Hi again :)
Here is what I think we can do to comparing any two images using darktable
now.
(1) Switch to lighttable mode
(2) Select first image, and assign a color to the images (assuming you have
no use that color before in this collection) ... Say I assign "red"
(3) Select the second image, and assign the same color ("red")
(4) Open the collection images (left hand side)
(5) Select - "color label"
(6) Select "red"
Now in the lighttable should have only two image you select. Then we can
soom in to compare those two.
Still a bit complicated, but this would work just fine.
Cheer,
:tom:
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Anocha yimsiriwattana <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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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