JBrout

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Developer(s) Marc Lentz Operating system Unix-like, Windows		Written in Python (PyGTK) Type Image organizer

Initial release 1 January 2002; 15 years ago (2002-01-01) Stable release 0.3.345 / October 11, 2012; 4 years ago (2012-10-11)

JBrout is a free Image organizer and tag editor for JPEG format picture management application. JBrout was created in 2002 by Marc Lentz, this software is cross-platform (Linux and Microsoft Windows) and allows the user – through a user-friendly interface – to associate keywords to pictures (IPTC tags) and perform extensive searches on these keywords.

Features

The software allows navigation:

by album (similar to a file explorer),

by tag (that a user can create and file by category/sub-category),

or by time period (using Exif data, JBrout files them per day/month).

Many features are incorporated in the software, making it possible to:

rotate pictures losslessly,

use and modify Exif information,

create a HTML gallery,

export pictures on a Flickr account or Google Picasa Web Album,

modify selected pictures with another software,

or use a basket system to select images.

Advantages of JBrout

Keywords are stored with the pictures (using IPTC metadata), making their exchange easier: When sending a picture, its associated keywords are also sent. This method of storing information offers a certain durability of data since keywords are not dependent on an external file.

JBrout uses thumbnails (mini-pictures) associated with the picture (Exif info). This prevents creating extra files while allowing reasonably fast previews.

JBrout can create a large collection of pictures very quickly.

Limits of JBrout

So far, JBrout handles JPEG format pictures only. This format is commonly used by digital cameras.

References

JBrout Wikipedia

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Advantages of JBrout

Limits of JBrout

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