Tagging images

It is easy to take hundreds of photos at an important event like a wedding or a marathon. After you have transferred your photos to your computer, you may want to review them and sort out your favorites. Tagging is a fast and easy way to identify your best photos or to separate them for editing or review.

The tagging check box is at the bottom right corner of the thumbnails. Click the check box to tag or un-tag photos. Photos remain tagged until you clear the checkmark from the check box.

You can display all your tagged photos with one click by clicking Tagged under Special items in the Organize pane. Tagging, like categories and ratings, is a way to set aside, organize, and group your photos without moving the files into different folders.

Tagging is intended as a temporary means of separating your images. Once tagged you can move or apply categories and ratings to the images, and then clear all of the tags. Categories, ratings and folders, on the other hand, are more effective for organizing and grouping your images over a long period of time.

To tag a selected image:

• Use the keyboard shortcut \ backslash key to toggle the tag on.
• Select the check box in the bottom right corner of the thumbnail.
• Right-click on one or more thumbnails and select Tag.
• In the Properties pane, select the tag check box at the top left corner in the Metadata tab.

To untag a selected image:

• Use the keyboard shortcut \ backslash key to toggle the tag off.
• In the Properties pane, uncheck the tag check box at the top left corner in the Metadata tab.

To untag all tagged images:

1. Click Tagged in the Organize pane to display all tagged files in the File List pane.
2. Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + A to select all.
3. Click the backslash key \ to toggle the tag off.

To display tagged photos:

In Manage mode, click View | Organize to display the Organize pane, then click Tagged.

Tagged photos from all your folders display in the File List pane.

To tag a photo in View mode:

Do one of the following:

• In View mode, select the check box in the bottom right corner of the status bar.
• In View mode, click View | Properties to display the Properties pane, click the Metadata tab, then select the Tagged check box in the top left corner.

To tag a photo when you are comparing images:

1. In the Comparison List, select the check box in the bottom right corner of the image thumbnails.
2. Click OK. The Compare Images Viewer closes. You will see a checkmark in the check box of the images that you tagged.

See also:

• About the ACDSee Pro database
• Organizing with the Organize pane
• Using the Properties pane