[Digikam-devel] [Bug 135048] easy comparing similar pictures using a lighttable

[Arnd Baecker]

> I am not sure about method of LT population. Wouldn't it be
> easier/faster to populate it automatically by showing current selection
> from album?

Sounds rather efficient: just select and one keypress (whatever
that will be ;-) brings one into the LT mode with those images.

> It will limit LT only to current Album view but it includes
> also Tags, Date and Searches.

I think that this would be fine (and not a real limitation)

> Most LT comparisons are done for very similar images which will probably
> from the same album/tag/date. I would view LT as fast temporary tag.
> What other users think?

It is behind the scenes to the user, so that's fine.
At some later point a workflow for selecting/rejecting images
from the lightable should be added (maybe the rating CTRL-1 CTRL 5)
is already enough.

In the longer run: the idea of stacks of images
(described in point4 of
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/11/01/top-ten-aperture-features.html
)
seems also relevant in this context and should presumably kept in mind.
(Of course, grouping of images has been mentioned as a wish
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121310
before, but would require changes to the digikam database)