Tagging Images or Files

You can tag images to identify certain characteristics. This could be your best photos from an event or images you wish to review. You can use this same method for organizing and categorizing your documents and other files.

The tagging checkbox is at the bottom right corner of the thumbnails. Check the checkbox to tag or un-tag photos or documents. Photos remain tagged until you uncheck the checkbox.

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

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

To Tag a Selected Image or File:

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

To Untag a Selected Image or File:

  • Use the keyboard shortcut \ backslash key to remove the tag.
  • In the Properties pane, uncheck the tag checkbox at the top left corner in the Metadata tab.

To Untag All Tagged Images or Files:

  1. Click Tagged in the Catalog 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 remove the tag.

To Display Tagged Images or Files:

In Manage mode, click Panes | Catalog to display the Catalog pane, then click Tagged in the Special Items section.

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

To Tag an Image or File in View Mode:

Do one of the following:

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

To Tag an Image When You Are Comparing Images:

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

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