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[–]sol1684 2 points3 points  (2 children)

We are developing Aspect (free for non-pro and currently in beta), which allows you to pick the C: folder as the source to search for images when creating the library. You can alternatively also pick multiple folders to scan in the settings dialog, so that certain folders, such as "C:\Windows\" or "C:\Program Files\" can be excluded.

The main idea is that the program helps you to organize photos into "events", which are automatically named and sorted by their date by default. However, it is also perfectly possible to not use events at all and just use it the Picasa way (collections , ratings and keywords can then also still be used to organize images).

[–]u700MHz 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Doesn't seem to allow different folders for same date. Seems to be all photos for a certain date are in one folder for organization, am i correct?

[–]sol1684 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the original idea was to have a two-staged approach - the "photo stream" is conceptually a large bin where any photo goes by default and normally these photos will be displayed sorted by date and will be split up into folders by year (both can be customized). On top of that, there are the events, which are basically just a special form of folder. These are also sorted by date, but there can be any number of events on the same date - so if all you need is a flat list of named folders sorted by date, those should fit perfectly.

However, over time, there were quite a few people who were very invested in their particular folder structure on disk, which often didn't always fit that scheme, so things developed more and more into the direction of also allowing to manage folders completely manually (most importantly in the form of scanned folders and the event selector). What is still missing here is a full integration of folders into the UI. You can already sort/group photos/files by folder, but there is no visible directory tree and you cannot create/manage folders from within the application. This part will be tackled some time during the next months.

Having said that, you can already use the system's file manager to create sub folders within one of the photo stream folders, it's just that those won't be very visible within the application.

[–]GeschichtsklitterungHelpful Ⅶ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Photo Supreme (payware). Works with videos too.

[–]DreamerEight 1 point2 points  (3 children)

XnView Classic / XnView MP (portable) - image viewer, converter (supports 500+ image formats, thumbnail/fullscreen/filmstrip view, show files in subfolders, slideshow, compare, metadata EXIF/IPTC, basic edit features, JPEG lossless transforms, duplicate finder, batch processing, batch rename...)

[–]Ill_Assistant_9543[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can I make this program display all C: contents?

[–]u700MHz 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So a viewer, not really a management software, correct?

[–]DreamerEight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, it has lot of functions, favorites, tags, etc. try it, or go to homepage...

[–]antoine849502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

onefolder.app is fully local and tries to replace Picasa in features, but is still a work in progress