Photos

With the Photo-function you can manage all your photos in QVX.

• import them into photo tables
• supports JPG and RAW formats
• view them, fast with a preview, without the need of the original photo, which is maybe stored on a external hard drive
• or in original quality, if the storage device is available
• assign a location to photos without embedded coordinates, manually or half automatically with the help of a gps-track
• rate them from 1-5 stars
• export a selection into a folder, for example for posting on social media
• see all EXIF-tags
• comment and add links
• load them in the mapwindow to see them on a map

QVX on Mac supports RAW-format, on Windows the free Raw Image Extension needs to be installed from the Microsoft-Store.

As first step you need to import your photos. Click on Import photos in the Xplorer-toolbar:

Now you can choose either a Folder, then all containing photos including sub folders, will be selected, or single Files, then you can select one ore more photos from a single folder.

You can let QVX create a preview image of selected size on import. Then browsing through the photos will be much quicker and you also don't need to have the device with the photos be connected. Note, that this can take some time, depending on the size and format of the photo.

All photos will be imported into a new database and you can enter the name of the database. Only if you select a photo table in Xplorer Treeview when clicking on Import photos, then the new photos will be imported into the selected photo table.

Click Start Import, when you are done. While the Import is running, you can minimize this dialog and continuing working with QVX.

After import you'll find the photos in Xplorer in the photo-table:

You can select the columns you want to see in the list:

Some cameras and smartphones have a build-in gps, in that case QVX is automatically extracting the coordinates from those photos.

If there are no coordinates in your photos, you have several options:

• manually assign the coordinates by dragging the photo on the map and dropping it at the location where it was taken. With the Move-tool from the Mapwindow toolbar you can edit the location at any time.
• typing the coordinate in the field on the Info-tab
• automatically, when you have a gps-track from the time you where shooting the photos.