Information and keywords associated to files

In order to organize your files, you can edit information such notes, title, keywords, author using the Information panel or Keywords panel. This information is accessible in several part of 3D Photo Browser thanks to tags. Using tags, you get access to this information in several features such search, contact sheet printing or slide show. This information can be imported/exported to/from a database.

By default, you can associate this information to any files, even for files unrecognized by 3D Photo Browser. However, you can change the catalogue contents setting to enable or disable this functionality.

This information is kept when you move, copy or duplicate files from a directory to another one (only if the operation is performed using 3D Photo Browser).

Information and album

Albums gather files that come from different directories. An album contains only reference to files. 3D Photo Browser synchronizes the information contained in the album with the original files information. When you open an album, 3D Photo Browser gets the information from the original files. If you modify the information from the album, 3D Photo Browser set back the information to the original files when you closed the album.

Information and NTFS partition

For more safety, a part of this information is directly integrated within files if they are stored on an NTFS partition. You can access to this information through the Properties/Summary dialog from the Windows explorer. If you modify them using this dialog, the information is set back to the catalogue next time you open it.

Information and MP3 files

For MP3 files, 3D Photo Browser displays additional fields for editing the track number, the album or the genre. This information is updated from the MP3 files and automatically set back to the MP3 files if you modified it.

Editing information associated to files
Version: Light (only display information already entered) / for Dig. Cam. / for 3D Users
menu: Information / Information edition...
keyboard access: F7
access from bottom panel toolbar

Select some files in the thumbnails window, then enter information in the fields you want.
When several files are selected, 3D Photo Browser displays fields for which information is different from one file to another. Click in one of these fields to edit information that will be common to all selected files.

Click on the pin for faster edition. The caret is automatically set back in an edition field when selection changed.

Editing keywords associated to files
Version: Light (only display keywords already entered) / for Dig. Cam. / for 3D Users
menu: Information / Keywords edition...
keyboard access: F8
access from bottom panel toolbar

Keywords are a quick way for describing your files and retrieve them using the search feature. You can associate as many keywords as you need. A predefined keywords list helps simplifies the edition and ensure that a given keyword is always entered the same way from a file to another one.

To add a keyword to the keywords list, enter it in the edition fields. Separate keywords with semi column to enter several keywords. To remove keywords from the list, select them then press Del key or use the delete icon, next to the edition field.

When several files are selected, keywords that are common to the selection are bold displayed.

Predefined keywords list works the same way. To add one or more keywords from the predefined list, select them then click on the double arrows.