PicTran

Transferring pictures from a mobile phone or a camera is not a difficult task, but it can get frustrating to organize them, especially if you want them to be fitted with intuitive name tags. However, there are some specialized applications with this sole purpose, and one suitable example here is PicTran.

The application is pretty flexible, and in this sense, you don’t even have to go through a setup process to make it work, so it’s easy enough to have it stored on a thumb drive to easily carry around. Just be sure that the computer you plan to use it on is fitted with .NET Framework, even though it’s usually a part of the default set of features found in modern Windows iterations.

When it comes to visuals, you find everything in a clean, well-organized interface. There are a couple of fields you need to fill in with appropriate fields for source and destination, while the other options let you select the name format options, which are based on the timestamp of pictures, given they’re inside EXIF details.

You can’t drop folders of interest over the main window, so you need to rely on the browse dialogs to specify both the destination and the source. The purpose of the application is to help you easily move pictures from your camera to the specified location. As copied, files are shown in a neat preview area.

Note that the application doesn’t move files directly, and only copies them at first. In the end, you’re asked whether or not to remove original items to instantly free up some space. To quickly gain access to the program’s features, it’s a neat trick to assign a hotkey command to its shortcut.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that PicTran is a fast method of transferring pictures from a camera to your computer. You can always have it at hand since you’re not taken through a setup process, while the entire operation is easy to understand and set in motion.