File Name
If you want to change the file name for current photo, just double click the item File Name in the photo information section, then type a new filename in an editable text field.
EXIF Tags
At the time when a shot is taken, the camera usually writes additional camera parameters into EXIF data along with the image in a JPEG file. During photo importing, the photo properties will be retrieved from the EXIF data tags enclosed in JPEG file, such as Camera Model, Shutter Speed, Flash status, etc.
The photo properties can be modified, but the modified properties won't be written into EXIF of the original JPEG files automatically. Instead, GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr saves them in a separate XML file. The program will keep all the modifications away from the original file as much as possible to perserve the contents of originals.
Location Tags
One of the key features of GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr is to organize photos by location. So all photos in PhotoTrackr album may have a set of properties pointing to a place where the photo was taken. These geographical properties are Longitude, Latitude and Elevation. For additional details, please refer to section GPS and Geotagging (Mac) in this document.
After editing Longitude, Latitude or Elevation property, you can also choose menu item 'EXIF Tools'-> 'Merge GPS Metadata into JPEG' to write location data into original JPEG files.
Notes and keywords
User can add notes and keywords for each photo imported in PhotoTrackr album. Select Notes panel in extra drawer to see the text box for editing note and a keyword list.
Notes (Descriptions)
Select one photo in thumbnail view, or switch current photo in detail view and create a description for the selected photo in Notes panel.
Also, sometimes you may set notes for several photos in batches. Select photos as needed in thumbnail view and create a description for these selected photos. Then click the button with gearwheel icon in Notes panel, choose item 'Set Notes for Multi-selected Photos' in the pop-up menu.
Keywords (Tags)
In Mac OS X version, you can double click keyword list in Notes panel to add or edit the keywords for current album. You can also copy keywords between two lists in different albums by drag-and-drop the selected keyword item.Select one or several photo items in Thumbnail view, or switch current photo in Detail view. Check the box of the given keyword to assign this keyword for the selected photos.
(Add, Remove and Modify buttons)Select one or multiple photos in Thumbnail view, or switch current photo in Detail view. Then select the keywords and click the checkbox to assign the keywords for the selected photos. To cancel the assigned keywords, simply uncheck the box.
(Assign and Unassign buttons)You can also try to exchange the keywords between different lists by copy-and-paste. Select items in keywords list, click right mouse button, and choose context menu item ‘Copy’ to copy the selected keywords onto clipboard. Select the keywords list in another album window, click right mouse button, and choose context menu item ‘Paste’ to transfer the copied keywords to new list.
Favorite Keywords Presets (Mac only)
In order to categorize photos more flexibly, sometimes the global keywords are also very important. However, photo albums do often get moved or copied between different computers. To a certain extent, the global keywords we need are not only applied to one location. So we provided Favorite Keywords Presets, a mechanism for organizing the global keywords between different locations.
The Favorite Keywords Presets combo box appears below the keywords list in Notes panel.
- To save the current keywords list to a Favorite Keywords Preset, please enter a name in the combo box first, and click button ‘Save’.
- To load a Favorite Keywords Preset to the current keywords list, please select a preset listed in combo box, and click button ‘Load’. To update keywords list, PhotoTrackr provides two modes that can be chosen, ‘Replace’ or ‘Merge’.
Stars
You can mark stars for the photos as your favorites. Select one or more photos in Thumbnail view, or switch current photo in Detail view. Click Star button in Notes panel to add or remove stars for the photos.
(photo marked with star)Tips: you may star your photos to create your favorite first in your workflow so that you can utilize the favorite later. For example, to make a Flash gallery with all star-marked photos in this album. You just need to choose menu item 'Edit'->'Select star-marked photos'.
Search photos
Type in keyword in search bar in Notes panel and press Return key to search photos with the specific note or keyword.
Click the button with gearwheel icon in Notes panel, choose item 'Find All Noted Photos' in the pop-up menu to find all photos with notes.
Click the button with gearwheel icon in Notes panel, choose item 'Find Photos with Selected Keyword' in the pop-up menu to find the photos with the selected keyword.
Search results are highlighted in thumbnail view. Choose menu item 'Edit'->'Select Spotlighted Photos' or press Ctrl-A to select all matched photos.
IPTC
After editing notes or keywords, you can also choose menu item 'EXIF Tools'-> 'Merge Notes/Keywords into JPEG' to write notes and keywords into IPTC data of original JPEG files. (This function may not work properly with Eastern Asian character sets.)
Calendar
For most people the easiest and the most efficient way to organize photos is based on the date and time when the photos were taken. Using PhotoTrackr, you can log your travel by taking photos, or use digital camera to compose your multimedia diary.
GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr offers a calendar interface to help user review photos. PhotoTrackr obtains the photo capture time automatically, as long as photos are taken by a digital camera.
The specified date or time when user took photos will be highlighted in Month View or Week View. This way, user can quickly pick out the photos by timeline.
Month view
Click button 'Month View' in Calendar panel to show month calendar view in extra drawer. There will be twelve months displayed in one calendar view. The date when user took photos will be highlighted with white flags. The date of the current selected photo will be highlighted with a red flags. Click a date cell to find the photos taken during this day.
(Week view and Month view)
Week view
Click button 'Week View' in Calendar panel to show week calendar view in the extra drawer. The hour when user took photos will be highlighted with white marks. The hour of the current selected photo will be highlighted with a red marks. Click an hour cell to find the photos taken during this hour.
button to choose Time difference retrieve or Correct capture time. These two methods provide a way to change the photo's capture time to match the GPS time in case you forget to perform the time sync before using your PhotoTrackr or you are traveling across time zones. 
