Pre‑edit workflow

Review, analyze and select — before you edit.

FotoFetch is a macOS app designed to simplify the early stage of your photo workflow: load thumbnails & metadata, assess sharpness, detect subjects, resolve locations, mark and rate — then export only the images you actually want to import into your editor.

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Screenshot: FotoFetch overview

A fast workflow

FotoFetch focuses on the part that often takes the most time: reviewing, rating and selecting your photos — before Lightroom, Capture One or other editors come into play.

1Connect camera/SD
2Load thumbnails & metadata
3Analyze: sharpness • subject • place
4Filter, mark and rate
5Export your selection

Analysis & features

FotoFetch helps you “pre‑sort” quickly using lightweight analyses and practical filters — designed to spend less time on rejects.

Sharpness analysis

Automatic sharpness scoring per image. The analysis combines multiple signals (e.g. Laplacian variance, Tenengrad energy and a high‑frequency proxy) and identifies the sharpest region.

Laplacian Tenengrad High‑Frequency

Subject detection

On demand, FotoFetch assigns subject tags (e.g. people, animals, landscape). This makes it easy to select images based on what’s in the frame.

Vision tags Subject filters

Place resolution

If GPS data is present, FotoFetch can resolve it to a human‑readable place name (reverse geocoding) — useful for sorting and later cataloging.

GPS → place Reverse geocoding

Filters & selection

Filter by file type, EXIF values, date, place, rating and minimum sharpness.

  • RAW/JPEG
  • Focal length • aperture • shutter
  • Date/place/rating
  • “Selected only” focus mode

Export & folder structure

Export exactly your selection and let FotoFetch build folders by subject/date/type/place. Optionally, tags/place can be written into EXIF.

  • Custom folder order
  • Filename prefix
  • Optional: write tags/place to EXIF

Screenshots

A quick look at the main views.

Screenshot: grid/list view
Screenshot: preview / full view

Focus on what matters

In the preview you can switch to 1:1 and pan the image — perfect for quickly checking sharpness and fine detail.

Now available in the App Store

Download FotoFetch for free and start reviewing and analyzing your photos — before importing them into your editing workflow.