F-Album is intended for cataloging digital photos and other images stored on your hard disk, as well as on other information-carrying devices (CD, DVD, etc). In other words, it does not really matter where you keep your images – it will allow you to always have a full catalog of your images close at hand.

The key feature is its ability to store in its database, along with thumbnails and samples of images. A sample (or a miniature) is a small copy of its original image. A user can set size and quality of stored samples, which affects the speed of adding images and the database size. Using stored samples, it allows you to easily create web-galleries without having to access original images. You can also export a sample into a file at any moment and use it as you wish.