Thanks Adam for you well documented anwsers ! I cc all the tickets you pointed :)
It is great to see the activity of this youg project. Very promising ! 2010/11/9 Adam Dingle <[email protected]> > Kimaidou, > > > On 11/08/2010 01:03 AM, kimaidou wrote: > >> Hi people, >> >> I would like to first thank the devs involved in shotwell. This software >> is >> KISS. It is exactly what I was looking for : light, simple but powerfull. >> > > Thanks! :) > > > I have some ideas regarding functionalities I used in jbrout (one of my >> favorite) which are very important when you import and classify some >> pictures. >> >> Basically, when you import new pictures in your library, you : >> 1/ import all of them >> 2/ first pass : select the bad ones to delete them >> 3/ rotate the pictures if necessary >> 4/ tag the pictures >> 5/ choose some pictures to export in you web photo gallery (optionnaly >> classify them in separate folder with the month, as 2010-10 , 2010-11, >> etc. >> > > Right - this is a very common workflow. > > > To accomplish all theses steps smoothly, I have some features missing in >> shotwell : >> >> 1/ >> a> an option to automatically rename the pictures with the exif date on >> import, such as "20100912_085635a.ext" . >> > > Right. This is http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1942 . > > > b> import videos as well (I have seen it will be released in one of the >> next >> versions : great !!! ) >> > > Yes - video support is now mostly implemented in trunk and will be present > in the upcoming 0.8 release. > > > 2/ I personally use the "reject" vote to preselect all the pictures I want >> to delete after this first pass. It could be great to just add a display >> filter : "All the rejected pictures", so that we can just display them >> all, >> then CTRL+a and "Delete" >> > > This seems like a good idea. I've ticketed this at > http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2786 . > > > 3/ An option to rotate the original picture (and not only save the pref in >> the database). >> > > Coming in 0.8: see http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2788 . > > > 4/ >> a>To make this step easier, It coud be handy to display the tags in full >> display mode and fullscreen mode (as the vote is displayed). This way when >> browsing picture by picture, we can easily see wich pics are not taged / >> which tags are missing. >> > > Agreed. This is http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2238 . > > > b> In the thumbnail mode, add a way to easily see all the pictures with >> no >> tags (to help retag all theses pictures when the weather is rainy during a >> winter week-end :) ) >> > > Yes - a few people have asked for this. See > http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1609 . > > > c> Add some handy shortcuts in full display / fullscreen mode : >> * typing any letter pops up the "add tag" windows (CTRL T) : this way, no >> need to CTRL+T : just type the first letters, then Enter >> > > Under consideration: see http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1899 . > > > * Press "Spacebar" selects the picture : when you get out the full display >> or fullscreen mode, eg with ESC, the selection remains and you can decide >> to >> do an action (mass tag, delete, etc.) >> > > See my comments below about flagging photos. > > > 5/ >> a> Add a "basket" selection mode : a way to have a selection wich remains >> when you click out of a picture ANd which remains between sessions. Jbrout >> had this feature, and it was great because you could stop the "choosing >> job" >> one day and go on another day. >> > > Right: we want to implement this by letting the user flag photos, which is > similar to your basket selection. See http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2756 . > Hopefully in 0.9. > > > c> Optionnaly display the picture date under the thumbnail, so that you >> can >> select and export easily all the picture taken e.g.during "2010, august." >> > > Once we implement views as described below, you'll easily be able to select > all the photos taken during that month. > > > d> Another feature linked : i"n the Event view, allow to see all the >> pictures recursively. Now, when I double click on "january", it shows the >> events (the days) of this month when pictures have been taken, but you >> have >> to double click on one of theses days to see the pictures. What if I want >> to >> see all pictures of january ? >> > > We'd like to let the user choose views, so that they can see either all > events from January or all photos from January. This is > http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2413 . > > > e> Allow to export to FTP (I tried mounting a FTP with nautilus, but got >> an >> error) >> > > Did you get the error when you tried to mount the directory in Nautilus, or > when you tried to export photos to the directory via Shotwell? What did the > error message look like? Shotwell should be able to export to an > FTP-mounted directory via Nautilus with no problem, I think. > > > Hum.. I have written a long email... I am just very excited about >> shotwell, >> so I decided to give some feedback of my personal use... I hope I have not >> been too direct (english is not my native language as you have read ;) >> > > Your English is great! Thanks for all the suggestions - we're considering > most of them already, but this kind of feedback really helps us understand > our users' priorities. Cheers - > > adam > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
