On 2012.06.29 08:31, Camilo Polymeris wrote:
>> I've been experimenting with RAW image development for a little while,
>> > and what I'm beginning to imagine is that it would be useful to have the
>> > possibility of assigning more than one developed versions of a picture
>> > to a single raw master, in an explicit manner, inside Shotwell.
> Yes! I would very much like this to be a feature of Shotwell, too.
> Question is: is this enough on its own or should it be complementary
> with the approach I was suggesting?
Certainly your idea of a "client mode" for raw editors, and built-in
support for it in Shotwell is complementary, and would be a nice step
towards a streamlined application for a kind of workflow that I'm not
sure how to call ("photo collection building" ?).
OTOH, in my personal case, it would be enough in the sense that it would
bring me something new, as opposed to a comfort improvement to something
I can already achieve in a much less elegant way at the moment (I resort
to importing developed images back into shotwell, alongside the original
ones taken from my camera, by re-importing Shotwell's photo import folder)
So I guess it depends who you ask.
> I suspect, while more versatile,
> specially for the advanced user, your idea is harder to implement. It
> all depends on how ingrained the "1-raw-for-1-image" relationship is
> in the internals of shotwell. Both in the pipeline as in the UI.
It's quite probably a more costly idea, yes. I've tried to make a
suggestion that is as simple as I can imagine in terms of UI (extra
nodes in the side pane) and in terms of automation (none) in the issue
where it's been discussed [1], but I'm aware it means
How deep-trenched is the 1-to-1 relationship between raw master and
developed image, was pretty much what I was wondering when I asked
"Would it be breaking important fundamental assumptions about data
structures [...] ?" in my previous message. I must confess to not having
your coding skills, and never having looked at the Shotwell sources, so
I don't have any kind of concrete answer.
[1] http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/2090
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