To me: the IPTC stationary pad allows me to insert a whole range of information that will help me to brand, catalogue, organise and recognise my images from now on.Īgain, I use Variables here to make this part of the import process as easy and quick as possible. This basic set of metadata fields is branded as IPTC Core, in 2008 a second set branded as IPTC Extension was developed. Embedded IIM image information is often referred to as an “IPTC header”. The IPTC defined a set of metadata properties that can be applied to images, part of a broader standard developed in the early 1990s and known as the IPTC Information Interchange Model (IIM). The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) is based in London and is a consortium of the world’s major news agencies, other news providers and news industry vendors and acts as the global standards body of the news media. It’s a simple tool that can add a whole new level of information to your images in a systematic way that would otherwise cost you hours and hours of work.īefore I click ingest I open up the IPTC Stationary Pad. You can insert a variable into an input field by simply clicking onto the field and then double-clicking the variable on the list that you want to insert into this text field. for example your website URLĪnywhere in Photo Mechanic, you can open the Variable window to show a list of all available variables.
Hot Codes/Code Replacement: When pasting text containing Code Replacements, all Codes are evaluated at once īetter Crop Tool: Apply soft crops and rotations on JPG exports, with ability to preview Improved Slide Show: Multiple transitions including crossfade and add Tag, Color Class or Star Ratings during a Slide Show īetter Fullscreen Mode: Fullscreen support on macOS and Windows for both the Contact Sheet and Preview windows (including both at the same time on different monitors) Reverse GPS Lookup: If photos are geotagged, Photo Mechanic will use those GPS coordinates to insert the city, state, and country names into the metadata Ingest From Selection: Plug in a memory card, ingest only the images selected versus the entire card Streamlined User Interface: Based on customer feedback, an improved and more efficient interface puts commonly used gadgets together, for a more compact and intuitive experience
This is partly due to Photo Mechanic working with a smaller JPEG preview of RAW files, whereas Lightroom handles the full RAW file. ‘Saving a few seconds per photo really adds up fast, and Photo Mechanic makes it easy to spend less time editing and more time taking photos.’
‘Photo Mechanic, revered by thousands of professional photographers worldwide, is recognised as the fastest tool on the market, saving professionals valuable time when culling, captioning, organizing, and delivering thousands of photos on tight deadlines,’ the press release says. While these are tasks capably performed by RAW processing apps like Adobe’s Lightroom or Phase One’s Capture One Pro, Photo Mechanic is known to be lightning fast by comparison.
The software does not perform post-processing, but is used to sort, cull, rename, add metadata and tag photos.
It’s the first major upgrade since 2012, and Camera Bits says its now a 64-bit application which is much smoother on current versions of Window and MacOS. It’s also available as a 30-day free trial. It costs US$139 for a new licence or existing users can upgrade for US$89. Photo Mechanic is a workflow solution for photographers dealing with high volumes of photos.
Oregon-based Camera Bits has launched Photo Mechanic 6, the latest version of its digital asset management and workflow software that’s two to three times faster at sorting and culling.