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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 11, 2021 14:47:56 GMT
I have used ACDSee for many many years now and have really liked it. It is possible to do editing in ACDSee but I never have done that, I just used it for viewing only.
They are getting too expensive now plus today when I was using it I noticed somehow the exif data is no longer visible. Yes they have "some" customer service, but it is only available as "Premium" support, and I do not have that. The exif file WAS there yesterday! I tried looking in different areas as to how to return it back but failed.
What other photo viewers are recommended that DO have the full exif data visible?
Thank you
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cjt
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Post by cjt on Aug 11, 2021 16:23:46 GMT
Take a look at Bridge, it has a lot of options for display of metadata.
cjt, also a Charles
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 11, 2021 16:35:55 GMT
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pete61
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Post by pete61 on Aug 11, 2021 16:58:47 GMT
Inspector, for a non-Adobe alternative I suggest you have a look at (inspect?) FastStone Image Viewer. It is a stable multi-purpose image browser/viewer/converter that's completely free for Home Users. It displays 15 fields of EXIF data for every image if available. More information and a download are available here: www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 11, 2021 17:57:30 GMT
Take a look at Bridge, it has a lot of options for display of metadata. cjt, also a Charles Thank you Charles! |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 11, 2021 18:07:11 GMT
I also thank you Sepiana! When I click on your link the first thing I see is "Get 300,000 Free Adobe Stock Images!!" with a download link inside that box area. When I click on THAT download link then I see "Download Adobe Stock Free & Get Over 300,000 Professional Assets" I scroll down a little bit and I see a video to watch. Just below that is a download link for "Get It Now" If I click on that link will I download Bridge or something about Adobe Stock Images? Below that it talks about " you can have US$50 worth of professional, high-resolution stock images, forever" So where is the download link for Bridge? Adobe did not make this very simple for dummies like me! |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 11, 2021 18:18:06 GMT
Inspector, for a non-Adobe alternative I suggest you have a look at (inspect?) FastStone Image Viewer. It is a stable multi-purpose image browser/viewer/converter that's completely free for Home Users. It displays 15 fields of EXIF data for every image if available. More information and a download are available here: www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htmHi Pete, When I was in grabe skhool I flunked spelling, that is it why I speeled inspect as inspeqt or for me inspeqtor and I eneded up being an inspeqtor in the tool & die trade. It is a wonder I never got fired from my job being so bad at speeling! <grin> Anyway, going beyond that, thank you for including FastStone. I remember now hearing about this program many years ago but never tried it out. I just now download this program and will try it out!! Than you! Sepiana, I still want to look at bridge  |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 11, 2021 18:59:19 GMT
Pete or anyone else who may know the answer to this question...
In FastStone where do I find the exif data to read? I do see in the "Table of Contents" how to "CHANGE" the exif file. I do not want to change the exif file. I see no reason to change the exif file. Why would anyone want to CHANGE the exif file?
Where do I read the current exif file within FastStone for any image file?
Thank you
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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 11, 2021 19:02:29 GMT
Another question I have. Is there a way to change the hard drive location of where FastStone opens to? I have a certain drive and location different from where FastStone now opens.
Thank you
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 11, 2021 20:12:17 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 11, 2021 20:49:38 GMT
Another question I have. Is there a way to change the hard drive location of where FastStone opens to? I have a certain drive and location different from where FastStone now opens. Thank you FastStone goes wherever you point it to just by simple navigating the folder tree; unlike most so-called Digital Asset Managers (DAMs), FastStone does not have to be associated with any folder or drive. >>>ON EDIT: in Settings, you can set FastStone to either open to the last visited folder (even image in that folder); or, you can set it to always open to a particular folder; plus, you can make as many folders as you wish "Favorites" = open the Favorites drop-down and click on whichever one you choose. There are several ways to see the EXIF data with FastStone. Right-click any thumbnail and choose Properties then select the Details tab in the Properties window. Or, go to View and choose either Image Properties or File Properties; File Properties simply opens the Properties window as already described; Image Properties opens a dialogue with three tabs = EXIF, Histogram, and jpeg Comment (jpeg Comment is VERY USEFUL - type "T" to open the Comment Editor) To open File Properties from the Image Properties window, click the file's name. In the EXIF tab of Image Properties, down at the bottom, if an image is geo-tagged, there will be two little icons; click the little blue globe, and (providing you have FREE Google Earth Pro installed, it will immediately open and absolutely fly to the pinpointed location of the image = very cool. If you really want to get down to the down and dirty of EXIF data, also get XnView; XnView will let you see, read, and edit just about anything that the more complicated EXIF-Tool will, except in a more user-friendly manner. If you REALLY REALLY want to see and edit EXIF, then get EXIF-Tool GUI. All of the above mentioned programs are 100% FREE. I use then all. Of them all, FastStone is my workhorse. |
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pete61
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Post by pete61 on Aug 11, 2021 21:51:26 GMT
Charles, in FastStone Image Viewer once you have double-clicked on an image thumbnail to display the large version of the photo, move your cursor as far as possible to the right side of your screen, at or near the vertical middle of the screen. A panel will pop up as shown in the example below. It displays the File, EXIF and other information. I see where Buckskin has already replied with other ways to see the data!  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 11, 2021 22:00:07 GMT
Maybe this will help; I did this in FastStone, screenshot and all.  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 11, 2021 22:14:59 GMT
One more very handy thing = in FastStone settings, make it the default program for the types of image files you work with (there is a button for "All" if you don't want to pick and choose.
Once you make FastStone the default program, when you ask any other program to open an image in your default program, the image will immediately show up in FastStone full screen view - AND - be navigated to in the folder tree.
AND, you can run two instances of FastStone, completely independent of each other; you can even set preferences different between the two instances; being able to run two instances is very very handy.
The other program I mentioned, XnView, is capable of MANY instances; I don't know how many, but several.
If you want to keyword tag your images, I highly recommend FREE digiKam; no other program's keyword tag abilities can compare with digiKam and you can have subtags many many subtags deep, just like a folder tree.
digiKam is capable of several instances as well.
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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 12, 2021 12:57:37 GMT
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