Well, since I also use darktable strictly for image "developing", I guess I'll mention my favorite image manager at this point, for whatever it's worth:
http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/ It's very stable (for me, over years of use), deeply configurable, flexible with regard to dividing screen real estate between thumbnails, previews, directory trees, metadata, etc, and it works with your existing filesystem organization without imposing an additional database layer. That last thing is a large part of what I like about it, so anybody who prefers this way of keeping track of their files may want to check it out. It's also very keyboard-user-friendly. As for tagging and metadata facilities, they're in there, but I haven't made deep, extensive use of them (yet), so maybe somebody with more experience in that arena can give a better report on that aspect. On 2013-07-14 [email protected] wrote: > I have seen this thread for quite long time. I'm sure the developers > will improve Darktable related to tagging. > > I came from Adobe Lightroom 3 and solved this by using Darktable purly > as a rawdeveloper and had 200-300 > tags and needed something fast and easy. > > The only open source program which worked nice with tagging and metadata > management is Digikam. > > So my workflow is now: > > a) Import and rename images with Digikam. > b) Remove uneeded pictures with Digikam. > c) Use Darktable or Rawtherapee to make jpg images. > d) Tag the jpg images and change the metadata in Digikam. > e) Export images to external images services. > f) Move images from the computer to an external drive/server image library. > > It's two reason I like Digikam: > 1) No extra level of abstration (like AcdSee). I images are show where > they are in the real worlds in files and directories. > 2) It have a fast database and can do everything related to metadata > management and image search. > > )-|algeir > > > Den 14. juli 2013 12:47, skrev Richard Wonka: > > Hey all, > > > > On 13 July 2013 00:34, Alexander Wagner <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > The single last thing I'd have on my wishlist is a usability > > issue with the current tagging module. Mainly a substring > > search as pointed out in my other mail to add longish chains > > in an easier way. I admit, I'd suggest to start out here. > > Gives probably the most improvement for the fewest lines of > > code. > > > > Substring search, yes, please. I also use quite a deep tagging tree, > > so that would make my life soo much nicer. > > > > > The metadata handling aspect is probably an important > > > issue that impedes many users from adopting dt. > > > > Absolutely. It is one of the biggest issues I have with dt. I have > > considered changing away from dt for that reason. > > > > > has been discussed many times and there is (I think) > > > agreement that this is an important issue that affects the > > > usability of dt. Would improving this aspect not be > > > something worth-while to work towards, even incrementally? > > > > Perfectly agreed. > > > > absolutely, yes, please. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
