# computer file storage by key word tagging?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219
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**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219 "2010-12-15T10:26:42Z")
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/1 "2010-12-15T10:26:42Z")
I’m looking to buy an external Hard Drive for the only purpose of storing all of my 1000’s of igital pictures over the years. Is there any program or software out there that allows me to tag the picture with a keyword so i can search out for specific pictures on the Hard Drive. All this is to avoid saving the same picture multiple times just to put in folders under different catagories.
for instance, i may have a picture of my daughter in my BMW while on a trip to letchworth. I would want to tag that picture as “Peyton, BMW, Letchworth” for ease of search in the future if i want to pull up any one of those 3 categories.
input?
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/2 "2010-12-15T10:52:44Z")
> **[Google Photos - All your photos organized and easy to find](http://picasa.google.com/)**
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> All your photos are backed up safely, organized and labeled automatically, so you can find them fast, and share them how you like.
Specifically:
[http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=16027&topic=23911&answer=156339](http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=16027&topic=23911&answer=156339)
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### Author:  [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/3 "2010-12-15T10:59:13Z")
Adobe Light Room 3 lets you do this fairly easily.
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### Author:  [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/4 "2010-12-16T07:47:28Z")
Adobe Bridge. For a faster searching, Cumulus is database driven, therefore quite speedy. Bridge has the better interface by far though.
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/5 "2010-12-16T08:13:45Z")
thanks for the input guys… i’ll look into the details. Jay, is the google program online based? I’m looking for offline storage. Again…i will look into the details of the programs tonight. thanks again.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/6 "2010-12-16T08:15:42Z")
If you’re looking for online storage, flickr
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/7 "2010-12-16T08:38:30Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#):
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> thanks for the input guys… i’ll look into the details. Jay, is the google program online based? I’m looking for offline storage. Again…i will look into the details of the programs tonight. thanks again.
There are two "Picasa"s there. The program you install locally and can use for what you’re trying to do, and Picasa Web Albums, which is online photo storage (which conveniently integrates with the locally installed program).
I’ve got a ton of stuff on flickr but after seeing Picasa on friends computer I’m going to start using it for my local photo management. I have a feeling once I start doing that it will only be a matter of time before I start using it for online photo storage/sharing as well.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-file-storage-by-key-word-tagging/207219/8 "2010-12-16T08:41:01Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> There are two "Picasa"s there. The program you install locally and can use for what you’re trying to do, and Picasa Web Albums, which is online photo storage (which conveniently integrates with the locally installed program).
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> I’ve got a ton of stuff on flickr but after seeing Picasa on friends computer I’m going to start using it for my local photo management. I have a feeling once I start doing that it will only be a matter of time before I start using it for online photo storage/sharing as well.
the online storage will rape your image quality
We use the local client for some organization and basic tweaks on the point-and-shoot stuff