{"id":24491,"date":"2020-10-29T11:38:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=24491"},"modified":"2020-10-29T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:38:03","slug":"watch-my-2-part-basic-photo-mechanic-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/watch-my-2-part-basic-photo-mechanic-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch My 2-Part Basic Photo Mechanic Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_39278\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U01qL8rbVS4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Last week, I told you about the <a class=\"validating\" href=\"https:\/\/home.camerabits.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new version of\u00a0Photo Mechanic<\/a>, which\u00a0includes a full\u00a0catalog and image database system. Being a longtime user of\u00a0Photo Mechanic, this was very good news to my ears, and so <a class=\"validating\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UFgxlQuzR0o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I made a video that shows\u00a0off this new feature.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also promised to make a basic\u00a0Photo Mechanic Tutorial that shows you how to use the\u00a0program to\u00a0manage\u00a0your images, even if you don&#8217;t have a need for the catalog function.<\/p>\n<p>This week, <a class=\"validating\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U01qL8rbVS4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I\u00a0posted a\u00a0two-part video\u00a0tutorial that shows\u00a0walks you though the\u00a0basics of Photo Mechanic<\/a>, and how to use the essential functions for <strong>importing images, browsing, sorting, rating, tagging, adding captions and keywords, saving,\u00a0exporting,\u00a0uploading and even sending photos to an external editor.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photo Mechanic is one of, if not the best photo management system\u00a0around, and I use it for nearly every single aspect of my regular workflow. I&#8217;ve even used it in\u00a0conjunction with Lightroom, Photoshop,\u00a0Capture One and Luminar, and I find that it adds\u00a0increased efficiency to my process. One thing that I love about\u00a0Photo Mechanic is that it is <strong>very easy to add watermarks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0you&#8217;re a new\u00a0Photo Mechanic user, or if you&#8217;re at all\u00a0curious about the program, you&#8217;ll\u00a0definitely want to check this out. You can watch the lessons here, or find them on on <a class=\"validating\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/danbaileyphoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about\u00a0Photo Mechanic, feel\u00a0free to ask or post your questions\/comments in the video comment section.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_92275\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JXvZnqGdp-0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I told you about the new version of\u00a0Photo Mechanic, which\u00a0includes a full\u00a0catalog and image database system. 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