[digiKam-users] Non-destructive editing in digiKam

[Remco Viëtor]

On vendredi 7 février 2020 08:05:45 CET Taras wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Consider following steps for edit original RAW file:
> 1. Open original RAW file for edit. Make some changes and press "Save to the
> current version". Now we have new image file (e.g. JPG one) for this
> version 2. Want to make new improvements and open for edit this version JPG
> file. Make some changes and press "Save to the current version". 3. Same N
> iterations
> 
> What file will be using as base for edit in step 2? The original RAW file
> with all history stack till this step or the previous version JPG file?

The jpg file you opened. Afaik, there is no way to reuse the history stack 
from a previous edit.

Which might be a reason to save intermediate images in a non-destructive 
(preferably 16 bit/channel) format.

Remco