Am 06.03.2015 09:06, schrieb Denis Testemale: > Dear Christian (and others), I have the exact same workflow, except > that I don't use inkscape but the G'MIC tools in Gimp to do the > collage. It might save you one step. I discovered this tool here: > http://blog.patdavid.net/2014/05/gmic-montage.html
Thanks, Denis, I know this G'MIC filter already, but it does not suit my needs for several reasons: I cannot work with length units such as cm, which is crucial especially for the overall frame. Furthermore, I'm tied to the output resolution of the template image and images are rescaled by the filter and not by the output/save operation. Furthermore, I cannot change the crop/reframe the pictures on the output canvas. Ideal would be to set the output aspect ratio and the pixel count or the "page size" and the output resolution, what could be converted by the software (that means I can set either or). Then, to assign frames on the canvas (maybe as the G'MIC script does), but with the option to work with either pixels, percent or centimeter as units. Next, one assigns pictures to the frames and changes the images positions/crops. When I tell the software to export the final image, first the input pictures would be rendered according to their given settings (xmp files/db entries of the selected images), but with the crop taken from the collage module, rescaled according to their size on canvas and the selected output resolution and then everything would be mounted. If I later decide to double the output size (which is the same as doubling the resolution), I could easily do that. Most of this workflow depends on an integrated solution (maybe a lua solution within dt) and is not possible by using external tools. Nevertheless, I'm not the OP of this thread, I just think it would be a wonderful addition to dt. After Jeremys first response to the OP I'm not sure if he's still interested if the chance of being accepted by the core devs is that low. And maybe he had something totally different in mind than what I described above. I'm still convinced that this would be the right way to do it, and maybe some day my programming skills will be enough to do something like that myself, but this is unforeseeable. Sorry for all the noise, but somehow my fingers did not stop writing ... Best regards and thanks again for the hint (G'MIC). Best regards Chris > HTH. > > Cheers. denis > > > Am 27.02.2015 13:43, schrieb Gonçalo Marrafa: >> Do you guys think DT would benefit from a collage/triptych tool? I >> think it would be rather easy to implement, and extremely useful. >> We can create them in GIMP but with DT we could easily change >> something in our processing and have it automatically updated >> without having to redo it in GIMP. >> >> What are your thoughts on this? > > From a user's perspective (read: my perspective) it would be > extremely useful. If it could work in combination with the new > printing functionality I would save many additional steps in about > 70% of my editing purposes. My usual workflows wrt this are: > > dt (raw development) --jpg-> inkscape (collage) --png-> gimp, > turboprint (printing) > > or > > dt (raw development) --jpg-> photoprint (collage) --tif-> gimp, > turboprint (printing) > > I use them for both, n-up printing (e.g. 8 postcard sized prints on > A3 paper) and for "real" collages. In most cases, inkscape is > overqualified and therefore a lot of work is needed to achieve simple > results (e.g. uniform framing) and photoprint's gui is buggy (at > least on my machine) and too simple in some cases. > > Such a tool integrated in dt would save me many editing steps, > intermediate files and loading of additional programs. Especially > since these tools can do the job but are by no means tailored to the > special requirement of photo collages (OK, photoprint should be, and > it is not bad, but just not exactly that). > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
