Photo Mechanic is a front-end photo ingesting, tagging, and browsing tool by Portland, Oregon-based company Camera Bits.
Photo Mechanic allows the photographer to accomplish the initial capture of photos from the camera, to categorize photos into winners and losers, and to tag each photo with IPTC Information Interchange Model metadata.
Retailing at approximately USD $150, but you are able to download a trial version, it is targeted for the professional photographer market, particularly photojournalism and stock photography.
While Photo Mechanic has basic support for simple image edits, such as crops, it is meant to be used in concert with a dedicated photo editing program, such as Adobe Photoshop, and a back-end cataloging tool, such as iView Media Pro or Extensis Portfolio.
To download Photo Mechanic please follow the link to the home page http://www.camerabits.com/site/
Macintosh
Mac OS X version 10.6.x, 10.5.8 or 10.4.11. 32-bit and 64-bit.
PowerPC G4, G5, Intel® Core™ i7, Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor, Intel Xeon™.
1GB of RAM (2GB or more recommended to run multiple applications simultaneously).
1024x768 monitor resolution with display set to Millions of colors.
Internet connection required for software Activation, FTP, E-mail, Upload to Photoshelter and other Uploaders.
CD-R/W, or DVD +/- R/W drive for Burn Photos to Disk.
1GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space is required for image and cache storage).
Windows:
Microsof® Windows 7, Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 - 3. 32-bit and 64-bit.
Intel® Pentium® 3 1.2GHz, AMD Athlon™ 1200 or higher.
1GB of RAM (2GB or more recommended to run multiple applications simultaneously).
1024x600 monitor resolution with display set to Millions of colors.
Internet connection required for software Activation, FTP, E-mail, Upload to Photoshelter and other Uploaders.
QuickTime required for display of BMP, TGA, and movie files.
CD-R/W, or DVD +/- R/W drive for Burn Photos to Disk.
1GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space is required for image and cache storage).
You can download Photo Mechanic from this link - Download Link
Installing the Photo Mechanic 4.6 Demotix Template:
Copy the Demotix folder that comes in the download to the export templates folder inside the Photo Mechanic application folder:
On Windows: C:\Program Files\Camera Bits\Photo Mechanic 4.6\builtin_templates\upload\
On Macintosh: /Applications/Photo Mechanic/Contents/builtin_templates/upload/
[Note: To browse inside Photo Mechanic, use ctrl-click and select "Show Package Contents"]
Restart Photo Mechanic.
The Demotix Photo Mechanic Plug-In Download Link
Once the Demotix Plug-In has been installed, and you have added keywords, captions and individuals in the IPTC fields of the images you want to send in, select all the images you want to send in. You can send in as many as you want, but only 25 can be used per story on Demotix. For more information on this please visit our FAQ section.
Please make sure your captions are no longer than 250 characters, as they will be cut off in our system. Photo editors like simple and informative captions.
One they have all been selected, right click on the last image and select FTP Photos As
You will then land on a File Uploader box, the screengrab below is from the top left of the Uploader box. You must select Demotix in the dropdown, that will appear after uploading the plug-in into the right file on your computer - as outlined above.
After setting this as Demotix select Connections next to it. Here you can input your FTP details after setting this up in your Settings Page on your Demotix.com profile.
Input your FTP Upload Code you have set on your Demotix Profile - To do this click here Redirect to your Settings page
After doing this:
- Press OK.
- The images will be sent to your Existing Media on The Upload Page within a few minutes
- Add the remaining text to flesh out your story on Demotix.
- Done
We hope you enjoy this plug-in - any problems or errors please email support [at] demotix.com with screenshots.
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