ExifOrganizer

If you have a considerable number of images or other media files stored on your PC, it’s likely that you have a hard time keeping them well organized. EXIF data is normally embedded when capturing photos, and it can also be used to sort them based on various parameters.

ExifOrganizer is a lightweight, open-source application that takes advantage of embedded metadata to help you organize large numbers of images, although it can also process videos and music.

The application is very easy to work with, and there aren’t too many parameters to be configured before launching a job. It is designed to process every file in a selected folder and copy them to another location in a more organized structure.

Start by selecting the source folder and setting the output location. You can specify whether or not subdirectories should be processed, as well as define various other conditions.

ExifOrganizer can overwrite existing files or leave them as they are; what’s more, it can check to see if the output folder is empty before performing any actions, as well as wipe it automatically.

Files can be compared based on size, checksum and date, and you also have the option to skip verification altogether.

The program creates output folders using a set of patterns defined by the user. These can be edited separately for images, videos or audio files, but the process isn’t what we would call novice-friendly.

In the end, ExifOrganizer can be a very useful application, but it still needs a bit more polish. The customization options and patterns may be a bit too unintuitive for first-time users, but it can be a great tool for organizing large numbers of media files.