TOPIC: Idea to speed up photos even more!

Hi David,

Sorry, I remember that post now. I'll add it in as an option to turn on/off. That's actually one of the new features I've gotten the most positive responses about as most inspectors use the mouse more than the keyboard. I know there's exceptions though and I'd be one of them too!

If you could type "Ctl-(the letter) after the first try, it would be great.

Turning it off would be fine with me as well.
I use the mouse in the right hand and the keyboard with the left.
It's nice that it jumps to the next drop down but having to read and select on a bunch of pic's is very slow for me.

Thanks!

I just finished fixing special for you in 3.1 which I'll release to you beta guys shortly. I think you'll be really happy about how it works for keyboard shortcut guys!

Oh, Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,!!!! 

Can't wait!

Looking forward to it.

I'm liking some of these ideas but....Since I annotate my photos directly on the photo, it eliminates captioning within the report.  This really speeds up the photo section.  No keyboarding at all, just mouse clicks to assign the pic to the proper section and sub-section. I can blow through 50-60 picks in a few minutes.
This may be a bit much or not work for those that do not complete their reports on their desktop but here is my sequence.

In the office:
1. I start the inspection on the desktop in the office. Sync to Tablet.
On-site:
2. Always take the first pic of the front of house since this is the cover pic.
3. Walk around doing the inspection and taking lots of pics as needed. No particular order. If I'm inspecting one area and see something unrelated, I just snap a shot.  The pics are really just a "visual" notebook. I grab "macro mode" pics of any equip. labels. I frequently do not even take the computer out of my bag on-site. I will, occasionally, take a few written notes about critical issues but find I rarely need them, the pictures I take tell me the story.
4. Debrief the clients on-site, collect payment and leave.
Back in office:
Sync tablet back if I even used it during the inspection. If not, just return to previously started report on desktop.
5. Dump pics from card to computer, resize and fix any exposure issues or cropping if needed.
6. Open batch in Snag-It Editor and annotate with text and arrows/circles etc, save to Job Folder/Edits.  This is the folder that gets "batch added".
7. Open report and enter info as needed while my pics are open on the other screen to use as visual notes. (I have two 22" monitors)
8. In "add photos" section, I add the entire "edits" folder as a batch, un-checking the box to keep the first slot open since my first pic is always the front of house.
9. Run though the tabs and using mouse only, assign each to the correct section and sub-section. No captioning needed since I did that on the pic.
10. Generate report, proof check for errors and correct or save. DONE
11. Send report to client. If it is a morning inspection, they get it by end of day.  Afternoon inspections get it the next day by noon.

This whole process only takes me about an hour or so on-site and another hour or so in the office to complete unless it's a really big house. Then maybe an hour and a half each.
This is also possible since I usually only do one inspection per day.  I'm old and lazy these days and not interested in busting my ass any more. ROFL