SnapperTalk

For some large events with multiple photographers shooting, you need to have a “hot-folder” that is being constantly monitored, and when any files arrive in this folder, an application automatically transfers them somewhere else, for example by ftp. I have used Fotoware Distribution Manager to do this in the past, and it worked excellently. I’ve come across another application that appears quite promising called FolderFTP. It has some nice touches such as being able to have it automatically enter IPTC information prior to uploading, and optional email notification. There’s a short discussion on its use over in this forum thread at RobGalbraith’s site.

The company that makes it – PhotoThumb.com – specialises in digital photography software for Windows and also makes a handy little free shell extension for Windows called IPTCExt which enables you to losslessly edit IPTC/Caption information in a jpeg’s properties page, without additional software.