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Lost in Time? Tackling Uncertain Dates with Old Photos and Digital Asset Management

Lost in Time? Tackling Uncertain Dates with Old Photos and Digital Asset Management We’ve all been there. You’re digitizing a box of old family photos, or painstakingly scanning fragile prints from an antique shop, and you’re faced with the inevitable: no dates. These images are precious glimpses into the past, but without context, they can […]

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WIC Support and Codec Availability

What is IMatch? IMatch is one of the leading Digital Asset Management Systems (DAM) for Windows.Manage, catalog and organize all your RAW files, digital images, videos, audio recordings, PDF and Office documents etc. in one software. See what IMatch can do for you. What is WIC? IMatch supports the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) framework supported

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Introducing IMatch 2025: A Major Leap Forward in Digital Asset Management (DAM) Software

We are delighted to announce the release of IMatch 2025, marking one of the most significant upgrades in our software’s history. With over 100 entries in the release notes, this update brings a host of new features designed to enhance your digital asset management experience. IMatch AI 2.0 The introduction of IMatch AI 2.0 and

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Putting Some Smarts Into File Names

Using smart file names can be a key for successful digital asset management. Some users prefer to include dates in file names. Other users include project codes or use a globally unique file naming schema. Whatever naming schema you decide to use, IMatch has tools to make the job easier. IMatch includes a powerful tool

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Exporting Metadata and Attributes with the Text Exporter

The ability to export metadata in various formats is a key feature for every digital asset management system. IMatch includes a wide range of export modules which allow you to export attributes, metadata and other data in a variety of formats. Exporting Metadata and Attributes This know-how article covers the flexible Text Export module which

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Using Custom Icons in the File Window

IMatch File Windows use a range of icons to present metadata and digital asset states. The file collections, the XMP rating and label, category assignments and more. Sometimes it may be desirable to display additional icons. Maybe you want to indicate images taken at high-ISO settings, which may require extra care during post processing. Or

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Use Metadata Tag Shortcodes To Save Typing

Variables are a flexible tool for displaying custom metadata in features like File Windows, Viewer, Slide Show, Renamer, Batch Processor and elsewhere. The digital asset management software IMatch gives users access to over 10,000 metadata fields, from all relevant formats, including XMP, IPTC, EXIF, GPS, ID3, PDF and more. Accessing Metadata Fields via Tag Names

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How To Find Files Without Metadata

Sometimes you need to find all files which have no data for a given metadata tag. Maybe you need to find files without a description, or files which have no keywords yet. This can be easily achieved with the digital asset management system IMatch. We use the Value filter for this purpose. Open the Filter

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The File Window displaying multiple keywords per row.

Tune Your File Window Layouts

The File Window in IMatch can be customized in many ways using file window layouts. You have full control over whether you use a thumbnail or a tabular layout and over the data to be included for each file. This know-how article explains some tricks which you can use with custom templates in conjunction with

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Ignoring Small Embedded Previews in RAW Images

RAW Previews Sometimes older RAW files have embedded preview images with dimensions much smaller than the RAW file itself. For example, some early cameras included smallish 1200 pixel previews even if the RAW had 3500 or more pixels in each dimension. The digital asset management system IMatch by default uses the embedded preview image to

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