Once you are done selecting a group of photos, release the mouse, and drag the highlighted images over to the name of the album that you want to drop them in.
A translucent rectangle will appear, and as it covers the thumbnails, they are highlighted. They are instantly added to the album.Īn even better approach: Click outside of the thumbnails and hold the mouse button down as you drag over multiple thumbnail images. You can then click on individual thumbnails to select the ones that you want to move to the album, and drag them over to the name of the album. To create an album, click the “Create New Album” button to the left. It apparently shows all of the images in all folders, arranged in thumbnails in reverse-chronological order (e.g., the newest ones on top). The Dropbox Photos application is built into, and located at /photos.
The idea is to let people easily select individual or multiple photos stored in a Dropbox account and instantly assign them to albums that you create, such as “Hawaii 2013 Vacation” or “Pictures of Fluffy”. Many of the photos have the default file name given to them by the camera or tablet (such as DCN1234.jpg).Įnter Dropbox Photos. The problem: The images are scattered across multiple folders, and it’s hard to find and organize them. I also have Dropbox enabled on an iPod touch, iPad and Android phone, which means that every time I take a photo or create an image using those devices, a copy is saved to Dropbox’s Camera Uploads feature. I think my case is typical - over the past few years, when people have emailed me photos, I have saved some of them to a special folder I created in Dropbox, so I could transfer them later to iPhoto. If you’re a heavy Dropbox user, you probably have hundreds or even thousands of images stored in various folders. There’s a screenshot below which shows the most efficient method of moving images to a Dropbox album that you’ve created. In this short post, I’ll describe how to use the basic features of Dropbox Photos. What are Dropbox Photos? In a nutshell, they are an easy way to organize images in Dropbox and share them with friends and family members. Today I received a notice from Dropbox that I had access to a new feature called Dropbox Photos (also called “Dropbox Albums” in the email announcement I received). What are Dropbox Photos, and how can they help you organize images? By Ian Lamont Blog
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