How do you handle re-exports if you use an external management software? I use Geeqie for tagging etc. and copy manually to updated images.
Am 15.07.2013 18:05, schrieb Alexander Wagner: > On 07/14/2013 04:48 PM, Halgeir Kjønås Rennehvammen wrote: > > Hi! > >> I came from Adobe Lightroom 3 and solved this by using Darktable purly >> as a rawdeveloper > > I do this right now as well, but I have to say, that due to the database > approach incorporating dt as a pure developer isn't that nicely done. > Plus, it acually could do so much more. I really like the db-approach > that is centred around metadata for collections. > >> The only open source program which worked nice with tagging and metadata >> management is Digikam. > > Being ignorant of digikam (needs such a large runtime) I still vote for > mapivi these days. It needs my images as jpg, but for some preservation > issue I go to jpg anyway. > >> 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 would be nice if one could avoid this juggling to and fro, right? > >> 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. > > Actually, I like to have both. I like dt's approach here. I could select > on a folder basis but I don't need to use a folder. > >> 2) It have a fast database and can do everything related to metadata >> management and image search. > > Once I got my metadata assingned I again like dt here. Just assignment > currently has quite some room for improvement, unfortunately. Tried it > again from time to time and always revert back to mapivi's slicker, > faster interface. Even wrote a small tool to export metadata from > iptc->dt-suitable xmps to ingest everything to dt once and check some > stuff there, but well, "not yet". > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
