[digiKam-users] Better sorting of files?

[Stefan Blochwitz]

Dear Andrey, dear Gilles,

That indeed solved the problem. Thank you.

Stefan

Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com> schrieb am So. 10. Feb. 2019 um 17:27:

> There are plenty of options for what you are trying to accomplish.
>
> You can use:
>
> - Color labels
> - Pick labels
> - Star ratings
> - Tags (keywords)
>
> The first three already have keyboard shortcuts assigned to them but you
> can change that.
> You will have to assign your own shortcuts for tags.
> I personally use pick labels for initial culling, e.g. I press Alt + 1 to
> add 'rejected' flag for images I don't want to keep.
> I also use 3+ star ratings for images I like the most.
> 3 for me is 'I like it'
> 4 - I like it a lot
> 5 - the image is unbelievably awesome :)
> Rating below 3 means the images are good enough to keep for memories but I
> would not hang them on the wall.
>
> I reprogrammed shortcuts for assigning star ratings from Ctrl 1,2,3... to
> just 1,2,3,...
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> Date: 2019-02-10 9:02 AM (GMT-07:00)
> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Better sorting of files?
>
>
> Le dim. 10 févr. 2019 à 16:42, Stefan Blochwitz <sblomail at googlemail.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>>
>> I am looking for a feature, that allows to mark images when viewing
>> them (best in diashow, or in the preview): By pressing a key, images
>> can be marked and then groups with the same mark can be selected eg.
>> for batchprocessing or copying.
>>
>
> Yes, this feature exists. Look Tags keyboard shortcuts...
>
> Typically, the idea is to assign a keyboard shortcut to a tag (a virtual
> album). for exemple, in your case, something like "TOBATCH".
> You assign a shortcut using tag properties dialog: CTRL+ALT+A for example.
>
> Go to slideshow, tag keyboard shortcut are supported. Pressing CTRL+ALT+A
> will assign "TOBATCH" to current image.
>
> Later, go to TOBATCH virtual album, select all items with CTRL+A, and
> press CTRL+B. This will create a new queue in BQM with current selected
> image.
>
> Another way is to use Pick or Color labels which are predefined tags to
> use in workflow (as with Adobe stuff). They use pre-defined keyboard
> shortcuts : look in icon-view, context menu, on the bottom, you have Assign
> Labels entry. keyboard shortcuts are show below the label button from sub
> menus...
>
>
>
>> Alternatively, it would work also, if a key is pressed, the literal of
>> that key is added to the filename (ie. when by looking at IMG0019.jpg
>> <a> is pressed the file then names aIMG0019.jpg.
>>
>> Does such an option exist?
>>
>>
> Not this one...
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
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