Organize your images 🌇 in new ways
How Eagle can help you find stuff on your computer
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Eagle helps organize your images
How do you organize screenshots, gifs, and downloaded images?
Until recently, I relied on a series of Dropbox folders and subfolders. Locating images for docs or presentations meant hunting thru folders. As I accumulated collections of icons, graphics, illustrations. screenshots, cartoons, and various other images, the folder structure was swamped.
I stumbled upon Eagle recently and it’s been helpful in organizing my images and other files. I still use Apple Photos and Google Photos to store and backup my family photos. But for all other images — screenshots, illustrations, icons… I use Eagle.
Here’s Why You’ll Find Eagle Useful
Grab and save images from the Web. Use Eagle to collect images online to spice up your documents and presentations. The browser plug-ins work with Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. Once installed, you just right-click on any image on the Web to add it to your library. Better yet: click on multiple images to save a bunch at a time. Or save an entire site automatically. Eagle will scroll and capture the full site as an image.
Take screenshots. Rather than using a separate tool, you can use Eagle to grab a whole page or any part of a page you select and add it directly to your library. I've used CloudApp for screenshots in the past, but it's clunky for finding and organizing past screenshots. Planning a new project? Use Eagle to create an inspiration collection of other cool projects online, or a mood board with images/designs/graphics that inspire you.
Find images quickly. I often find myself searching my computer for particular kinds of images. For certain slides, I may need a vertical image. Or I need a certain gif. Or I’m looking for something I know I downloaded last week. Now I filter images within Eagle for those and other search parameters. You can even sort for images of a certain color. Get an instant view of the results and drag them to other apps or export in whatever format or size you need. That saves time when you’re drafting new documents or slides.