Thanks very much. Very helpful advice. Paul.
> On 09-14-2017, at 5:25 PM, I. Ivanov <iv3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Duplicate creates another instance of the .xmp Most of the time this is all > you need. Some times I use copy but it is rare. Example would be - I have 3 > shots for hdr purpose. Normally I would move them to a different folder. In > such case I can copy the image so I have the RAW in both folders. My > reasoning - one folder is for HDR (so I have the 3 images) and the other > folder is for non HDR - I would only keep 1 and delete the other 2 - if I > conclude that the single image works better for me than the HDR. > What I am doing is not "needed" it is simply a preference in organization. > If you want something more automatic - you can write a script to back the > .xmp files to a different location or use something like the backup program > in ubuntu. In my opinion if it only backs the xmp it is a reasonable > approach. Further - if you have FreeNAS - you can turn snapshots (I don't > have it really but this is what I am finding on the net). So - to summarize > > - duplicate for intentional keep / preserve > - backup tool or snapshots for unattended > - copy if you want to organize in an specific way. Drawback is the bigger use > of space. I don't use it much so it works for me but it would not work for > everybody. Besides - you can go around it by tagging images etc in many cases. > Regards, > > B > > On 2017-09-14 02:00 PM, Paul Deverson wrote: >> Thank you for your comments, Patrick and Mauizio. I had read the manual, but >> was interested to see whether people tended to use Duplicate or Copy, >> >> Cheers, >> >> Paul. >> >> >>> On 09-14-2017, at 2:24 AM, Maurizio Paglia <mpagl...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:mpagl...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Paul, >>> Patrick explained you the right method. >>> However, if you simply desire to see how the image looks at different >>> stages of development, you simply can play with the History Stack panel in >>> darkroom mode. >>> See chapter 3.3.3 of the user manual. >>> >>> Maurizio >>> >>> >>> 2017-09-14 4:54 GMT+02:00 Patrick Shanahan <p...@opensuse.org >>> <mailto:p...@opensuse.org>>: >>> * Paul Deverson <p...@pauldeverson.com <mailto:p...@pauldeverson.com>> >>> [09-13-17 22:09]: >>> > Which method do you experts recommend for saving the ‘finished’ file + >>> > xmp file so that after further changes, you can always revert to where >>> > you were before? Otherwise, if you do make further changes, you lose >>> > the original >>> > settings. >>> >>> duplicate the image. it amounts to an additional xmp file which contains >>> settings to generate another copy of your original. and you do not need >>> to duplicate the original. >>> >>> it *is* in the fine manual. >>> >>> -- >>> (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri >>> http://en.opensuse.org <http://en.opensuse.org/> openSUSE Community >>> Member facebook/ptilopteri >>> Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net >>> <http://linuxcounter.net/> >>> Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo <http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo> >>> paka @ IRCnet freenode >>> ____________________________________________________________________________ >>> darktable user mailing list >>> to unsubscribe send a mail to >>> darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org >>> <mailto:darktable-user%2bunsubscr...@lists.darktable.org> >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________________________ >>> darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to >>> darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org >>> <mailto:darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to >> darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org >> <mailto:darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
