--- PhotoSift ----------------------------------------------------------------Developed by RL Vision 2013-2014 (http://www.rlvision.

com)
Special thanks to Michael for all support, suggestions, testing and the logo.
Free, open source. Licensed under GPL
Source code is available from the homepage.
Portable:
Just unzip and run
Settings are saved in the application folder as 'Settings.xml'.
This file can be kept when upgrading. Removing it restores the
default settings.
--- About --------------------------------------------------------------------PhotoSift is a utility helping you to quickly organize unsorted image
libraries. The basic idea is to load the program with images, then show
and inspect each image and press a key on the keyboard. The image will
then be moved or copied to a folder of your choice corresponding to
that key, and the next images is displayed.
Features:
Quickly organize your unsorted images
Fast keyboard-based workflow
Multithreaded cache-ahead loading
Various inspection tools (zoom, flip, rotate)
Rename or delete files when needed
Unlimited undo
Fullscreen mode for less distractions
Highly configurable
Portable
Free, open source
--- Getting Started ----------------------------------------------------------This sections outlines how to use PhotoSift for the first time:
1. Set the base target folder
The first thing you should do is to decide where images should end
up when you press a key. On the "File" menu, select "Set Target Base
Folder". (If you don't change this folder, it will default to the
same folder as PhotoSift.exe is located in)
2. Set file mode
PhotoSift can either move or copy your images. Default is move. You
may want to change this. On the "Edit" menu select "Settings". Locate
"File Operations" to find the file mode. Also check the other file
operation settings to make sure they suit your needs.
3. Add images
Open the "Image Pool" menu and select either "Add Images" or "Add
from Folder". The latter will let you choose a folder, and then locate
all images in that folder and its subfolders. You can also drag and

drop images or folders onto the program to add them.

4. Browse the image pool
Now that you have loaded images you can start browsing them. Press left
and right to step forward and backwards in the image pool. See the hotk
ey
section below to see what more you can do.
5. Press a Key
When an image is displayed, press a letter or number key on the keyboard.
Let's say that you press the "A" key. Now PhotoSift will move (or copy)
the image into a subfolder named "A" that is located in the folder that
you decided on in step 1.
For example:
Currently viewing: "c:\temp\pic.jpg"
Base target folder is: "d:\sorted\"
You Press "A"
Image is moved to: "d:\sorted\A\pic.jpg"
The next section describes how to change the destination folder
associated with each key.
--- Destination Folders ------------------------------------------------------The settings allows you to specify the destination folder associated with
each key. There are three ways to specify this:
1: Leave the field empty.
This will use the key as destination folder. So if you pressed the "A
"
key, the image will end up in a subfolder name "A" located in the bas
e
target folder.
2: Enter a custom name.
This wil be used as the destination folder, located as a subfolder in
the base target folder. Example: "Landscape Photos"
3: Enter a complete path.
If you enter a complete path this will be used as the destination
folder. Example: "c:\photos\portraits\"
You can change the base target folder from the "File" menu in the main
window. If you don't change this folder, it will default to the same fol
der
as PhotoSift.exe is located in.
If the destination folder does not exist, it will be created automatical
ly.
--- Hotkeys -------------------------------------------------------------------

PhotoSift is built around using shortcut keys. This is a complete list of all
available keys:
Navigate:
Right/Down/PgDown/Space: Show next image
Left/Up/PgUp: Show previous image
Ctrl+Arrows: Skip 10 images forward/backwards
Shift+Arrows: Skip 25 images forward/backwards
Home/End: Go to first or last image
Mouse:
Left Mouse Button: Toggle scale vs actual size (1:1) mode
Right Mouse Button: Toggle zoom mode
Middle Mouse Button: Flip image vertically (*)
MouseWheel: Next/previous image
File operations & image pool:
A-Z and 0-9: Move or copy current image
F9: Select base target folder
Shift+Del: Deletes the current image
Alt+Del: Deletes the current image to recycle bin
Ctrl+Del: Remove the current image from the image pool
Del: Delete/Recycle/Remove depending on settings
Insert: Opens a file dialog to add images to the image pool
Ctrl+Insert: Add all images contained in a folder and its subfolders
F2: Lets you rename the currently displayed image file
Ctrl+Z: Undo last file operation (**)
Ctrl+R: Randomize the order of the images' in the pool
Display
Ctrl+W: Opens input box to scale to specific width (in pixels)
Ctrl+H: Opens input box to scale to specific width (in pixels)
+: Zoom in
-: Zoom out
Ctrl+Shift+Up: Flip image vertically (*)
Ctrl+Shift+Down: Flip image horizontally (*)
Ctrl+Shift+Left: Rotate image CCW (*)
Ctrl+Shift+Right: Rotate image CW (*)
F4: Toggle enlarge small images
F8: Toggles if the scale mode should be kept when changing image
System:
F1: Open this help file
F11 or Alt+Enter: Toggle fullscreen
F12: Open settings
Ctrl+C: Copy the current image to clipboard
Pause/Break: Toggle auto advance on or off
Tab: Toggle showing the menubar
Ctrl+1-9: In a multi monitor setup, if in PhotoSift is in fullscreen
mode, Ctrl+# moves the application to screen number #.
(*) Flipping and rotating is only visual and does not affect the
actual image file.
(**) Undo works on move, copy, rename and delete to recycle bin.
--- Command Line -------------------------------------------------------------When starting PhotoSift you can supply a list of files or folders. PhotoSift

will attempt to load these files and the content of folders (including
subfolders).
Example:
PhotoSift.exe "c:\temp\someimage.jpg" "c:\allmyphotos"
--- Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------To run PhotoSift you need the ".Net Framework 2.0". If you get the error
message "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)"
this means you don't have .Net 2.0 installed.
.Net 2.0 is preinstalled on Windows XP (SP3), Vista & 7. Windows 8+ users
might need to download or enable it first. Usually Windows will detect and
offer to download and install the required framework files for you when
you try to start the program for the first time. Let it finish and then
try to start the program again. If this does not happen, try this:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Go to
Click
Check
Click

Control Panel > Programs > Get Programs

Turn Windows features on or off
'.NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)'
OK.

--- Version History ----------------------------------------------------------1.11 (2014-06-15)

Fixed a visual problem with the black scheme on Windows 8
1.1 (2014-03-29)
Added undo for all file operations
Added customizable menu colors (defaults to black scheme)
Added zoom in/out and to specific width/height
Added command line support
Added option to keep scale mode when changing picture
Added rudimentary stats to about dialog
Added menu item to shuffle loaded images
Lots of minor additionas, tweaks & fixes
1.0 (2014-01-22)
First public release