Photo Supreme Blog Articles

How to Customize Thumbnails
If you spend a lot of time browsing images in Photo Supreme, the way your thumbnails look can make a huge difference. The program offers powerful options to tailor the thumbnail grid exactly to your workflow: from simple, clean layouts to richly detailed metadata displays. Explore how to customize thumbnails so your catalog looks and works just the way you like it.

Exploring the Timeline and Calendar Tags
Organizing thousands of photos can be overwhelming, but Photo Supreme makes it effortless. With its Timeline and Calendar Tags, you can browse your catalog by date, from years down to specific days. These features turn your collection into a visual history, helping you rediscover moments and patterns over time. Date-based access keeps your images just a click away.

Creating Portfolios
Learn how to use Portfolios in Photo Supreme to organize, curate, and present your images with ease. This guide explains how Portfolios, Collections, and Sub-Collections work together, including the power of Dynamic Collections, to streamline culling, project management, and creative workflows.

Using External Applications
Managing your photo library in Photo Supreme is powerful on its own, but sometimes you’ll want to bring in the strengths of your favorite external tools. Whether it’s advanced editing, noise reduction, or specialized retouching, Photo Supreme makes it easy to integrate outside applications into your workflow.

Unlocking the Image Basket
The Image Basket in Photo Supreme is a versatile, temporary workspace that lets you gather, compare, and manage images without altering your catalog. It’s perfect for quick selections, batch edits, and ad-hoc projects, giving you more control and flexibility in your workflow. Learn how this simple yet powerful tool can streamline the way you handle your digital assets.

Using GPX for GEO Tagging
Want to know exactly where each of your photos was taken? With GPX files and Photo Supreme, you can automatically geotag your images by matching them to GPS track logs from your phone or GPS device. Even if your camera’s clock wasn’t set correctly while traveling, Photo Supreme’s time offset option makes sure your photos and locations still line up perfectly.

Stay in Sync with the Verify Folder Tool
The Verify Folder Tool keeps your catalog aligned with the actual files on disk, catching missing, moved, or externally edited images. With options like Quick (fast and efficient) and Binary (thorough), you can choose the right balance of speed and accuracy. Your catalog stays reliable automatically, giving you peace of mind and a smoother workflow.

Sharing photos via AirDrop on macOS
Photo Supreme on macOS now makes sharing effortless with built-in AirDrop support. Whether you want to send a quick JPEG preview or transfer the original file, you can do it straight from the catalog in just a few clicks. It’s the fastest way to move photos from desktop to device: no cables, no cloud, just instant transfers.

Mastering Text Expansion
Text Expansion in Photo Supreme lets you type short abbreviations that instantly expand into full phrases, metadata, or even macro-driven text. With support for macros, nesting, and list management, it’s a powerful way to speed up your workflow while keeping your metadata consistent and error-free.

GEO Fence Searches in Photo Supreme
Your photos don’t just capture moments: they capture places. With Photo Supreme’s GEO Fence search, you can instantly find all images taken near a specific location, no matter when they were shot. Whether you're organizing travel memories or managing a professional archive, GEO Fences turn GPS data into powerful, location-based insights.

Visualize Metadata in Bar Graphs
Photo Supreme’s Details section lets you visualize your photo metadata using bar graphs, making it easy to see the most common values for fields like camera make, location, or custom tags. This powerful feature helps you spot trends, and clean up inconsistencies. Whether you're managing thousands of images or organizing a recent shoot, it turns data into actionable insight.

Photo Supreme for Genealogists
Genealogy is more than tracing names: it's about preserving stories and connections across generations, often through photographs. As your archive grows, Photo Supreme offers powerful tools like attachments and catalog label relationships to help you organize, link, and explore your family history with clarity and ease.

Export to Catalog
Photo Supreme is packed with powerful tools for managing your image library, but one feature that often flies under the radar is "Export to Catalog." This feature lets you export a selected set of thumbnails, including previews and metadata, to a new, standalone catalog. It’s perfect for sharing, archiving, or creating portable versions of your image sets.




