# Photo software help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-software-help/427485>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-software-help/427485 "2007-11-23T04:30:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-software-help/427485/1 "2007-11-23T04:30:22Z")

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I’m not sure in which forum this question belongs, so please move if appropriate. Thanks!

I’m looking for (preferably free) software that will allow me to view digital photos I take and sort them into different folders or delete them quickly. For example, I want use the arrow keys to see the images and hit other keys to perform operations, such as rotate, delete, or move to pre-defined folders. I don’t need any sort of library capabilities, because I will be uploading the pictures to Flickr for tagging and organizing. I just want to sort the photos into separate folders first to make it easier to tag them in Flickr.

Does anyone know of such software? TIA!

–FCOD

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-software-help/427485/2 "2007-11-23T04:43:21Z")

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[Picasa, by Google](http://picasa.google.com/), might be what you want.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-software-help/427485/3 "2007-11-23T04:56:31Z")

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I’ve always liked [ThumbsPlus](http://www.thumbsplus.com/?), but it’s no longer nag-ware, it’s $50. I think you can download a trial of some sort. It does everything you describe.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-software-help/427485/4 "2007-11-23T04:59:17Z")

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Also, [Photoshop Album Starter Edition](http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin) is free.

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**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-software-help/427485/5 "2007-11-23T05:08:16Z")

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Thanks for your suggestions, everyone, but I actually just found what I was looking for. IrfanView. It does everything I described! Thanks again!

–FCOD