Am Donnerstag, 11. Dezember 2014, 00:18:49 schrieb johannes hanika: > as a quick workaround, if that does the trick for you: > > - run a script or whatever (maybe calling into exiftool and sed etc) and > create a txt file next to your images (img_0000.cr2 would get a > img_0000.txt sidecar txt file). > > - enable custom overlays by setting > plugins/lighttable/draw_custom_metadata=TRUE > in your darktablerc > > - whenever you go to preview mode 'z' or one-image mode 'alt-1' in > lighttable mode, the contents of this text file will be drawn as overlay on > your screen. > > that's how i display the settings of my renderer when reviewing frames.
Recent git compiles will have a way to automate the file creation using lua [0] and the switch to display the txt files in the prefs. > -jo Tobias [0] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/darktable-org/lua-scripts/master/official/generate_image_txt.lua > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Tobias Ellinghaus <h...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 9. Dezember 2014, 20:11:56 schrieb Chris Siebenmann: > > > > Yes, I had some ideas and started working on it but I am kind > > > > of stuck. I still have to evaluate some things before I can > > > > proceed. Current plan is to import basically every bit (*) of metadata > > > > into the db (so it can be used to find images which wouldn't work if > > > > it gets read on demand). I am still not sure if all that data should > > > > be put into the XMP, too. Or just if it has been changed in dt from > > > > its original value. > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > (*) this will most likely be limited to a curated set of fields which > > > > should however be big enough for almost everyone. > > > > > > My entirely personal view is that there should be a hook in the > > > > > > code for extracting truly arbitrary exiv2-supported fields from the > > > underlying file. Camera makers seem to be endlessly inventive about what > > > data they put into their files, so regardless of what you do to the code > > > now I think that sooner or later people are likely to hit another case > > > where there's some piece of data that has not been pre-imported into the > > > database. > > > > I would like to avoid that. Makernotes are basically binary blobs that > > have no > > defined meaning. If you really need that data for some specific images and > > agree > > that loading it will be sloooow you could probably look for some exif > > bindings > > for lua. > > > > > (And as you say, you're intending a curated set of fields which should > > > be big enough for 'almost everyone'.) > > > > > > While I'm dreaming, it would be really great if one could literally > > > > > > specify the fields to display by exiv2 name and thus get at arbitrary > > > fields as long as their format was known by the underlying code, but > > > I suspect that that's way, way beyond the bounds of what people are > > > contemplating as far as metadata display and customization goes. > > > > Something like that is the plan. However, not all fields will be > > accessible, as > > some are duplicated in several places and we have to keep those in sync. > > So > > there would probably be just one way to specify the location or the date > > and > > that data would be written to Exif (maybe, it's not that useful), IPTC and > > XMP. From the GUI side there would probably be no "Xmp.dc.title" string > > but > > human readable field names. But as I said, all that is still in flux. > > What dt will not be is a generic Exif editor. If you want to mess with all > > the > > fields as they are stored in the input file you need some other program. > > We want > > a tool suitable for professional workflows. > > > > > - cks > > > > Tobias > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clkt > > rk _______________________________________________ > > darktable-devel mailing list > > darktable-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
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