XnView Software

> So Categories can only be created with ui?"

Yes

> You can create new category in categories panel, but when you browse files, category tree is not changed (categories are imported as temporary if not present)?

Yes

"So Categories can only be created with ui?"

I'm not sure what you're asking...

Like I said - we disagree and I think you're wrong. Category panel will become unmanageable. Most photographers will agree. But whatever. I'll keep using Bridge / Lightroom unless some other app has a better combined solution.

I'll have to disagree.

If you have 100 photos tagged to 100 different restaurants, do you want to see a list of 100 restaurant names listed in the category pane even though you won't use those restaurant names again? How about 1000?

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Yes! And the "Other Categories" should be discarded once you close XNView (but the information is still saved in the photo).

And also re-read the photo's keywords when you select the photo even if it's in the database already.

Thanks!

OK - I attached photos - hopefully it will make more sense

Temporary Categories Is so your Category Tree doesn't get cluttered with information you might not want on a permanent basis.

I'll try to do another simple example.

Here's my Category tree:

Europe
-> France
-> Paris
-> Germany

So for this example, it's 3 levels - Continent -> Country -> City ...

Thanks for your suggestion! I looked into this already but it doesn’t quite work. Also, XNView should automatically re-read the meta data or at least the keywords when a photo is selected. Here’s why the “do not export” doesn’t work and the reason why XNView need to re-read the meta data:

I think ...

Hi - I made a pleasant surprise discovery of XnView while trying to find an alternative of IrfanView. It's got a lot of features I was looking for. It looks like it can replace what I'm trying to do with Adobe Lightroom Classic and also Adobe Bridge. I just need something I can tag keywords in a ...