“A photo manager helps bring order to the chaos and helps sift through the photos.”

photos by adding tags and metadata. Some will even flag similar captures and help us identify the best version and discard the rest. A good photo manager should also have some editing capabilities that enable it to make corrections to the captures and remove common defects, such as red eye, tweak contrast, bring out details in the shadows and mellow highlights.

If you shoot RAW images you’ll also want a manager that’s able to import and process that format. Another aspect of capturing and processing images that needs to be addressed is support for services commonly used for sharing photos, such as social networks and image sharing websites. It’s become an important requirement for contemporary photo managers.