XnView Software

Merci pour ces tutoriels!

michel038 wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:12 pm En français, c'est plus simple ?

Et avec une bonne dose de courage, le tuto dont le lien est là-dessous, dans ma signature ...

Je vais l'essayer, mais le français n'est pas ma langue maternelle (du tout...)

For the first questions :
"Catergories" in XnViewMP is a tool to make easy entering keywords in photos. (IPTC or XMP depending on Settings, Metadata)
At the same time, XnViewMP builds a database that allows you to filter photos in "Category filter" pane . (use Ctrl key to select more categories ...

Another set of questions related to categorizing is about adding/editing comment:
- is that information transferable to/readable in (some) other applications?
- what's the differnce between Description and Embedded comment?

In addition, when I choose Tools > Metadata > Edit IPTC-IIM/XMP for a photo I have NOT assigned a Category to, I see some Categories mentioned under the Keywords tab - why? (eventhough the 2CV is blue, it's not a Bird nor a Blue Tit...)

Following up from https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=40215
and after having read https://www.xnview.com/download/XnViewMP%20for%20Beginners.pdf

it seems that the next step (for me) before starting to catalogue my photos is chosing between using Categories or adding/editing the IPTC ...

I'm using Windows :

Select the first image found, and click "View, Fulscreen" or F11. You get : next, prev, play/pause buttons at the bttom of the screen
When you move the mouse close to the top, a thumbnails ribbon (?) appears. Likewise an info panel on the right.
Use "I" to show/hide infos
Esc ...

Hello, a first-time user here...
I'm wondering whether it's possible to do my 'keywording' (using 'Categories') and subsequent searching by Categories with XnViewMP, then do the actual viewing of the search results with my default image viewer (macOS Preview), which hasn't got a keywording feature ...