

[jimoblak]

Inputting image keywords in XNView can be simple. You are on your own if you want to search for keywords later.

In XNView, you can select several images at once and add a uniform description. The keywords/tags are saved in a plain text file that could be used in a spreadsheet. XNView lacks its own searching capabilities. The program has grown a lot and it may not be too long before a search system is implemented.