DAM Knowledge Base

This category contains Know-how articles and tutorials for IMatch plus articles about Digital Asset Management (DAM) and digital imaging in general.

Find Problems in the Metadata of Your Images With the IMatch Metadata Analyst

Problems with metadata in images (things like keywords, descriptions, time stamps, location data, GPS coordinates etc.) are quite common, especially when you have processed your files with a variety of software over the years. In the recent blog post The Hidden Problems of Image Metadata: Why Your Photos May Not Be as Organized as You […]

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The Hidden Problems of Image Metadata: Why Your Photos May Not Be as Organized as You Think

In today’s digital world, where photos are taken, shared, and edited across various platforms, image metadata is crucial. This metadata—EXIF, IPTC, GPS, and XMP—contains important information about your images, such as camera settings, location, keywords, description, copyright and legal information, and more. However, as you switch between different software applications or platforms, you may encounter

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Streamlining Your Workflow with IMatch Categories: A Step-by-Step Guide.

Are you looking for a way to track your files along your workflow using IMatch categories? In this article, we’ll show you how to setup a simple yet effective workflow using categories, assignment action, color-coding and favorites. Setting Up Workflow Categories To get started, switch to the Category View and create a new top-level category

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Free Controlled Vocabularies for IMatch

The IMatch Thesaurus is a very powerful tool for creating and managing controlled vocabularies  – not only for keywords! What is a Controlled Vocabulary? A controlled vocabulary (Wikipedia) is basically a list of hierarchical keywords and synonyms. Instead of manually entering keywords, you pick them from the thesaurus. This not only makes keywording (tagging) files

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How To Convert Microsoft Photo Face Regions Into Standard XMP Face Regions

Many people use Microsoft Photo to “tag” their friend and family in photos with face annotations.What they don’t know is that data is not stored in the standardized XMP regions, but in a proprietary Microsoft XMP namespace. Which makes the data useless for IMatch and other software. IMatch imports the proprietary face regions as part

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The ‘Did You Know? App

The Did you Know? app included with IMatch contains a large number of helpful topics, highlighting certain features or options. The app to be used while you work with IMatch, reminding you of rarely used features or giving you tips for how to work more efficiently. You can open it from the Help menu or

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