On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 17:33:12 -0700 darkta...@911networks.com wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 21:39:23 +0200 > Lorenzo Fontanella <fontanellalore...@gmail.com> wrote: >
>> I speak about my needs of course, but I >> know many photographers who think the >> same and are in the same situation. > Then maybe you should change your workflow > and take a look at QuickRawPicker: Maybe there is no need to suggest something that drastic. First, I would recommend you, Lorenzo, to have a slower look at the manual regarding collections. I know it's pretty overwhelming at first, but just take your time and experiment with each option one by one, and see what collections you can visualize on your computer. I'm sure you'll find more than one you'll like. and that you won't feel you lost your time. I've never understood why people think it's sexy to use a word that has a different meaning for what they want to express, and I've never understood, why darktable chose to use "film role" instead of "directory". (Well, back in the 80ies Apple also thought that "folder" would be sexier). And that, considering that even "directory" is already a metaphor. Anyway, film rolls are exactly the way you store your files on disk. So, there's already a file system browser in darktable (besides the one you get in the import module, though I did prefer the previous version of that). However, I do agree with you, that selecting a film roll in darktable is rather tedious. I don't have 500.000 images, but even those I have make me scroll for a while until I find the directory for my "collection" I'm actually looking for. In the meanwhile I often find it faster to type in something like ">= 2021:10:06". So maybe, in a moment of contemplation, some darktable developer may consider to attach some hierarchical tree to that endless list, and if hit by an attack of generosity, he might even add some choice of sorting (alphabetically or by date, ascending/descending) which would make it easier to find for instance the most recent leaf directory created, accessed or modified. Regarding the need to import, with 500.000 files, I think you'll need more than just the directories to get organized. You'll want to qualify and tag each image and use a database for filtering. Darktable allows you to do just that, even if it's "only" an editing software. So, what's wrong about importing those images into a database? After all, darktable didn't forget to add an option to remove those images from the database if you don't need them anymore (although, I do hate the choice of wording "remove" and "delete", because of the severity when using the wrong one, and there might be a more organic solution to synchronize the database with the file system in case of change). HTH ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
