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New to IMatch or an Infrequent User? Then the Command Palette is Your Friend!

New to IMatch or an Infrequent User?Then the Command Palette is Your Friend! IMatch is a feature-rich application with numerous functions and commands. For those who don’t use IMatch frequently, recalling all available commands and their corresponding keyboard shortcuts can be challenging. To easily access the Command Palette in IMatch, press Shift+Ctrl+P or Ctrl+Q. The […]

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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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Efficiently Reorganize with the IMatch Clipboard

Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop for Simple Cases When planning to reorganize your database by moving files between folders or categories, IMatch is here to assist. It offers user-friendly features like copy & paste and drag & drop, making simple file transfers straightforward. See the File Management help topic for more information. Collating

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Protect Your Images from Data Mining and AI

The Plus Coalition is an international non-profit organization dedicated to a mission: “to enable access to and understanding of information about visual artworks for the benefit of its members and the general public.” As part of their work, they define the PLUS XMP namespace, which provides fields available for optional use in embedding and reading

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How to Ensure Your Photos Retain Their Metadata Across Tools

As photographers, we often find ourselves managing seemingly identical images, wondering if they contain the same metadata. Or perhaps you’ve recently switched to a new RAW processor or image editor and are concerned about it altering or deleting your precious metadata. Have questions like these crossed your mind? Whether you need to compare dates, camera

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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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How to Find Images with Ignored Faces

IMatch allows you to ignore faces instead of deleting them.This feature is useful when you want to retain the information that there is a face in that area of an image, but you don’t want the IMatch AI to try to assign a person to that face. Features which use face annotations, e..g. face arrangement,

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Mastering Digital Image Management: A Guide for Hobbyist Photographers Using a Digital Asset Management System on Windows

Mastering Digital Image Management: A Guide for Hobbyist Photographers Using a Digital Asset Management System on Windows As a hobbyist photographer, you probably find yourself amassing a growing collection of digital images. Organizing, editing, and managing these images can quickly become overwhelming. Enter Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems – a game-changer for photographers looking to

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