Image Management
Using cloud storage folders - incl Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive
Storing your images on a personal Cloud storage account is a great way to backup your photos. There are some specific settings when using cloud storage providers that are necessary for proper operation with TTP - all images must be stored locally on ...
How often are folders rescanned for changes?
Every 7 days the folders are rescanned. So if you start TTP on a Monday then 7 days of run-time later it will do a rescan. The only way a rescan would extend longer than 7 days is if TTP was shutdown for X days; but as soon as you start it up again ...
Multiple "sets" of images
Some folks have multiple sets of images that are completely different. Family photos and work photos for example. But there could be many other situations. Tag That Photo only has one database per Windows user. However, you could do a backup of one ...
Enhancing images
Do you have some poor resolution images? Perhaps they came from scans of bad images or the photographer (we are not pointing fingers at you) wasn't very good on that day? There is an online service for enhancing photos that uses artificial ...
Saving bandwidth when backing photos up to the cloud
Many people use OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive or other cloud storage provider. Those services offer a great way to protect your data in the case of a major disaster with your home or just your computer - either way it protects your data and that ...
Taking a backup using MS SyncToy
One way to backup your TTP database is using MS SyncToy - it will copy your important TTP files and make sure you can roll back to a "good point" in time if you run into problems. You can also use a Zip utility - like 7zip - to do the same thing and ...
Migrating, moving or transferring images
Things change when one has a computer system - new drives, new computers, etc. - will necessitate a change in image location. We realize that you definitely don't want to have to re-do any tagging! Hopefully these different scenarios will help. And ...
Handling Duplicate Images
Do you have duplicate images? Here is how Tag That Photo handles them (today). We create a signature on each image (the pixels of the image and not the metadata) so we can tell whether an image is a duplicate. If we find duplicates, we only edit ...