Exactly. Also you may want to hide the duplicates.
Am 18. November 2015 13:56:19 MEZ, schrieb Patrick Shanahan <p...@wahoo.no-ip.org>: >* Christian Mandel <c.man...@gmx.net> [11-18-15 03:58]: >> is it possible to write crop metadata (see >> >http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/43893/how-to-store-tilt-rotation-and-crop-information-in-metadata, > >> xmp parameters for crop values) instead of actually performing the >crop? >> I guess it is not a standard feature (at least I did not find it) but > >> maybe it is possible with lua? >> >> The background: I do a lot of design work with photographs from dt >> (calendars, photo books, etc.). Therefore, the photographs have to >fit >> within given frames. When I crop in dt (e.g. in 2:3 format) and use >it >> in a 4:5 template, I have to crop again, which is often not possible >due >> to losing important image parts. For these situations it would be >better >> to be able to "add" some picture at the other edges. Therefore, I >have >> to go back into darktable, crop different, export again and reuse the > >> image, which is cumbersome. > >Make yourself a "master" image, everything but the crop. Duplicate the >"master" image and crop and export the dup. Now you have two copies of >the same image in your database/library but only one "master" and an >exported/cropped jpg and two xmp files, one for each. The dup of your >master is only an entry in your library and an xmp file. > >Every time you need another, different crop, go back to the master and >make another dup (a library entry and an xmp) and export it at the >different crop. You may even be able to configure export to >automagically >assign a number or letter designation representing the image's crop >ratio. > >-- >(paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA >@ptilopteri >http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member >facebook/ptilopteri >http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: >http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 >Registered Linux User #207535 @ >http://linuxcounter.net > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >_______________________________________________ >Darktable-users mailing list >Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
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