ImBatch

Image editing can take a while, and oftentimes we find ourselves editing multiple photos in a row. The process can be a bit cumbersome, especially when there are multiple enhancements to be made to said photos.

Batch editing is a thing, and ImBatch was conceived for that purpose: edit multiple images in many ways according to the tasks you add, monitor a folder to automatically edit new images, and modify the metadata of your shots — all in this program.

The interface of this program may seem a bit outdated to some, but it's not necessarily a bad thing when you factor in how easy the software is to use. Getting started with this app is thus not hard at all: insert the photos you would like to edit, then make use of the Task feature to edit them all at once based on your set parameters.

Alternatively, since this is a batch image editor, adding a source folder where you store the photos you want to edit is very convenient. You can then have the app monitor that folder for any new image additions, and when something new is added, it'll automatically be edited according to your instructions. For instance, if you want to remove your photos' metadata before sharing them, the app can automatically do that for you.

The Add Task menu incorporates many editing settings that can quickly change the look of an image: from annotating photos with a watermark, adjusting their exposure and contrast, modifying their color balance, and all the way to adding various effects, such as motion blur, gradient paint, and framing them — many options are at your discretion.

Useful editing tools like the AutoCrop and Resize Canvas can help users reframe their shots, and the saving options are more numerous than one might expect: you can optimize your images for the web, but you can also save them to a CSV or PDF file. What's more, the Save to Animated GIF feature is very clever: upon selecting that option after highlighting a few photos, the exported GIF file will cycle through each of them.

ImBatch is a handy image batch editor: it can successfully modify multiple photos per your instructions, and the automation brought about by the Image Monitor feature is most welcome.