Digital Photography: The Missing Manual

Assigning Tags to Photos

When an image first gets imported into the Organizer, the Image Well shows only the photos in the batch of photos you’ve just imported. With the Photo Browser in Folder Location view (Figure 8-2), you’ll see an icon in the upper-right corner of the Image Well called Instant Tag. Clicking it assigns the photo’s folder name as a tag to all the photos in the group.

To assign a tag to a photo at any time, just drag the tag’s icon from the Organize bin onto the photo’s thumbnail. To add the same tag to a group of photos, first select the pictures and then drag the tag icon onto any one of the selected photos. It’s as easy as that.

You can also delete tags, rearrange their order by dragging them, and even change the size of your tag icons by right-clicking a photo or tag and choosing what you want to do from the pop-up menu. You can also drag tags from one category to another in the Organize bin.

If you decide you want to remove a tag from a photo after you’ve assigned it:

• From a single photo. Right-click the photo’s thumbnail, select Remove Tag, and then choose the tag you want to get rid of.

• From a group of photos. Select the photos, right-click one of them, select Remove Tag from Selected Items, and then choose the tag you want to remove.

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