Take Control of Your Digital Photos, 3rd Edition

Import Your Photos the Smart Way

Moving photos from a camera or memory card to the computer seems like mere transportation: bits captured and stored in one location are copied and saved to a new location. That sounds about as exciting as bringing groceries home from the market.

But what if those groceries could assemble themselves into prepared meals by the time you delivered them to your kitchen? And what if your photos could organize themselves on the way to your drive by detailing what’s in each image, where it was shot, and by whom?

Your computer can offer more than just shuttling files from one location to another. By taking advantage of software’s capability to assign metadata during the import stage, much of the drudgery of organizing ...