Hi Jiew
There are two use cases that I try to propose how to do it in darktable now
without having to have two images side by side comparison.
First use case:
We want to compare any series of similar images and select one by one, side
by side, until you get down to one image.
I think you already have a way to do it. Just to make sure I understand
you, so here what I would do:
(1) Switch to lighttable.
(2) I use "file manager" instead of "zoomable lighttable", and set the
number of pictures to 2
(3) select view to "all except rejected"
(4) select the first image of the series.
(5) hit "tab", so I can close (or open) side borders tools. So I can see
both images in the largest possible size.
(6) then you can choose which on you want to keep/reject. When you hit
reject, the next image will show up for you to compare. You keep compare
until you get to the end of the series.
The key idea is to use view "all except rejected", so when you reject an
image, it's take the image out of the view, and the next image will show
up.
The second use case:
You want to compare any two image side by side.
The closest thing is to use snapshots module. It's not exactly two image
side by side but very close. To do this,
(1) Assume you already select the first image.
(2) Switch to darkroom
(3) open snapshots module (on the top left panel), and take snapshot
you should see a snapshot added ... in my case it show "original(0)".
It's could be any process step that you have done for the image (see the
history).
(4) now you can select the second image from the flimstrip (bottom of the
screen), or
other process step on the same image from the history
(5) Then you can select "original(0)" or any snapshoot that use create
before.
You can see that image will split in two part, one from the snapshoot
another one from the second image you select (or other step).
I think snapshoot is intend to use for comparing two process of the same
image, so you can see how the next step will effect your picture. But it's
can be use to compare any two images.
It's not quite the same as compare two images side by side, because you can
see only half of each images ... and it's not the same half. So it's might
not really help much in the second use case.
I agree with you, the feature that compare two images would simply replace
there two "complicated" workflow.
Hopefully that help.
Cheer,
:tom:
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Jiew Peng Lim <[email protected]> wrote:
> Another feature which is somewhat related that I'd like to suggest is a
> "compare images" mode where you select 2 or more images and it puts them
> side by side, and you can reject images from there. It's useful when you
> shoot in continuous burst (or any series of similar images) and you want to
> compare the images side by side and reject them one by one and end up with
> only one photo (like in Lightroom).
>
>
> You can kind of do something similar by adjusting the grid size in the
> library module, but that's a bit clunky, because if you have a series of
> say, 6 images that look similar and you want to compare between the first
> and the last, you're getting a really small sized image unless you have a
> really large monitor.
>
>
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