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1. #PHOTO MECHANIC TUTORIALS HOW TO#
2. #PHOTO MECHANIC TUTORIALS FOR MAC OS#
3. #PHOTO MECHANIC TUTORIALS CODE#

Start with the roster for the Phoenix Suns. We'll use 's' for Phoenix Suns and 'n' for the New Jersey Nets. Often the simplest mnemonic is just to use an abbreviation of the team name, followed by the player number. Next we create a 'mnemonic' or a memory aid to help us remember our codes. Then we use the Internet to access the rosters for both teams. First we create an empty text document with our text editor.

#PHOTO MECHANIC TUTORIALS CODE#

Let's look at this in greater detail- we'll create a Code Replacement text file for an NBA basketball game between the Phoenix Suns and the New Jersey Nets. Then you confirm the dialog and you can now use your Codes to trigger Replacements in your captions. (A Google search will quickly find sources to download these applications.) Once you have written your Code Replacement text file, you use the "Set Code Replacements." command on the Edit menu and then use the dialog to load your newly created text file.

#PHOTO MECHANIC TUTORIALS FOR MAC OS#

Two well-known editors that are free are TextWrangler for Mac OS X, and Notepad2.exe for Windows.

There are many text editors available that can read, write, and edit UTF-8 text files. This allows codes and replacements to be written in any language supported by Unicode. The format of the text file is Unicode UTF-8. The two columns are separated by a 'tab' character. Here is how Code Replacement works: first you prepare a simple text file containing two "columns", the first column being the "Code" and the second column being the "Replacement". Code Replacement is basically a shorthand system that you can use to speed up your captioning. Code Replacement was a user requested feature that took some time to explain via our forums, but once I understood what the user wanted to do, it was quite obvious how powerful it could be. On the other hand Code Replacement is very simple but can be hard to understand at first. Most Photo Mechanic users understand IPTC Stationery and how it can be used. Sports Shooter asked Camera Bit's Kirk Baker to explain this cool, time-saving feature.)Īs an engineer I don't often have the chance to meet face to face with the Photographers who use Photo Mechanic, but when I do, they usually ask "how can I speed up my workflow?" Besides simple things like locking the best photos on the camera when you get a chance and using Ingest to download the locked photos, the things that really speed up your workflow are intelligent usage of the IPTC Stationery Pad on Ingest and the use of Code Replacement. At the recent Sports Shooter Academy V, one of the most discussed items during the Digital Workflow Class was the use of Photo Mechanic's code replacement. (Editor's Note: Each month Sports Shooter will take a question sent in or a topic from the message board and get an answer.

#PHOTO MECHANIC TUTORIALS HOW TO#

Kirk Baker of Camera Bits explains how to speed up your workflow. Members log in here with your user name and password to access the your admin page and other special features.Īsk Sports Shooter: Demystifying Photo Mechanic's Code Replacement Ask Sports Shooter: Demystifying Photo Mechanic's Code Replacement Story Photographer Editor Student/Intern Assistant Job/Item