Help ? about image file management on N7

[freedda]

I just got my N7, delving into the world of tablets and Android for the first time, and I'm very confused.

I mainly want to use the tablet to look at and edit images from my camera. To do this, I've bought a OTG dongle, downloaded some image editing apps (PS Touch, Snapseed, Photo Editor), X-plore file management app, and Nexus Media Importer so I can bring images over from my SD card.

So far I've been able to copy images from my card to the tablet, putting in them in sub-folders in the Pictures folder. I can open them from X-plore and do editing, but here's where I'm confused:

When I do a save or save as in the different programs, it's not clear to me where the files are being saved to--does anyone know?

And it seems that the edited image files are saved in a bunch of different locations -- is there a way I can designate just one folder (with sub-folders for managing the images) to put all the images in regardless of which program I use to create them?

Best, David

 

[El Presidente]

Generally, each app will have its own default save location, you might be able to specify where that is via the app settings. I use an app called AfterFocus sometimes, the default save location for that is /sdcard/afterfocus.

Download a File Manager app (ES File Explorer & Astro are 2 of the more popular) and use that to browse the directory structure of the virtual SD Card to see where the apps you've mentioned are saving the pics.

Does that help?

 

[freedda]

El Presidente'

You have my vote! Thanks for the tip. After digging around a bit using X-plore, the file management app I installed, I came to the same conclusion. I also see that I can view all of these images in Gallery, so it may not matter as much where they are 'actually' stored on my tablet, so long as I can get to them, edit, save and view them, I'm good.

thanks, d

 

[El Presidente]

Excellent