Tagging Images

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

The tagging check box is at the bottom right corner of the thumbnails. Click the check box to tag or untag 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, ratings, and color labels, 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, color labels, and folders 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.
• Control-click on a thumbnail or image, select Tag.
• In the Properties pane, check the box next to Tagged.

To Untag a Selected Image:

• Use the keyboard shortcut \ backslash key to toggle the tag off.
• In the Properties pane, select ACDSee Metadata from the pop-up menu, then uncheck the box next to Tagged.

To Untag All Tagged Images:

• Click Tagged in the Organize pane to display all tagged files in the File List pane.
• Use the keyboard shortcut Command–A to select all.
• Click the backslash key \ to toggle the tag off.

To Display Tagged Photos:

In Manage mode, click the Organize pane, then click Tagged. Tagged photos from all your folders display in the File List pane.

See also:

• Organizing with the Organize Pane
• Using the Properties Pane
• Selecting Files

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