Hi! I use darktable for several years now and am very happy with it. Nevertheless, I was not able to figure out a workflow for large image collections, e.g., when I bring home 5000 images from a vacation. I'm interested how you are dealing with this situation:
How do you handle the review of large image collections? (Especially rating, color markings and tagging. And especially focused on private/holiday/travel photography, the workflow for other disciplines may be different. Nevertheless, this could be interesting as well.) As a starting point, I will try to describe some of the difficulties I come across. * I tried both, start with 3 or 0 stars for every picture and then go through the pictures and change that initial rating. Problem starting with 3: when I have to interrupt for several days, I cannot remember what was already reviewed, especially since this is not a linear process, maybe I have to process single pictures first and continue the review process later. Do you mark already rated images, e.g. by tags? Starting with 0, I have the problem that all pictures have to be already reviewed to use filters based on rating. What is your solution? * I use the star rating for (technical) image and composition quality, but some images are despite low quality needed for narration/story telling, e.g. for a photo book. How do you mark these pictures, especially for easy filtering? * I use the color marks for the development status red=nothing done but want to edit, yellow=already treated but not finished or not satisfied and green=done and happy with the result, blue and purple are usually used to mark panorama parts and bad quality pictures needed for story telling. But there are several other facts that could be marked where tagging is too bulky. What do you use the colors for? * I want not only to find keepers but mark pictures usable for projects such as a photo book, the web site, the photo calendar for the grandparents and so on. I use tags for this, but tagging (especially when using tree hierarchies) is very slow, how do you handle this? * It is very difficult to compare sharpness of similar (almost identical but slightly different sharpness/focus) shots, when even the sharpness indicator (ctrl-z) has no preference. How do you compare them? * How do you mark pictures that belong to each other, e.g. by telling a story where a single picture means nothing? Are groups the correct approach? * What do you use groups for in general? * I use hierarchical tagging for people (/people/friends/name a, /people/family/name b, people/work/name c), for projects (/projects/calendar 2016, /projects/photo book summer holiday 2014), places (/places/usa/florida/orlando/mall, /places/home; The accuracy is based on the picture, in my home town, e.g., I use ../town/street or location, for holiday pictures sometimes the city or even country is sufficient). What's your approach for tagging? Is there some more efficient tree structure? How do you handle these situations and the general review process? Thanks and best regards Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
