Hi people, I would like to first thank the devs involved in shotwell. This software is KISS. It is exactly what I was looking for : light, simple but powerfull.
I have some ideas regarding functionalities I used in jbrout (one of my favorite) which are very important when you import and classify some pictures. Basically, when you import new pictures in your library, you : 1/ import all of them 2/ first pass : select the bad ones to delete them 3/ rotate the pictures if necessary 4/ tag the pictures 5/ choose some pictures to export in you web photo gallery (optionnaly classify them in separate folder with the month, as 2010-10 , 2010-11, etc. To accomplish all theses steps smoothly, I have some features missing in shotwell : 1/ a> an option to automatically rename the pictures with the exif date on import, such as "20100912_085635a.ext" . b> import videos as well (I have seen it will be released in one of the next versions : great !!! ) 2/ I personally use the "reject" vote to preselect all the pictures I want to delete after this first pass. It could be great to just add a display filter : "All the rejected pictures", so that we can just display them all, then CTRL+a and "Delete" 3/ An option to rotate the original picture (and not only save the pref in the database). 4/ a>To make this step easier, It coud be handy to display the tags in full display mode and fullscreen mode (as the vote is displayed). This way when browsing picture by picture, we can easily see wich pics are not taged / which tags are missing. b> In the thumbnail mode, add a way to easily see all the pictures with no tags (to help retag all theses pictures when the weather is rainy during a winter week-end :) ) c> Add some handy shortcuts in full display / fullscreen mode : * typing any letter pops up the "add tag" windows (CTRL T) : this way, no need to CTRL+T : just type the first letters, then Enter * Press "Spacebar" selects the picture : when you get out the full display or fullscreen mode, eg with ESC, the selection remains and you can decide to do an action (mass tag, delete, etc.) 5/ a> Add a "basket" selection mode : a way to have a selection wich remains when you click out of a picture ANd which remains between sessions. Jbrout had this feature, and it was great because you could stop the "choosing job" one day and go on another day. c> Optionnaly display the picture date under the thumbnail, so that you can select and export easily all the picture taken e.g.during "2010, august." d> Another feature linked : i"n the Event view, allow to see all the pictures recursively. Now, when I double click on "january", it shows the events (the days) of this month when pictures have been taken, but you have to double click on one of theses days to see the pictures. What if I want to see all pictures of january ? e> Allow to export to FTP (I tried mounting a FTP with nautilus, but got an error) Hum.. I have written a long email... I am just very excited about shotwell, so I decided to give some feedback of my personal use... I hope I have not been too direct (english is not my native language as you have read ;) ) Cheers, Kimaidou _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
