Manage and rename photos according to EXIF data

Digital cameras are great for taking loads of pictures and discarding any of them you don’t like. The problem comes when you want to keep all of them, regardless of their quality: you need a good management tool before chaos takes over your image directory.

This is when Amok Exif Sorter comes in handy. This photo organizer enables you to rename your images and image directories according to the Exif data saved with each photo. In this way you’ll be able to have all of your pictures perfectly organized in folders by the date they were created, the camera they were taken with and a lot more filters.

What I really liked about Amok Exif Sorter was the wide array of available options when renaming the files. However, the program is not very user-friendly in this aspect, as there’s no included documentation to explain all the possible variables – plus, the online help section is only in German. In any case, you can see a preview of the new name before applying it, which is always helpful.

Although it takes a while to explore all the renaming possibilities in Amok Exif Sorter, it’s worth it. This program is a great companion for all digital camera owners.

AmoK Exif Sorter is the easy but powerful solution for renaming your photos. All pictures of a digital camera can be renamed by AmoK Exif Sorter based on the pictures’ metadata (EXIF and IPTC). Meta data are stored in every picture automatically by the camera. The data include information about the date when the picture was taken (year, month, day, hour, second) but also information about camera model, aperture, exposure, picture’s size, and many more.

AmoK Exif Sorter cannot only rename pictures. The software can also move or copy them to arbitrary folders. These folders again, can be named according to the exif data. For instance, all pictures taken in February 2007 could be moved to c:\photos\2007\February\ and the pictures named according to the template “year-month-day_time_some-text” which would result in a file name such as 2007-02-27_18:34_New_York.jpg.

To ease work, AmoK Exif Sorter offers a live preview of the file names, an integrated picture and exif data viewer, drag & drop, thumbnail view, automatic update check, and profiles for different cameras and users. Complete directories including sub directories may be processed or single files. In addition, the exif date may be changed (plus/minus X years/days/hours/…) and also non-exif files such as video files may be renamed according to their file creation date. Beside the exif data the IPTC format is supported.