On Nov 24, 2011, at 4:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > One thing that I wish I could do in lightroom is attach notes to photos. It > could be information about what I was doing when I shot the photo, notes > about things that I want to try in processing, or anything that would require > more than just a "tag". > > Another feature, far more elaborate, that I'd really like is collaborative > abilities. > > One of my tricks for paring my photo sets down to a less ridiculous size is > to have my girlfriend make a pass and rate them red/yellow/green. Mind you > I'd also like to be able to rate photos with more subtlety than 1-5, I'd like > a 0-99 rating. I'd also like to be able to share catalogs, > non-destructively, with other people. i.e. someone else could sign in to my > light room catalog, give their own separate ratings, independent of my own. > Make their own edits, that I could then import and modify if I wanted. What > they wouldn't be able to do is delete my raw files, or make any changes to my > own edits. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
As I recall from long ago and far away when I had occasion to "design" information systems and the underlying data structures, fixed-length fields were easy to create and use, but variable- or unlimited-length fields like Notes or Comments just exploded the overhead and storage requirements for the data base. [Disclaimer: my role was as a user rep - not as a techie.] I don't know if that is still true, or if it matters given the high speed and low cost of memory. But still, it seems that your Notes idea could add a lot of extra "stuff" in terms of code, processing time, and storage. Can't you just use the Caption field that is already there within the exif? BTW - Happy Thanksgiving! stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
