Sometimes simple ideas and things are the best. This seems to be the case with Pixort, an image-sorting program created by Jahn Otto Næsgaard Andersen, and it's freeware...

(This is a reduced-size image of the Pixort desktop - click on links to see fullsize sections of the different areas.)

Pixort is designed to do just one thing: sort images. The user can define one source folder (including subfolders) and up to five destination folders. Pixort automatically defines these folders by default, but you can customise them. After you have chosen the source folder, you must click the scan button so Pixort reads the images files and builds thumbnails. Pixort then presents images (there's an option for auto-advance) and you just click on the appropriate folder or untag button; the image is tagged and the next pops up. You can use the keyboard rather than the mouse, if you prefer.

The thumbnail display is updated to show progress, though you can go back and redo previous images. When you have tagged all the source images, you can then choose to copy or move them to the destination folders. Pixort understands about CRW and THM files, so these are kept together when files are processed.

A message log indicates the results and any errors... And that's pretty much it. Very simple, very neat, very efficient.