I am not really sure what others see as a problem. I am importing directly (USB) from the camera and simply specify in the Preferences/Session Options where I want the images to be placed on my hd and how they should be numbered. It simply works! It also works if I import from the SD card with a USB adapter. Since dt displays image thumbnails alongside the file name, it makes it easy to be selective if needed.
I have never lost any material through this process. Nice feature! David On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 16:20 jeremy rosen wrote: > We used to do it that way but it turns out very hard to do reliably, and we > don't like it when DT destroy our user's images... > > At this point we recommand using external tools to import images and then > use DT to import/process them > > in particular, rapid photo downloader (http://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/) > has a pretty good reputation > > It would be nice to integrate RPD and DT with a lua script, so DT could > trigger RPD or RPD could import images directly into DT, but afaik it > hasn't been done > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Tony Arnold <tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk> > > wrote: > > Robert, > > > > On 27/08/14 14:48, Robert William Hutton wrote: > > > On 21/08/14 18:04, Tony Arnold wrote: > > >> Is there a way to get DT to copy the images like it does when importing > > >> from a camera? I couldn't see anything obvious. Or do I have to copy > > >> the > > >> files locally and then import to DT? > > > > > > AFAIK you have to copy them manually. > > > > > > http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s03.html.php#import > > > > > > "Importing a folder does not mean that darktable copies your images into > > > > another folder. It just means that the images > > > > > are visible in lighttable and thus can be developed. If you delete an > > > > image or a folder from disk after having imported > > > > > them, darktable cannot access them anymore." > > > > Thanks. This is fine for folders on the local hard disk but not so good > > for removable media. I'd like to see DT treat removable media the same > > as a camera and, maybe optionally, copy the files to a local folder. Is > > there somewhere I can post this as a suggestion for a new feature? > > > > Regards, > > Tony. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----> > > > Slashdot TV. > > > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > > > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Darktable-users mailing list > > > Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users > > > > -- > > Tony Arnold, Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > > Head of IT Security, Fax: +44 (0) 705 344 3082 > > University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > > Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- Slashdot TV. > > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Darktable-users mailing list > > Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
