[Shotwell] suggestions

[Adam Dingle]

 > Would it be possible to exit the forced organizer mode and just use it
 > as a simple viewer?

As you may know, if you already have a set of photos which you've 
organized into a directory hierarchy you like, you can import them into 
Shotwell while preserving the existing hierarchy in place - just use 
File->Import and clear the "Copy files to Pictures photo library" 
checkbox, or drag into Shotwell while holding down Ctrl+Shift.

Regarding using Shotwell as a viewer, I'm not sure exactly what you're 
looking for here - there are a couple of possibilities:

1. As Jim mentioned, you can already use Shotwell to view photos one at 
a time, and we could conceivably extend that single-photo mode to allow 
you to browse directories.  Then you could browse through photos without 
ever importing them into the Shotwell database.

2. We're also considering adding a file tree to the sidebar which would 
allow you to browse through all photos which have been imported into 
Shotwell according to their containing directories - this is 
http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1594 .

With approach (2) you keep your existing directory hierarchy and can use 
it for browsing, but the Shotwell database knows about all your photos, 
which has many advantages: Shotwell will remember non-destructive edits, 
you can tag photos and view them arranged by event/date, and hopefully 
in future releases you'll also be able to browse them by geographic 
places (http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1473) or even search by arbitrary 
metadata criteria (http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1587) and so on.

 > Would be nice to be able to reset any control in the Adjust panel 
individually

Yes.  This is http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/959 .  It might even make 0.6.

adam

On 05/06/2010 11:16 AM, Jim Nelson wrote:
> Hi Florin,
>
> In fact, Shotwell does have a photo viewer mode similar to what you're
> asking.  If you right-click on a JPEG file you can select to view it
> with Shotwell.  The photo viewer will navigate through the directory's
> contents (currently JPEG only, although more formats are on the way).
> All the editing tools you have in library mode are available here as
> well.  The only difference is, when you save your changes, they're
> written directly to the file.  (In library mode, we're
> non-destructive.)
>
> The one thing not available is a directory browser; I've added a
> ticket for this: http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1883
>
> -- Jim
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Florin Andrei<florin at andrei.myip.org>  wrote:
>    
>> (not subscribed to this list)
>>
>> Shotwell looks cool, congrats on the clean interface.
>>
>> Would it be possible to exit the forced organizer mode and just use it
>> as a simple viewer? Some people prefer to organize their pictures "by
>> hand" or using other means.
>>
>> It would be nice to present, in the left-hand panel, a list with
>> thumbnails of the pictures in the current folder. This helps navigation
>> enormously. I tend to reject any viewer that doesn't have this capability.
>>
>> Congratulations on the Adjust feature! It's incredible how many picture
>> viewers and even editors do not have the basic Temperature / Tint
>> controls. Would be nice to be able to reset any control in the Adjust
>> panel individually - currently, the Reset button is global. Some
>> applications (Lightroom 3 beta - the one I'm currently using on Windows)
>> allow you to reset any individual control separately by double-clicking
>> the cursor, but anything that makes sense is welcome.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Florin Andrei
>> http://florin.myip.org/
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