The Events feature · Pro

Sort every shooter's photos into the right moment — automatically

Define your shoot timeline once — Getting Ready, Ceremony, Reception. FolioSort reads the EXIF timestamp on every file from every camera and routes it into the correct event folder, without you touching a single file.

macOS 14+ & Windows 10+ Multi-camera · checksum-verified · undo any batch

A shoot has structure. A dumped card doesn't.

You finish an event with three shooters, a dozen SD cards and thousands of frames — all landing in one giant import folder, IMG_0412.CR3 next to DSC_0089.NEF next to A7IV_0033.ARW. Getting Ready, Ceremony and Reception are all jumbled together, and drag-and-drop sorting is a night you never get back.

The information to fix it is already there — every photo knows the exact second it was taken. It just sits unread inside each file, and no folder name reflects it.

Define the timeline once, and let EXIF do the sorting.

Events lets you name each moment of the day and set its start and end time. FolioSort reads the DateTimeOriginal timestamp inside every file and routes it into the block it belongs to — a frame shot at 12:45 goes into Ceremony, period.

It doesn't care which camera shot which file. Drop every shooter's cards into one folder and it routes by time, not by body — copies or moves with checksum verification, and every batch is fully undoable. Events is a Pro feature.

How it works

From dumped SD cards to a delivery-ready folder

STEP 01

Import all your cards

Copy everything from every SD card into one source folder. No pre-sorting — just dump them all together, mixing cameras and formats freely.

STEP 02

Define event blocks

Name each moment and set its start and end time. Use sub-events for nested groups like Church & Blessing inside Ceremony.

STEP 03

Preview the routing

FolioSort shows exactly how many files land in each block, with a before-and-after tree. Adjust the time ranges until it's perfect.

STEP 04

Run & deliver

Click Start. Every photo lands in the right folder, checksum-verified and undoable — ready to cull, edit and deliver.

What it does

Everything the Events feature handles

EXIF timestamp routingEvery photo carries a DateTimeOriginal field. FolioSort reads it and matches it against your time blocks — no ambiguity, no guessing.
Multi-camera readyDrop all cards from all shooters into one source folder. FolioSort routes by time, not by camera — Canon, Nikon and Sony land together.
Sub-events & nested groupsBuild nested moments — Church & Blessing inside Ceremony — and drag to reorder blocks in the left panel.
Handles unmatched filesFiles outside every block are shown separately — route them to an Unmatched folder or review by hand. Nothing is silently lost.
Checksum-verified, fully undoableEvery moved or copied file is verified with XXHash64 or SHA-256, and every batch is reversible with one click — including cleanup of empty folders.
Guided Wizard modeNew to Events? The Wizard walks you through source, event groups and destination, then shows a full preview before it runs.

Your folders end up mapped to the moment, not the memory card.

Set a block like Ceremony · 12:00 → 13:30 and every frame captured in that window — from any camera — flows into 02_Ceremony/. Getting Ready, Cocktail Hour and Reception each get their own folder, numbered in order so the delivery tree reads like the day itself.

You see the exact routing in the preview before a single file moves, so you can nudge a start time by five minutes and watch the counts update — then run it once you're happy.

Who it's for

Built for any event with a timeline

WeddingsGetting Ready · Ceremony · Cocktail · Reception. Route three shooters' files in seconds. Read the wedding guide →
CrossFit & HYROXWOD 1 · WOD 2 · Awards. Sort thousands of athlete photos by heat time block. Read the CrossFit guide →
Music festivalsStage A · Stage B · Main Event. Multiple photographers, one clean library. Read the festival guide →
Corporate conferencesKeynote · Panels · Networking · Dinner. Deliver a structured archive minutes after the event ends. Read the conference guide →
Sports tournamentsRound 1 · Quarter Finals · Semi · Final. Sort a whole day of race and match photography by game time. Read the sports guide →
Film productionScene 01 · Scene 02 · B-Roll. Keep dailies from multiple cameras organized by scene time. Read the film guide →
Multi-camera
routes by time, not by body
EXIF-precise
sorts by real capture timestamp
Checksum
verified transfers, one-click undo
100% local
no cloud, no account, no upload
Three of us shoot every wedding, so my import folder was always a wall of CR3s, NEFs and ARWs with no order to it. I set up the day's blocks once, previewed the split, and hit go — Getting Ready through Reception, all in numbered folders, before I'd finished my coffee. The whole thing undoes in one click if I get a time wrong.
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
Sort by day, or sort by moment.

Events is the timeline-aware side of FolioSort. Sort a whole backlog by date and camera with the Organizer, or slice a single day into named moments here — same EXIF engine, same checksum-verified, undoable transfers.

FAQ

Events questions, answered

Is the Events feature free?

Events is a Pro feature. Pro is a one-time €19.99 with no subscription and a 14-day money-back guarantee. You can download FolioSort free and try the core Organizer before upgrading.

How does FolioSort know which folder each photo belongs in?

Every photo carries a DateTimeOriginal EXIF field — the exact moment it was captured. FolioSort reads it and compares it against the start and end times of the event blocks you defined. A file shot at 12:45 lands in the Ceremony folder, with no guessing and no manual sorting.

Can I sort photos from several cameras at once?

Yes. Drop the cards from every shooter into one source folder. FolioSort routes by capture time, not by camera, so Canon, Nikon and Sony files from the same moment all land in the same event folder together.

What happens to photos that fall outside every time block?

Files that don't match any defined block are shown separately, never silently lost. You can route them to an Unmatched folder or review them by hand, then adjust your time ranges and run again.

Can I undo an Events sort?

Yes. Every Events operation is fully reversible with one click — files go back exactly where they came from, including cleanup of any empty folders that were created. Each transfer is checksum-verified first, so nothing is corrupted in the move.

Stop sorting. Start delivering.

Define your timeline once and let FolioSort file every camera's photos into the right moment — checksum-verified, fully undoable, never uploaded. Events is included in FolioSort Pro: one-time purchase, no subscription, lifetime license.

Free to start · no account Checksum-verified · undo anything macOS 14+ & Windows 10+
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