To Download a free copy of Microsoft Pro Photo Tools, pay a visit to snipurl site click the Continue button. This will start the process of validating Windows, and it may be necessary to install an ActiveX control if this has not been done before - just follow the prompts. Once a genuine copy of Windows has been verified, scroll down the page and click the Download button next to the ProPhotoTools.msi label. Opt to save the file to the Windows Desktop and once the download is complete, double-click the file and run through the installation process in the usual way.

When the program is installed, launch it by double-clicking the newly created Desktop shortcut. Click the File menu and select Open Image(s) before browsing to a folder containing photographs. Double-click an image to load it into the program, or select it in the current folder and click the Open button. It is also possible to hold down the Ctrl key while clicking more than one image to open several photos at once. A preview of the selected image will be displayed in the lower portion of the screen and this can be enlarged by moving the slider control.


Start by entering location information about the photograph - simply click in the Street Address, City, State/region and Country boxes in turn before typing the relevant information. If these boxes are not visible, click the Location link in the Tasks pane to the left-hand side of the screen. The information which is entered here will be saved for future use in much the same way as Internet Explorer's Autocomplete feature. This means that the dropdown menus can be used to select previously entered information so that it does not have to be typed repeatedly for several images.


Move to the description section of the left-hand Tasks pane and it is possible to enter further information about the photograph. Fill in the Title and Headline fields as appropriate and move to the Description box. Here, there are a couple of options. Firstly type in the description that should be associated with the image, or alternatively click the small white icon to the left of the text box to automatically enter a description based on the Exif information automatically stored by most digital cameras.

Photographs can be rated using a star system to make them easier to sort at a later date. Click on one ofthe stars beneath the photo's description to assign a rating and use the box below this to enter keywords which will help to identify the image - these keywords can be used in searches to track down images that match particular requirements. The final option is to add copyright information and this can be done manually or automatically. In manual mode, any text can be entered, while ticking the' Auto copyright' box will generate a copyright message based on when the photograph was taken.

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Move to the date Time section of the Tasks pane and it is possible to adjust the timestamp of an image. In most cases, selecting the option labelled 'Use the ExifCapture date as the master' will be all that is required to assign the correct date and time to an image, but adjustments can be made if the date was not correctly set on the camera. Select the box labelled 'Adjust the date(s) by' and use the arrow to make adjustment by day, hour, minute and second.

Even more information can be added to photographs by moving to the others and Categories section of the Tasks pane. The predefined data fields can be used as required to enter any information about the image that may be needed at a later date. Moving to the Shot section will display information about the camera settings that were in use when the photo was taken, while the Camera section displays more general information about the camera that was used. Finally, use the Photographer section to add information about the person who took the photograph.

Perhaps one of the most interesting features of Microsoft Pro Photo Tools is the option to add location information to photographs. In the image preview section at the bottom of the program window, click the Map Browse tab. Use the search box to home in on the location at which the photograph was taken and use the controls to the left of the map to select the desired zoom level as well as centring the map on the relevant location.

Use the controls at the top of the map section to switch between the Road, Aerial and Hybrid map views. Once the desired view has been achieved, right-click the image thumbnail that appears beneath the map and select' Set GPS Location for this image'. A red pushpin icon will be displayed on the map that can be dragged and dropped to the precise location at which the image was taken. Hold the mouse pointer over the pushpin and a small copy of the photo taken there will appear.

Once a location pusphin has been created, longitude and latitude information will be displayed in the GPS Data section of the Location category. Ifmore detailed location information has not already been entered manually, it is possible to generate this information using the GPS location. Click the 'Get location text' the 'Get location text' button followed by Yes and Pro Photo Tools will look up the selected location and fill in the relevant fields. Should data be incorrectly entered, it can be manually adjusted as required.