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The speed. It's a very customizable photo viewer, manager, and inject system. It was designed with photojournalists in mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Roadmap on the future with the software. It does 98% of I want it to do, but no one knows what features are coming in the future. I've been on version 5 for several years -- all with bug fixes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
27 out of 28 Total Reviews for Photo Mechanic
Ease of use. The installation process was smooth and I was ready to start with it in minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Editing options are limited. I would have limited some basic editing options rather than doing it in Preview. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love how fast raw images are processed! I set up mouse shortcuts to rate photos a few different ways to help me in final edit process, as well as for social media and blog favs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I mostly use lightroom cc and wish the color codes were accessible across both like Classic would be, but they don't. Other than that, there isn't much else that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There are so many upsides to using Photo Mechanic. It is the fastest way to tag and add metadata to images in batch form. The saved templates and variables allow you to quickly save any screen for fast loading. You can also load in controlled vocabulary or create your own lists for Keywords.
It is powerful in quickly uploading photos via FTP or to your cloud-based storage. It displays visually on the thumbnail it's status.
Photo Mechanic Plus allows you to quickly create a resource that searches through all the metadata. It is quick to create, fast to search and it searches through all your metadata. Some search engines only search caption, title and keywords.
It stacks RAW and JPG images together and is easily unstacked and stacked.
Many shortcut keys speed up the work. You can link your editor to the program with a simple shortcut. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I only wish that it would integrate with google for sending out photos. It works with Entourage, Mail, Outlook, Power Mail, Mail Smith, Eudora. Because it doesn' integrate I have had to create a holding file for file forwarding on email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Photo Mechanic is extremely fast in loading and viewing hundreds of images at one time. There are lot of options for tagging images, the industry standard caption/description metadata input called IPTC helps keyword images and batches that process in seconds. Options to save images in JPEG, or Photoshop files makes it the ideal software for immediate photo editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
This software has been updated with the speed and functions for everyday photojournalists and multi-faceted commercial photographers who require speed browsing and batch processing. Each update makes it faster and there isn't anything to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Any photojournalist, wedding or event photographer will tell you the same thing. Nothing beats Photo Mechanic's speed when it comes to reviewing and tagging RAW photo files. It instantly renders previews even at 100% magnification which means you can rely on PhotoMechanic to check focus. I can cull, keyword, and rate hundreds of photos in minutes with Photo Mehcanic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have no complaints. It does what it's supposed to do and it does it better than anything else out there. I've been using this for the last 8 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
As a photographer, I need a tool to review my photos quickly and to remove the ones aI do not want to retouch. Photo Mechanic is a great tool for this task. It also allows tag images with keywords, and overall makes my professional live easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The interface could be made more intuitive and easy to grasp for the beginner. Also, it would be nice to have a reduced free version of the software. Also, a way to rename files would add value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Have been using the program for over 10 years, easy workflow, great contact sheet viewing, batch captioning, extremely usefull to export and ftp options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
camera bits, the maker keeps constantly sending updates. its fine as is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Photo Mechanic is a fantastic culler and easy to caption photos with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Having to pay for it is the biggest issue I have. I do wish it was easier to import players numbers into the system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- It renders previews instantly
- It makes it possible to flip through an entire photo shoot in a fraction of the time
- 1:1 previews are also rendered instantly so it's easy to check sharpness and focus
That's the bulk of what it does, but it does it to perfection.
Note that I'm still using Photo Mechanic 5. I uninstalled PM 6 because it was slow and buggy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- There's no way to flag a file as rejected
- The interface is dated
- Version 6 is extremely buggy. (Or it was as of last fall when I uninstalled it.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I'm new to using this program, but it's been a great speedy way to cull my images prior to editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Honestly the learning curve (as compared to programs I've been using) is the tough part for me right now - I don't have any problems with the program, aside from being kind of unfamiliar with it so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
