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Managing Your Workflow Using Coloured Filters with Snapper.Photo’s…

PhotoManager

Welcome to the World of …

S napper.Photo

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When & How to Use Coloured Filters

Modifying the Descriptions of Your Filters

Assigning Coloured Filters with Your Imports

Viewing Photos Assigned to Coloured Filters

Assigning Coloured Filters to Your Photos

Removing Coloured Filters from Your Photos

Doing So Much More with Your Photos…

Keyboard Shortcuts

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When & How to Use Coloured Filters

With Snapper PhotoManager managing your workflow routines is now simpler than ever. Right from the start you can import your photos from your latest shoot and assign workflow routines immediately by using Snapper PhotoManager’s Coloured Filters. The description for each Coloured Filter can be changed to whatever you want them to be & once you get the hang of it, you will never lose track of your workflow ever again.

As a default, Snapper PhotoManager is installed with the following 6 Coloured Filters described as follows;

Khaki - Last Import

Orange - Selections & Rejections

Red - Editing

Yellow - Tag, Rate &Keywords

Green - For the Album

Cyan - For Printing

Adding Coloured Filters to sets of photos makes them easy to get to and with a description attached serves as a reminder of what still needs to be done

Some Alternative descriptions/uses for the Coloured Filters are;

Example 1

Khaki - Review & Flag

Orange - Star Rate

Red - Tag & Keyword

Yellow - For Editing

Green - Synchronise Folder

Cyan - Assign to Album

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Example 2

Khaki - Personal Photos - (private photos)

Orange - Clients Photo - (commissioned Photos)

Red - Photos for Sale - (sell as photo art)

Yellow - Photos for Website - (for personal web use)

Green - Archived Photos - (0n removable drives)

Cyan - Master Photos - (not for re- editing)

Example 3

Khaki - My Photos

Orange - My Spouse’s Photos

Red - My Sons Photos

Yellow - My Daughters Photos

Green - Photos from Others

Cyan - Photos for Facebook

As can be seen from the above examples, you can really use the Coloured Filters for any use that makes sense to you.

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Modifying the Descriptions of Your Filters

You can modify the description to your Coloured Filters to suit your personal requirements as follows.

Click on the Filters Tab within the Tags window to display all 6 Coloured Filters

Click on a Coloured Filter to select the one you want to modify ‘Right Click’ on the Filter Description and select Modify Filter Modify the Filter description

Click Save

modifying the description assigned to a Filter will not lose any Photos

be sure to ‘Click’ on the Description of the Coloured Filter as clicking on the Tick box will assign any selected Photo/s to the Filter

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Assigning Coloured Filters with Your Imports

Assigning Coloured Filters to your Photos at the same time as you import your Photos is a sure way to ensure that you start right away.

see help guide ‘Getting Started with Snapper PhotoManager’ for detailed information on Importing your Photos

Click on Import Photos

Click on to Select the photos from your SD or CF memory Card

or to select the photos on a local hard drive or removable drive

Click on Import To & choose where to Import your Photos to, create a New Folder if you need to and click Ok Click on

Choose the required Coloured Filter from the dropdown list Click Ok

see help guide ‘Using Keywords’ for detailed information on Adding Keywords to your Photos

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On completion of the Import, your photos will be easily identifiable with the assigned Colour Filter reflecting on each thumbnail as can be seen in the following screen shot.

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Viewing Photos Assigned to Coloured Filters

At any time, you can view the photos assigned to any of your coloured Filters as follows;

Click on the Filters Tab within the Tags window to see all the 6 Coloured Filters

Simply click on a Coloured Filter & all the photos will be displayed instantly

be sure to ‘Click’ on the Description of the Coloured Filter as clicking on the Tick box will assign any selected Photo/s to the Filter

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Assigning Coloured Filters to Your Photos

You can Assign or change Coloured Filters to your Photos at any time. Assign individual or multiple Photos to speed up your processing.

only one Colour Filter can be assigned to a Photo at a time

5.1) Assigning a Coloured Filter to Selected Photos

Select individual Photos from anywhere in PhotoManager by clicking on a Photo, for multiple Photo’s hold down the Ctrl key & click on the required Photos,

Selected Photos are displayed with a blue highlight border & can be selected in any order

Click on the Tick Box of the required Filter

to select all the photos being displayed, click on Select All from the Menu Bar or by ‘right clicking’ over any photo

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5.2) Drag & Drop Photos onto Coloured Filters

Click on either the Filters Tab in the Tags window to display the list of Coloured Filters Select individual Photos from anywhere in PhotoManager by clicking on a Photo, for multiple Photo’s hold down the Ctrl key & click on the required Photos, selected Photos are displayed with a blue highlight border.

photos can be selected in any order

Click & hold the left mouse key down on any of the selected Photos and drag the photo/s over to the Filter & release the mouse key

a green arrow pointer will be displayed next to the selected Filter

Your photos are now Assigned to the Filter

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Removing Coloured Filters from Your Photos

If you wish to remove a Filter from a photo you can do this quickly and safely without removing the photo from your library.

Click on the Filter Name to see all your photos assigned to the Filter Select the Photo you wish to remove from the Filter by clicking on the Photo Click on the Tick box of the Filter and the Tick will be removed

Your Photo is now safely unassigned from the Filter but Not from your Library

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Viewing your Photos

Selection Key/s Description

Space Bar Thumbnail view to Zoomed view

Space Bar Zoomed view to Thumbnail view

V Viewing Mode On / Off

X 2nd Screen On / Off – Close Slide Show

S Slide show Mode On / Pause

Esc Return from Slide Show Mode

Navigation Control – Thumbnail View

Selection Key/s Description

Right Arrow Next Image

Left Arrow Previous Image

Up Arrow Above Image

Down Arrow Below Image

Page Up Page Up Thumbnails

Page Down Page Down Thumbnails

Panel Controls

[CTRL + F1] Open/Close - Menu Panel

[CTRL + F2] Open/Close - Left Panel

[CTRL + F3] Open/Close - Right Panel

Navigation Control – Zoomed View

Selection Key/s Description

Right Arrow Next Image

Left Arrow Previous Image

Up Arrow Zoom In

Down Arrow Zoom Out

[Ctrl + Scroll Wheel] Zoom In / Zoom Out

Rating & Flagging

Selection Key/s Description

1 (Numeric) Assign 1 Star Rating

2 (Numeric) Assign 2 Star Rating

3 (Numeric) Assign 3 Star Rating

4 (Numeric) Assign 4 Star Rating

5 (Numeric) Assign 5 Star Rating

0 (Numeric) Clear all Star Ratings

F Key Select Flag

R Key Reject Flag