

This is perfect for looking at images in a larger size. Here, the images pop up on your computer screen rather than your camera’s LCD. It goes very fast, and while you’re waiting for your images to copy over, you can edit them.įor Live Ingesting, you ‘tether’ your camera to your computer via a USB cable.

I like this as it repeats the old processes of photography. Ingested images are shown in a contact sheet. This opens your images in a similar way to Lightroom’s ‘Import’, except there is not a catalogue where the images are going. From there, you can ‘ingest’ your images. Most of the workflow in Photo Mechanic 5 is done through contact sheets. With Photo Mechanic, you can do this by creating a Contact Sheet or Live through tethering. Ingesting is the act of importing or bringing images into a program. Cull with PM and edit with Lightroom, Capture One, or On1 Photo RAW. This means that you need to work with an image editor after Photo Mechanic. But you will not be able to edit your images’ exposure, colour, or sharpness. There are a few tools, such as crop, which you can use. This front-end software lets you upload, browse, organise, manage, tag, and export your digital photos. You see colors correctly and Photoshop® doesn't have to ask questions.Do not be confused, Photo Mechanic is not an image editor.

Configure your own preferences or stay with the friendly defaults. Do you want to include shutter speed, aperture and caption information with your prints or web page (and sometimes the date and city, but never the time)? Rename files by photographer & state? Sort photos by city? Automatically convert the color profile for web photos so they look their best and stay small? You choose. Work with batches of photos to: rename assign captions & keywords print contact sheets and proofs create web pages resize & email photos.Ĭonfigure it your way - Put image meta-data to work to customize your results. You can view your originals full screen, compare similar shots side by side, delete the bad shots, tag photos while watching a slide show, and sort your keepers into multiple folders.įast Workflow - Read the images from the card, flatten the file hierarchy, apply IPTC stationery (city, state, photographer's name, copyright, etc.), create a backup on a separate disk, open a contact sheet - all in one step. The multithreaded architecture works in the background to keep ahead of you. Fast Sort - Photo Mechanic helps you quickly find your best shots.
