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  PhotoRenamer - Portable Edition
  Photo classifier and renamer based on EXIF metadata
  Copyright (c) Irola Software
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DESCRIPTION
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PhotoRenamer is a desktop application that renames and organizes
your photos based on their EXIF metadata (date taken, date created,
date modified). It can rename files in place or copy them into
date-based folder structures.


USAGE
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1. Extract the ZIP archive to any folder (e.g. C:\Tools\PhotoRenamer).
2. Run PhotoRenamer.exe.
3. Add photos using "Add pictures" or "Add picture folder".
4. Choose a rename mode:
   - Rename and Replace : renames files in their current location.
   - Copy and Rename    : copies files to a destination folder
                          with new names.
5. Select the date source (Date taken, Date created, Date modified).
6. Choose a file name format from the dropdown.
7. Optionally, enable "Create Folder" to organize files into
   Year / Month / Day subfolders.
8. Click "Apply" to process.

Supported image formats:
  JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TIF, GIF,
  HEIC, HEIF,
  CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, ORF, RW2, DNG, RAF, PEF, SRW


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Operating System : Windows 10 (version 1903 or later) or Windows 11
- Runtime          : .NET Framework 4.8
                     (pre-installed on Windows 10 v1903+ and Windows 11)
- Architecture     : 64-bit (x64)
- Disk space       : ~50 MB
- No installation or administrator rights required.


LANGUAGES
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The user interface is available in the following languages:
  - English
  - French    (Francais)
  - Spanish   (Espanol)
  - German    (Deutsch)
  - Italian   (Italiano)
  - Turkish   (Turkce)

To change the language, click the language button in the toolbar
and select a language from the menu.


PORTABLE NOTES
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- This is a fully portable application. No installation is needed.
- No registry entries are created.
- All files must remain in the same folder as PhotoRenamer.exe.
- Do NOT delete the language subfolders (de, es, fr, it, tr) if
  you want multilingual support.
- You can place the application on a USB drive.


FOLDER STRUCTURE
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  PhotoRenamer.exe              Main application
  PhotoRenamer.exe.config       Application configuration
  Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU.dll      Image processing library
  Magick.NET.Core.dll           Image processing core
  Magick.Native-Q8-x64.dll      Native image processing (x64)
  MetadataExtractor.dll         EXIF metadata reader
  XmpCore.dll                   XMP metadata parser
  LICENSE                       License agreement
  README.txt                    This file
  de\PhotoRenamer.resources.dll German resources
  es\PhotoRenamer.resources.dll Spanish resources
  fr\PhotoRenamer.resources.dll French resources
  it\PhotoRenamer.resources.dll Italian resources
  tr\PhotoRenamer.resources.dll Turkish resources


CHECKSUM VERIFICATION
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SHA256 checksum files (.sha256) are provided alongside the
distribution archive and the executable. To verify integrity:

  In PowerShell:
    Get-FileHash PhotoRenamer.exe -Algorithm SHA256

  Compare the output hash with the value in PhotoRenamer.exe.sha256.


LICENSE
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PhotoRenamer is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
See the LICENSE file for full terms and conditions.


CONTACT
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Irola Software
https://www.irola.com
