Browsing and Cataloging with Auto Advance

You can use Auto Advance to quickly move through your images while adding tags, ratings, labels, categories, or keywords. You can use Auto Advance in Manage and View mode.

To Turn on Auto Advance in Manage Mode:

At the bottom of the File List toolbar, toggle the Auto Advance button or press Ctrl + Q.

To Use Auto Advance:

When Auto Advance is enabled, adding (or clearing) a tag, rating, color label, keyword, or category will advance the selection to the next image in the folder, allowing you to continue adding metadata. This is particularly useful when paired with keyboard shortcuts, as you can organize entire folders without moving your hands from the keyboard.

To select which types of applied metadata will trigger Auto Advance, see Setting the Auto Advance Options.

Keywords and Categories are disabled by default.

Manage Mode

In Manage mode, using the keys on the numpad, apply the following keyboard shortcuts to make the most out of Auto Advance:

Turn on the numpad by pressing the Num Lock key before utilizing any of the following keyboard shortcuts.

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Tag

*

Purple Color Label

9

Blue Color Label

8

Green Color Label

7

Yellow Color Label

6

Red Color Label

5

Rating of 5

4

Rating of 4

3

Rating of 3

2

Rating of 2

1

Rating of 1

0

Remove Rating

+

Next

-

Previous

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Removes Color Label.

If the Num Lock key has not been activated, this will act as the Delete button.

You can also customize keyboard shortcuts.

Keywords and Categories

You can streamline the process of adding keywords and categories to your images by combining customized keyboard shortcuts and Auto Advance.

Keywords

In the Properties pane, on the Metadata tab, in the IPTC group, you can add keywords to the Keyword field, press ENTER, and Auto Advance will move to the next image. You can also use the same method in the Keywords field on the Organize tab of the Properties pane. In both locations, you can add multiple keywords at once, separating them with commas. You can continue the process for all images without moving your hands from the keyboard.

Categories

In the Properties pane, on the Organize tab, expand the Categories group. Add categories to images by checking the checkbox of your desired category. Or do one of the following:

  • Right-click the image, and choose Set Categories | [your desired category] from the context menu.
  • Choose Edit | Set Categories | [your desired category].

Use any of the these methods and Auto Advance will move to the next image.

To utilize this same type of convenience in all IPTC fields, see To Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Enter Metadata into the Same Field of Multiple Photos.

View Mode

To Turn on Auto Advance in View Mode:

In the Bottom toolbar, toggle the Auto Advance button or press Ctrl + Q.

To Use Auto Advance in View Mode:

  1. Choose Panes | Properties.
  2. Add ratings, color labels, tags, categories, or keywords in the Properties pane and Auto Advance will advance it to the next image in the Filmstrip, allowing you to continue adding metadata.


In View mode, use the following keyboard shortcuts to navigate your folder:

Home

Selects the first image in the folder.

End

Selects the last image in the folder.

Page Down

Next

Page Up

Previous


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