Image Sorter

Sort photos into folders, one keystroke per image.

A thousand-image folder, sorted in ten minutes.

Image Sorter shows photos full-screen, one at a time. You assign keys (1, 2, 3, ...) to target folders. Press a key — the current photo moves to that folder, the next photo appears. A thousand-image triage that would take an afternoon in Explorer takes ten minutes here.

What it does

Point at a source folder. Define up to 10 target folders, each bound to a key. The tool displays photos one at a time, full-screen, in source-folder order. For each photo, press the key for the category that fits. The image is moved (not copied), the next one appears.

Why this beats Explorer

  • Full-screen view — you actually see what you're sorting
  • One key per category — no dragging, no right-clicks, no menus
  • Source order preserved — you don't lose track of where you were
  • Undo last move if you fat-finger a key
  • Skip key for "decide later"

Use cases

  • Photo shoot triage — keep / discard / maybe
  • Sorting a digital camera dump into event folders
  • Tagging photos by subject for a portfolio
  • Cleaning up a multi-year photo archive

Features

  • Full-screen image display
  • Up to 10 target folders, each bound to a key
  • Skip / undo / quit hotkeys
  • Preserves EXIF metadata
  • Portable single executable

System requirements

  • Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
  • A few MB of free RAM
  • About 1 MB of disk space

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