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Anyone knows a good desktop app to organize photo like Picasa that works for Windows/Linux/OSX?

Specifically there are a few things I like from Picasa:

1. Import files to folder based on picture dates

e.g.: c:\pictures\2016-02-12\P0221314.jpg

2. Import videos from mobile devices and display in the right orientation

for example: I have mobile devices and I take movies in different orientation: vertical or horizontal, while the actual file's metadata is left unchanged, Picasa knows the _right_ orientation and will adjust the playback accordingly.

3. Handles upload from different devices

I have a Lumix GF1 and iPod. Importing pictures to Picasa is super easy without any 3rd-party integration/interruption (e.g.: doesn't have to copy from device to a temporary folder first but instead import directly from the device to the dated folder).



I have some scripts on github I use to organize photos on my hdd. It doesn't fix orientation, but it does a decent job of putting things in the right directories.

https://github.com/jonathankoren/photo-autorganize


There's a list of photo organizers at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_organizer

ACDSee is very good but not cheap.

Windows Photo Gallery is great as a free Windows program, but isn't being updated, so I assume it is going the same way as Picasa...

I don't use Picasa or Google Photos, I just funnel stuff via DropBox and OneDrive.


On Windows, the default photo importer allows you to import and name files in a variety of ways. I personally keep the file name from the device, and the importer places it in a dated folder, based on date taken, rather than date imported.

It also deals automatically with orientation of videos and photos based off the Exif data.


I like digikam. I don't know how many of your requirements it passes. Opensource suite built on top of imagemagick.




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