DIM: Digital Image Mover


DIM handles the copying of images from your digital camera's memory card or from your cellphone to your computer. If you take more than just a few pictures with your digital camera, you will quickly realize that you will need to come up with some sort of organization scheme for the hundreds (and eventually thousands) of digital image files that you will accumulate. Once you come up with this scheme, you will want to be able to quickly and automatically get the files onto the appropriate directories on your hard drive. That is where DIM comes in. DIM only does one thing, but it does it well: it copies files from your camera’s memory card to a destination directory determined by your storage scheme. If any directories need to be created in the process, it will create them. In addition, the file can be renamed while it is copied to a more “useful” name than your camera might have provided. DIM does not provide for browsing, viewing, modifying, adjusting, printing or any of the other functions of the many fine image browsing and processing programs that are available.

How do I pay for it?

Short answer: you don't have to.
However, If you find DIM useful you are encouraged to use the PayPal donation button below to show your appreciation.

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Hey, do you see the possibility of adding support for Apple's HEIC file format?

digitalimagemover digitalimagemover Said:

Not likely… I’m an Android user myself.

Contains a few bug fixes as well as a new feature: “Night Owl Mode.” (which is fully explained in the manual).

Downloads:

Windows
Mac
Manual 

NOTES:

For Mac: DIM requires OSX version 10.8 or later.
For Windows: If you are using Windows, make sure you are using DIM build 228, this is a Windows-only maintenance release to allow DIM to work on newer versions of Windows. Some users are reporting that DIM will not run on Windows 8.1. If you use Windows 7 Compatibility Mode it will work fine.

Also: 

Sonny Portacio (who as an awesome photography blog) has put together a fantastic video tutorial on using DIM. Thanks Sonny!

As usual, if you have any questions, please send me an email.

I’ve had quite a few downloads of the beta version of DIM 5. Can everybody who has tried it please drop me a brief note (either via this blog or email) and let me know how it worked  (or didn’t) for you?

Please include the DIM build number (which can be found by clicking “About”) and which OS you are running.

Thanks.