[Digikam-devel] [Bug 102029] wish: no/small icons in album tree

[Thorsten Schnebeck]

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------- Additional Comments From thorsten.schnebeck gmx net  2005-09-04 12:08 -------
We have two alternatives:
1) Do not touch an original image
2) Do not overwrite a file that exists without checks

to 1)
This is noble but hard to implement. You need versioning, you have to define whats an original. Only a e.g. RAW-file or also other images in the process chain? One way to work this way is that there is maximum only one working copy of every image in digiKams file tree. This way you can use the "revert"-command not only during one IE session but also in albumview on every "open"-type command. And you need a new explicit "drop original" command making the workimage the new original. Of course the albumview shows only the working copy and may a different frame color or RMB->"open original" indicates that there is still an original image behind. This concept could work but needs modification on how images are managed for sure to the database level!

to 2) This is my concept. I want to change an image with the IE and external programs. I know digikam can not take care of changes I did in external programs but it should take care on anything I do in the IE.
Today you can open an image in the IE resize and click on "save". And now there has to come a warning, a reminder or a notice. And this does not happen - you loose your original data. Or my old mistake: open a jpeg makeing very small changes and press save, but having a digikam JPEG quality of 65% case last time I save for web :-/ I reconfigure IE that I disable every "save" action and use "save as" as default. BTW I also droped the "revert"-Action from my toolbar cause undo/redo works very well.

So as I suggest in #0 I'm fine when digiKam takes care and protects the
- metadata,
- imagesize and
- imagequality (== filesize)
of photos.
Protection does not means annoying pop up warning. There could be an informative save dialog showing
- filename and type
- old and new filesize,
- old and new image geometry,
- an option to save metadata also indicating if metadata are there,
- an option to save embedded preview,
- configured but also changeable compression setting for supported filetype
every time I press on "save".

Bye

  Thorsten