On 12/05/2010 04:59 AM, Anthony Howarth wrote:
Shotwell is a great photo manger but, until color management is
available, I will also need to use a RAW conversion program like
RawStudio.
I don't know about other photographers out there, but a really useful
feature for me would be if the duplicate folder had an option to enter
an output folder.
Since Shotwell is so fast, I will be importing all my camera RAW files
directly from my camera to do my photo organizing, tagging, ranking,
etc. Let's say I import 250 photos after a photo shoot. Upon viewing
them in Shotwell, there may be only 25 photos with a 5-star ranking
that I need color managed post processing for. I would then like to
duplicate them to a new sub-folder, so that when I open a RAW
conversion program I can just import that one folder without having to
search through the 250 photos for the 25 I want.
Does that make sense? I would think this is a common problem.
Anthony,
today, Shotwell doesn't give you much control over where photos live in
the file system. That's a significant limiation, and in future releases
we hope to improve the situation by implementing features such as a
user-configurable import directory hierarchy
(http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1597) and a folder tree in the sidebar
(http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1594). In particular, once the folder
tree exists you'll be able to drag photos between folders in Shotwell
just like in Nautilus, which would effectively give you the capability
you're looking for.
In the meantime, you can sort of accomplish what you want by creating
and opening a new directory in Nautilus, then by dragging the 25 photos
from Shotwell to the Nautilus window. The new photos won't be part of
the Shotwell library, however.
If you specifically want the capability to duplicate to an output folder
for the reasons you describe, feel free to open a ticket for that and we
can consider it. I hope this capability won't be needed in the long
term, however, once we add better color management, RAW support and file
system flexibility to Shotwell itself.
adam
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