Jose, > I am pretty surprised how few code it is needed.
I was also. This is mostly because a copy of the original is simple. >> - A visual feedback for images that are cached >> >> => I plan to add a boolean field into the database for the cache >> status. This will be used to change for example the background >> in the lighttable. Of course that's only a proposal, any other >> visual feedback will do. Well, a visual feedback is not mandatory, >> see below, but I feel it will be welcome. > > I think that we can use some decoration in the frame... dunno what. We > also need a way to say that we want some images cached. Right. Will try to propose something. >> - A filter to only see the cached images. >> >> => I plan adding a filter into the current one to select on the number >> of stars, or on the rejected status. > > We have to think well about where to place it to not clutter things. In the current combo box where we already have filters. Do you think this is a bad idea? >> With this scheme, we should even be able to export in full quality >> images that are locally cached. >> > > I am still not 100% sure that storing the original RAW is the best > thing to do. You make a comment in the code that is quite intelligent: > that this makes a lot of sense with removable drives support. I had > planned to add it when I added the folders view in the collect module, > but at the end it didn't come into light. The thing is that the main > reason for you not having the images in your laptop's HDD is lack of > space. No! The main reason is for safety. My laptop HD can break at any moment. At home I have a RAID storage. This feature is to be able to copy locally some images to be able to edit, publish or print them. I think this deserves the best quality, hence the copy. > If you want to have access to them, you need something that is > smaller than the originals, and more if we take into account images > from 36Mpx sensors. So I think that storing a 2000px longest edge > image would be enough. We could even export it at that size. > > Your opinions? For any serious work on the image (HD publishing or printing) you need the original I would say. Pascal. -- Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) The best way to travel is by means of imagination http://v2p.fr.eu.org http://www.obry.net gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
