The Photo Queue is the central workspace for managing the images you have added to PhotoSanitize. It shows the files available for analysis and sanitization, along with information about their current processing state.
A queue can contain photographs from several directories. You can inspect one image while keeping other images available for batch operations.
Reading the queue
Each row represents an individual file. The queue displays information such as filename, format, file size, image dimensions when known, findings, and processing status.
A newly added image normally appears as Not analyzed. Once inspection has finished, the status changes to reflect the completed analysis. When sanitization takes place, PhotoSanitize records whether an output was created and whether verification succeeded.
These statuses are important when processing several photographs, because a completed batch may contain a mixture of successful, unsuccessful, and unprocessed files.
Highlighting an image versus including it
The Photo Queue uses two different kinds of selection.
Highlighting a row chooses the photograph displayed in the Inspector. You can then examine its findings, metadata, visual preview, and verification results.
The checkbox associated with a row determines whether that image is included in operations such as Analyze Selected, Sanitize Selected, and report export.
For example, you might highlight Office01.jpg to inspect its metadata while five other images remain checked for sanitization. The highlighted file is not automatically the only one that will be processed.
Before starting a batch, review the checkboxes rather than relying on the highlighted row.
Changing the included files
Use Select All when you want every queued image included in the next operation, or Deselect All when you want to start with an empty selection. You can then check individual files according to your needs.
This is useful when the same queue contains photographs with different requirements. A company preparing images for a website might sanitize general office photographs together, then process photographs containing customer information separately with visual redaction.
Standard permits sanitization of up to five included files per operation. Pro and Enterprise remove that edition-based restriction.
Removing files from the queue
To remove entries, highlight the relevant rows and choose Remove Selected. Clear List removes all queued entries.
These commands affect the PhotoSanitize workspace, not the original files on disk. Removing a photograph from the queue does not delete it from its folder, and clearing the list does not remove previously created sanitized outputs.
However, clearing an entry also discards the analysis and processing information associated with that entry in the current workspace. Export any reports you need before clearing a completed collection.
Understanding processing status
An image can move through states such as Not analyzed, Analyzing, Analyzed, Sanitizing, and Sanitized. Failures or interruptions are also reflected in the status information.
A particularly important distinction is between a file that was successfully created and a file that passed verification. If PhotoSanitize reports that sanitization succeeded but verification failed, the output requires attention before distribution.
When processing a large collection, use the individual statuses and Verification tab to identify which images are ready for use. Do not assume that every included photograph succeeded merely because the overall operation has stopped.