Hi,
I'm experiencing some problems with RAW+JPEG pairs handling. The pairing
when importing did seem to have different behaviors depending on the
photos I added to the Shotwell library: for some of them it worked as
expected (that is, a pair appears in Shotwell and the JPEG associated is
displayed when opening the file), in other cases only the RAW file was
imported.
I tried to trace back the origin of this and I think it has something to
do with the names of the files. As many of my photos are named DSC_XXXX,
it happened that I tried to import a RAW+JPEG pair with the same name as
some other entry in the library. In this case a pair was not generated,
but only the RAW was imported and the JPEG ignored. When displaying it,
either Shotwell or Camera developers created an extra file
(*_shotwell.jpg or *_embedded.jpg).
Then if I delete the recently imported RAW file from the library, change
the names of both RAW and JPEG and import both again (drag and dropping
or through 'Import from folder') a pair is created, and when displaying
it the JPEG associated is used, as expected.
Storing your photos as DSC_XXXX is for sure not a good idea, but I
reckon many users will have to deal with this problem.
Apart from this, there is also another annoying behavior I encountered
while testing. To reproduce it:
1. Drag&drop a RAW and a JPEG. A pair is created.
2. Delete it from the library.
3. Try to import it again.
It will import only the RAW file, ignoring the JPEG. As I mentioned
above, if you change the names of the files you'll be able to create a
pair. But it seems that the new name has to be completely new, as if the
names first used were banned.
Can anyone reproduce this?
Cheers,
Gael
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