Working with color labels

With IDimager it is possible to assign color labels to your images. Color labels provide a mechanism to rank or mark your images. You could add meaning to each color that suits your work flow. The excellent book “The DAM Book; by Peter Krogh; http://www.thedambook.com” is the place where color labels are described in more detail. The book also explains how you can use them. It is a great resource for setting up a future proof work flow.

Examples of color labels could be:

(these are just examples; again read "The DAM Book" for Peter Krogh’s way of using color labels)

Once you have determined for yourself what the colors mean in your work flow you can define your own captions for each color. Do this in the options dialog by selecting “Tools | Options | Other Settings | Color Label Definitions”

Every thumbnail contains a rating bar below the thumbnail image. The background of the rating bar represents the color label.

If you select a series of images, and assign a color label then it will be applied to every selected thumbnail.

In the same line as with ratings/scores, you can also set color labels for your images with keyboard shortcuts.