Re: [darktable-user] Saving snapshots

[I. Ivanov]

Duplicate creates another instance of the .xmp Most of the time this is 
all you need. Some times I use copy but it is rare. Example would be - I 
have 3 shots for hdr purpose. Normally I would move them to a different 
folder. In such case I can copy the image so I have the RAW in both 
folders. My reasoning - one folder is for HDR (so I have the 3 images) 
and the other folder is for non HDR - I would only keep 1 and delete the 
other 2 - if I conclude that the single image works better for me than 
the HDR.


What I am doing is not "needed" it is simply a preference in organization.

If you want something more automatic - you can write a script to back 
the .xmp files to a different location or use something like the backup 
program in ubuntu. In my opinion if it only backs the xmp it is a 
reasonable approach. Further - if you have FreeNAS - you can turn 
snapshots (I don't have it really but this is what I am finding on the 
net). So - to summarize


- duplicate for intentional keep / preserve
- backup tool or snapshots for unattended
- copy if you want to organize in an specific way. Drawback is the 
bigger use of space. I don't use it much so it works for me but it would 
not work for everybody. Besides - you can go around it by tagging images 
etc in many cases.


Regards,

B


On 2017-09-14 02:00 PM, Paul Deverson wrote:
Thank you for your comments, Patrick and Mauizio. I had read the 
manual, but was interested to see whether people tended to use 
Duplicate or Copy,


Cheers,

Paul.


On 09-14-2017, at 2:24 AM, Maurizio Paglia > wrote:


Hi Paul,
Patrick explained you the right method.
However, if you simply desire to see how the image looks at different 
stages of development, you simply can play with the History Stack 
panel in darkroom mode.

See chapter 3.3.3 of the user manual.

Maurizio


2017-09-14 4:54 GMT+02:00 Patrick Shanahan >:


* Paul Deverson > [09-13-17 22:09]:
> Which method do you experts recommend for saving the ‘finished’ file +
> xmp file so that after further changes, you can always revert
to where
> you were before?  Otherwise, if you do make further changes,
you lose
> the original
> settings.

duplicate the image.  it amounts to an additional xmp file which
contains
settings to generate another copy of your original. and you do
not need
to duplicate the original.

it *is* in the fine manual.

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Re: [darktable-user] Saving snapshots

[Paul Deverson]

Thank you for your comments, Patrick and Mauizio. I had read the manual, but 
was interested to see whether people tended to use Duplicate or Copy,  

Cheers,

Paul.


> On 09-14-2017, at 2:24 AM, Maurizio Paglia  wrote:
> 
> Hi Paul,
> Patrick explained you the right method.
> However, if you simply desire to see how the image looks at different stages 
> of development, you simply can play with the History Stack panel in darkroom 
> mode.
> See chapter 3.3.3 of the user manual.
> 
> Maurizio
> 
> 
> 2017-09-14 4:54 GMT+02:00 Patrick Shanahan  >:
> * Paul Deverson > 
> [09-13-17 22:09]:
> > Which method do you experts recommend for saving the ‘finished’ file +
> > xmp file so that after further changes, you can always revert to where
> > you were before?  Otherwise, if you do make further changes, you lose
> > the original
> > settings.
> 
> duplicate the image.  it amounts to an additional xmp file which contains
> settings to generate another copy of your original.  and you do not need
> to duplicate the original.
> 
> it *is* in the fine manual.
> 
> --
> (paka)Patrick Shanahan   Plainfield, Indiana, USA  @ptilopteri
> http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member 
>facebook/ptilopteri
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> 
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Re: [darktable-user] Saving snapshots

[Maurizio Paglia]

Hi Paul,
Patrick explained you the right method.
However, if you simply desire to see how the image looks at different
stages of development, you simply can play with the History Stack panel in
darkroom mode.
See chapter 3.3.3 of the user manual.

Maurizio


2017-09-14 4:54 GMT+02:00 Patrick Shanahan :

> * Paul Deverson  [09-13-17 22:09]:
> > Which method do you experts recommend for saving the ‘finished’ file +
> > xmp file so that after further changes, you can always revert to where
> > you were before?  Otherwise, if you do make further changes, you lose
> > the original
> > settings.
>
> duplicate the image.  it amounts to an additional xmp file which contains
> settings to generate another copy of your original.  and you do not need
> to duplicate the original.
>
> it *is* in the fine manual.
>
> --
> (paka)Patrick Shanahan   Plainfield, Indiana, USA  @ptilopteri
> http://en.opensuse.orgopenSUSE Community Memberfacebook/ptilopteri
> Registered Linux User #207535@ http://linuxcounter.net
> Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo   paka @ IRCnet freenode
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Re: [darktable-user] Saving snapshots

[Patrick Shanahan]

* Paul Deverson  [09-13-17 22:09]:
> Which method do you experts recommend for saving the ‘finished’ file +
> xmp file so that after further changes, you can always revert to where
> you were before?  Otherwise, if you do make further changes, you lose
> the original
> settings.

duplicate the image.  it amounts to an additional xmp file which contains
settings to generate another copy of your original.  and you do not need
to duplicate the original.  

it *is* in the fine manual.

-- 
(paka)Patrick Shanahan   Plainfield, Indiana, USA  @ptilopteri
http://en.opensuse.orgopenSUSE Community Memberfacebook/ptilopteri
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