Suggestion to import pictures into folders by date

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Suggestion to import pictures into folders by date

Post by asterix »

I want to import pictures from my memory card and place them automatically into folder by date, do you have any program or method to suggest?

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Re: Suggestion to import pictures into folders by date

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Do you mean one folder per date?
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Re: Suggestion to import pictures into folders by date

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Try PhotoMove (make a Google search).
It does the job.
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Re: Suggestion to import pictures into folders by date

Post by LeviFiction »

Most image management/catalogers do this in software rather than an actual folder. Making it faster to catalog images that it finds without having to move them all over the hard drive and copy them into locations. PSP used to have the photo-downloader which would auto-import images off your SD card into pre-sorted locations. If you're looking to actually sort images by some standard into folders....I don't actively know of any such programs but they obviously do exist. And probably aren't hard to code.

For a manual but potentially quick method, especially if you're on Windows 10. Open the folder where all of your images are. Click on the "View" tab at the top, and "Group By" Date Taken. Then just click on the title of the group to select all items in that group. Cut and paste into another Explorer window. Less automatic, but should, in general, be fast enough that you're not manually sorting through hundreds of images to move them into folders.