Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-20 Thread August Schwerdfeger
Here are a few examples of instances where I have had to bypass the collection module, by manual access to the database or otherwise: * It is impossible to search for an exact match to a string. If, for example, I want to search for an image with the exact title "Water", I cannot exclude images ti

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-20 Thread Mark Feit
On 1/16/18 3:53 AM, Heiko Bauke wrote: Nevertheless, I am not fully convinced that darktable requires such a kind of feature.  I am pretty sure that such complex search patterns emerge from time to time.  But for typical use cases the current collection module is sufficient. Typical use cases

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-16 Thread Heiko Bauke
Am 12.01.2018 um 14:29 schrieb Mark Feit: A really, really good solution to this would be to dump all available image metadata into a full-text indexer and allow the user to filter using queries.  Done right, it gives users immense flexibility and saves having to write and maintain application-sp

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-12 Thread Pythagoras
On 1/12/18 3:29 AM, Heiko Bauke wrote: At the moment, one can collect images by specific criteria. Some of these criteria can be expressed by numerical values, e.g., focal length or ISO.  It would be nice if one could collect not only images taken at a specific ISO, let's say, but also taken

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-12 Thread Mark Feit
On 1/12/18 3:29 AM, Heiko Bauke wrote: At the moment, one can collect images by specific criteria.  Some of these criteria can be expressed by numerical values, e.g., focal length or ISO.  It would be nice if one could collect not only images taken at a specific ISO, let's say, but also taken

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-12 Thread Heiko Bauke
Am 12.01.2018 um 10:19 schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus: That is already possible, have a look at the tooltip of the entry box in the collect module. Wonderful! Heiko -- -- Number Crunch Blog @ https://www.numbercrunch.de -- Cluster Computing @ http://www.clustercomputing.de -- Profe

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-12 Thread Tobias Ellinghaus
Am Freitag, 12. Januar 2018, 09:29:42 CET schrieb Heiko Bauke: > Hi, > > Am 11.01.2018 um 20:05 schrieb Simon Harhues: > > If it is about selecting images, how about adding export size as filter > > option for the collection module? Instead of pixels, mm/inch + dpi might > > be an alternative, alt

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-12 Thread Heiko Bauke
Hi, Am 11.01.2018 um 20:05 schrieb Simon Harhues: If it is about selecting images, how about adding export size as filter option for the collection module? Instead of pixels, mm/inch + dpi might be an alternative, although I have no real idea how to put both in one drop down. I totally agree.

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread Simon Harhues
Dear Tobias, Am 11.01.2018 um 19:55 schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus: > Am Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018, 19:06:36 CET schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus: >> Am Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018, 18:27:32 CET schrieb August Schwerdfeger: >>> I am often having to sift through large batches of already-processed >>> photos

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread Tobias Ellinghaus
Am Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018, 19:06:36 CET schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus: > Am Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018, 18:27:32 CET schrieb August Schwerdfeger: > > I am often having to sift through large batches of already-processed > > photos > > to select some number (for entry into photo shows, etc.). There

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread Tobias Ellinghaus
Am Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018, 18:27:32 CET schrieb August Schwerdfeger: > I am often having to sift through large batches of already-processed photos > to select some number (for entry into photo shows, etc.). There is usually > a minimum size requirement involved, and I frequently find myself ha

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread August Schwerdfeger
I am often having to sift through large batches of already-processed photos to select some number (for entry into photo shows, etc.). There is usually a minimum size requirement involved, and I frequently find myself having to go back into the crop module to see whether or not some cropped photo me

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread Heiko Bauke
Hi, Am 11.01.2018 um 17:46 schrieb August Schwerdfeger: If I did that, I still could not determine the size until *after* the export, by examining the exported image. What I am asking about is a way to determine the size within Darktable itself, without having to do an export. this is corre

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread August Schwerdfeger
If I did that, I still could not determine the size until *after* the export, by examining the exported image. What I am asking about is a way to determine the size within Darktable itself, without having to do an export. -- August Schwerdfeger aug...@schwerdfeger.name On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread Heiko Bauke
Hi, Am 11.01.2018 um 17:10 schrieb August Schwerdfeger: For me, the use case is determining, in a speedy and convenient manner, the maximum size at which I can print a cropped photo. if you want to export at maximal size without upscaling set max size to zero, or set these dimensions to very

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread Bernhard
Exactly. when doing wildlife shots e. g. cropping is quite common. The lighttable information panel lower left only shows the original RAW size of the photo, so I have to open the picture in darkroom, go the crop module and click into the picture to see the figures. August Schwerdfeger schr

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread August Schwerdfeger
For me, the use case is determining, in a speedy and convenient manner, the maximum size at which I can print a cropped photo. -- August Schwerdfeger aug...@schwerdfeger.name On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 4:43 AM, Roman Lebedev wrote: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 7:17 AM, August Schwerdfeger > wrote: >

Re: [darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-11 Thread Roman Lebedev
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 7:17 AM, August Schwerdfeger wrote: > There is currently no easy way to determine the dimensions of an image after > processing occurs (i.e., the maximum size at which an image can be exported > without upscaling). I either have to do the actual export at maximum size, > or

[darktable-dev] Show maximum possible export size in light table?

2018-01-10 Thread August Schwerdfeger
There is currently no easy way to determine the dimensions of an image after processing occurs (i.e., the maximum size at which an image can be exported without upscaling). I either have to do the actual export at maximum size, or go into darkroom mode, open up the crop module, and try to hold the