I discover a new app that can change the way to organize my reference and my image. As a 3D artist, it is important to have references to increase creativity or be accurate to help me to recreate the world in 3D. This software is called Eagle. It helps me to organize my reference photo, textures, HDR, etc. You can also use Eagle for other purposes than storing images. I know I could create a new library to use for important PDFs so it will be different from my main library.
You can organize many different formats like images, video, sound, affinity files, Adobe files, 3D objects, 3D format, HDR, etc. I see a lot of potential for me to help me to organize references. Also, the software contains very well to automatize tools for Organizing tags, Batch Processing, Removing duplicates, Smart folders, and Auto-Tagging. I also discover that you can create actions to make your life faster to do multiple tasks in one click and since I am lazy a little bit, I like it.
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It is easily customizable for my need since it uses a tag system and a hierarchy folder. One tip I have with the tag system is I can organize the tag with different categories. I like using the tag to separate the reference that comes from a video game, movie, or other media. I also use the tag to separate the artist of my reference.
Use the comment mode that can be inside Eagle to show you all the information you can have for assets. It is the perfect thing to do annotation of your image and remember important areas.
Here is the type of thing you can link with your image
- Image Preview
- Colour palette
- Titles
- Tags
- Notes
- URL of the image on the web
- Folder location of the files
Proprieties of the image

One good feature of the software is you have a lot of ways to filter your files in your library. You can filter by color, tags, Â folders, shape, rating, file types, date import, dimensions, size, note, and by URL. You have a very good range of selections.
If you right-click, you can reverse search the image on  Google, Yandex, Bing, and Tin-eye. It helps find an image you don't know where it comes from or find a similar image.

To conclude, I think that Eagle is a very good tool for my need as an artist since sometimes it could be very difficult to get your image or file in one place. Also, I feel it is easier than the online alternative Pinterest since it is straight to the point. No need to sign up. It was easier to move files to a different folder and it is way easier to find your reference. You have also a lot of automated tools that can be used to make my life easier on reduce my work while organizing my file.
This software is only 29$ USD and doesn't have any subscription option. You pay what you get and you have a software update forever. That's cool from the developer.
You can buy the software here.