A slideshow mode expands the image sizes to fit the applications window (and automatically switches between images); you can also play a randomized slideshow.Unlike a tool such as Adobe Lightroom, which manages a photo library for you, Photo Mechanic is a media browser that reads whichever Finder folders you point it at.Thats overkill, though, for people who simply want to manage their photos in the Finder, or review the images before importing them into Apples Photos app.Even when you view items in a Finder window as icons and scale them to their largest size, theyre still not large enough to really evaluate which shots are keepers.
Using the Finders Quick Preview (press the spacebar with one or more images selected) can be a slow process, especially with RAW-formatted files. Instead of a binary keeptrash choice, Id like to see the ability to apply a Finder label to selected photos as a way to flag images with a higher priority for later editing, for example. They dont have to become as extensive as Adobe Bridge or Photo Mechanic, but a few steps further would be welcome. Photo Viewer Full Frame FullFull Frame Full Frame starts at the photo import process, looking for an attached memory card or camera. Unless you reflexively copy every image to your hard disk first, this is the natural place to begin, especially since neither the Photos app nor Apples Image Capture utility give you large previews to see what youre importing. Full Frame can scale thumbnails up to 400 percent of their native size, which certainly lets you see what youre working with. If you need an even larger preview, clicking the zoom () button in the top-left corner of a thumbnail fills the window with that image in slideshow mode (which doesnt actually play a slideshowit just makes the preview large enough to view one photo at a time). Photo Viewer Full Exif MetadataIt can also reveal the full Exif metadata for one image or multiple selected image, and optionally rename files during the import process. Metadata presets apply custom information to files as theyre imported, such as adding a copyright notice. If youre using it to sort through existing folders of images, you can ignore that part and use the Delete button to cull the shots you dont want to keep. You can edit some fields manually in the Info window, but which fields appear depend on the file format; JPEG files include an Image Description field, but the iPhones HEIC format does not. You wont find a common Title or Description field that applies to every image. If you do edit the metadata, you can then save the change, but not all file formats are supported. The app threw up an error when reading raw.RAF images from my Fujifilm X-T1, a four-year-old camera, saying that version of the format hasnt been tested yet. For those that do work, the metadata is saved into the raw file, not to a sidecar file. Full Frame is free to use for 100 images, after which in-app purchase options kick in: 4.99 for an additional set of 100 images, or 29.99 to remove the amount restriction. As an alternative to Image Capture or Photos for importing images, the application provides a better way to review images at import. When you point it at a directory, large-sized thumbnails appear. At the largest zoom level, Spect fit four images (six when the navigation sidebar is hidden) on my 15-inch MacBook Pro screen, which is large enough to evaluate the quality of the image.
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