Photo Mechanic by Camera Bits
Photo Mechanic is a standalone image browser and workflow accelerator that lets you view your digital photos with convenience and speed. Photo Mechanic's super fast browsing enables you to quickly Ingest, Edit, and Export, taking the work out of your workflow. Its powerful batch processing, full support for image variables, IPTC and Exif metadata, make it the perfect tool for any digital photographer.
Ingest
Photo Mechanic's Ingest utility is one of its core components. Streamline and speed up your copying process while utilizing Photo Mechanic's many options to personalize and organize your images to your own specifications. Copy files from several flash cards simultaneously, flatten the directory structure, rename the files, add IPTC information, and make a mirrored backup folder - all in one step! Copy images to one or more destination folders using Photo Mechanic's Live Ingest , while shooting wirelessly or tethered.
Edit
Editing your photos in Photo Mechanic is a snap! Quickly edit your photos utilizing the many functions Photo Mechanic contains, personalized to your needs. Quickly rotate, preview, copy, delete, tag, watermark, rename, resize, set GPS coordinates, and add IPTC metadata to photos both individually and in batches. Adjust capture dates and times, change a files resolution, or embed an ICC profile into your JPEGs. View and compare images side by side both horizontally and vertically.
Export
Exporting photos your way is easy with Photo Mechanic. You can create web galleries, print contact sheets, send photos to your clients via email, or archive your images by burning them to CDs or DVDs. Upload your images via FTP, SFTP, and to a a variety of popular online services.
About Camera Bits
Photo Mechanic is made by Camera Bits, a pioneering provider of software for professional digital photographers. Technology visionary and president/CEO Dennis Walker founded the company in 1996 with a simple purpose – design powerful, intuitive software that will improve the workflow of the digital photographer. Among the first of Camera Bits’ innovative developments were the unified color artifact and noise filter Quantum Mechanic, moiré pattern reducer Moiré Eraser, and "banding" noise filter Band Aide. The success of these programs led to the development of the prize member of the Camera Bits’ digital arsenal, Photo Mechanic, a photo browser and workflow accelerator that to-date is unmatched in its vast capabilities.
Why we love them
There's a good reason why Photo Mechanic has been an industry standard workflow tool for photojournalists, sports photographers, and wire shooters for over a decade; it's simply the fastest way to ingest files from cards, select the best images from a shoot and upload them to wherever the need to be. And, PhotoShelter members can upload directly from Photo Mechanic into their accounts.