Transition from Google Photos to new App - with metadata!

[Android Central Question]

Trying to transfer all my google photos to dropbox and use a different secure app (preferably on that can sync directly with my dropbox photos folder) .

I've grabbed all my photos via a Google Takeout dump, so now I have a few hundred folders each with a jpg and json file. I'm using the Piktures app, but my photos are a mess.

Is there anyway, be it a different app, or something I can do with the google photos dump to allow the app to organize all these photos automatically via the metadata?

 

[ManiacJoe]

What kind of organizing are you looking to do?

I am a big fan of Piktures, but I have never used a "google takeout dump".

My first guess at a problem is that the dump from google does not contain any "albums" or related folders since Google Photos does not store them in the first place.

 

[mustang7757]

I'll leave a Link to register so you can communicate here as a guest account you can only post questions but can't reply

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=409154

 

[4x4fiend]

Thanks (original poster here)
I don't need much functionality in terms of albums, just dating of photos so they're chronological ad much as possible.

 

[mustang7757]

Thanks (original poster here)
I don't need much functionality in terms of albums, just dating of photos so they're chronological ad much as possible.

Hi, welcome to AC!

Which phone you using?

 

[4x4fiend]

Hi, welcome to AC!

Which phone you using?

Samsung S10e snapdragon at the moment.

Just thinking out loud, I wonder if it's something I organize on my desktop, then migrate back to dropbox/Piktures... rather than trying to have the photos app handle it

 

[mustang7757]

Samsung S10e snapdragon at the moment.

Just thinking out loud, I wonder if it's something I organize on my desktop, then migrate back to dropbox/Piktures... rather than trying to have the photos app handle it

You can do that , on my Note 20U I use google photos and Samsung gallery , if I need to see pictures on the computer I just log into google on the computer

 

[mustang7757]

[Moved this to Samsung S10E forums]