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Photo Sorting Software

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brucine Posted messages 24924 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I would like to get your opinion regarding the organization of an important collection of digital photographs [some scanned, as they are very old]. I have several thousand family and friends' photos on an external hard drive, representing about xxxx GB of data accumulated over the past fifty years.

I would like to know if there is a method or software, free or paid, that allows for the automatic classification of these photographs by date, including when the date does not appear explicitly in the files.

Such a solution would be particularly useful for organizing and more easily retrieving these personal archives.

Thank you in advance for your advice and recommendations.

Best regards,

Sergio

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    brucine Posted messages 24924 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 180
     

    Hello,

    You can sort by metadata category with certain image processing software, for example here with Xnview.

    https://doubsastuces.fr/index.php/informatique/astuces-informatiques/117-classify-your-pictures-with-metadata

    Or, it's not very user-friendly, sorting with Exiftool, an example here where the output is done by year-month directory:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/15yra14/program_to_sort_photo_files_by_date_taken/?tl=fr

    More examples and ideas in a well-documented tutorial here:

    https://orchisere.fr/logiciels/html/exiftool.htm

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  2. sgccm Posted messages 100 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   6
     

    Many thanks Brucine and really sorry for not replying sooner... I only read your message today.
    Very kind of you to tell me about these software that I will look for, install and test.

    Have a great vacation and, by the way, HAPPY THIRD OF JULY!

    Sergio

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24924 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 180
       

      I’m on vacation including holidays every day of the year, so I don’t even have to back down, but the same goes for you if you’re working.

      That said, and if the only path allowing almost any whim is ExifTool, there is a graphical variant that is digestible to appropriate oneself.

      https://github.com/FrankBijnen/ExifToolGui/

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