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Introducing IMatch 2025: A Major Leap Forward in Digital Asset Management (DAM) Software

We are delighted to announce the release of IMatch 2025, marking one of the most significant upgrades in our software’s history. With over 100 entries in the release notes, this update brings a host of new features designed to enhance your digital asset management experience. IMatch AI 2.0 The introduction of IMatch AI 2.0 and […]

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How to Ensure Your Photos Retain Their Metadata Across Tools

As photographers, we often find ourselves managing seemingly identical images, wondering if they contain the same metadata. Or perhaps you’ve recently switched to a new RAW processor or image editor and are concerned about it altering or deleting your precious metadata. Have questions like these crossed your mind? Whether you need to compare dates, camera

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Fix Image Order with the TimeWiz

With IMatch, you have several ways to establish a certain file order. You can use the Renamer to rename files in a way than ensures they are displayed in the other you want when you sort by file name, e.g. in a File Window, in Windows Explorer or elsewhere. This is quick and easy to

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Find Problems in the Metadata of Your Images With the IMatch Metadata Analyst

Problems with metadata in images (things like keywords, descriptions, time stamps, location data, GPS coordinates etc.) are quite common, especially when you have processed your files with a variety of software over the years. In the recent blog post The Hidden Problems of Image Metadata: Why Your Photos May Not Be as Organized as You

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The Hidden Problems of Image Metadata: Why Your Photos May Not Be as Organized as You Think

In today’s digital world, where photos are taken, shared, and edited across various platforms, image metadata is crucial. This metadata—EXIF, IPTC, GPS, and XMP—contains important information about your images, such as camera settings, location, keywords, description, copyright and legal information, and more. However, as you switch between different software applications or platforms, you may encounter

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Streamlining Your Workflow with IMatch Categories: A Step-by-Step Guide.

Are you looking for a way to track your files along your workflow using IMatch categories? In this article, we’ll show you how to setup a simple yet effective workflow using categories, assignment action, color-coding and favorites. Setting Up Workflow Categories To get started, switch to the Category View and create a new top-level category

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How to Find Images with Ignored Faces

IMatch allows you to ignore faces instead of deleting them.This feature is useful when you want to retain the information that there is a face in that area of an image, but you don’t want the IMatch AI to try to assign a person to that face. Features which use face annotations, e..g. face arrangement,

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IMatch 2023.14.2 and IMatch Anywhere Compatibility Update Available

We’re happy to announce that new versions of IMatch and IMatch Anywhere are available for download. Please see the release notes for all details about enhancements, changes and bug fixes in these releases.

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Free Controlled Vocabularies for IMatch

The IMatch Thesaurus is a very powerful tool for creating and managing controlled vocabularies – not only for keywords! What is a Controlled Vocabulary? A controlled vocabulary (Wikipedia) is basically a list of hierarchical keywords and synonyms. Instead of manually entering keywords, you pick them from the thesaurus. This not only makes keywording (tagging) files

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Why Keywords, Headlines, and Descriptions Matter

Maximizing Your Photos: Why Keywords, Headlines, and Descriptions Matter Hello fellow photographers! Whether you’re a professional or just love taking photos for fun, you know how a great image can capture a moment perfectly. However, in today’s digital world, even our best photos can get buried in the chaos if we don’t label them properly.

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