[digiKam-users] How to get wider range of thumbnail sizes

[Thomas D]

Thanks for this.

I downloaded the weekly build. But when I run it, it requires that the
stable DK release be uninstalled.
[image: image.png]



Is it possible to just run the application without installing. Like a
portable app?

Den ons. 14. okt. 2020 kl. 13.05 skrev Gilles Caulier <
caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:

> See "Weekly Snapshots" section here :
>
> https://www.digikam.org/download/
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mer. 14 oct. 2020 à 08:48, Thomas D <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Hi Maik,
> >
> > Cool! Is there a nightly build somewhere where I can check this out?
> > Or when is this planned to be in a release?
> >
> >
> >
> > BR
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> >
> > Den tir. 13. okt. 2020 kl. 20.30 skrev Maik Qualmann <
> metzpinguin at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/
> >> b9f83d32ecbcd1992e91033a0c619b271014518f
> >>
> >> This commit now allows 100 pixel thumbnails as the smallest setting. In
> this
> >> setting, all other information is hidden except for the rating and file
> name
> >> and / or title. With smaller settings we get problems with the overlays
> above,
> >> the flags or the icon for groups.
> >> The 100 pixels are definitely the smallest acceptable size for me, so
> that the
> >> operation and appearance typical of digiKam is retained.
> >>
> >> Maik
> >>
> >> Am Dienstag, 13. Oktober 2020, 13:22:49 CEST schrieb Thomas D:
> >> > Hi Maik,
> >> >
> >> > Found "use large thumbnails for high res monitors" in Settings. I did
> not
> >> > understand this option to do this. I thought it was about the internal
> >> > thumbnail resolution and not the actual display size.
> >> > Is there any reason not to just allow the user to define the range?
> >> >
> >> > I do not understand why thumbnails below 100 should not be useful. It
> is
> >> > entirely useful. In Gwenview, I can scale the thumbnails down to
> 48x48.
> >> > This is really useful when doing a first pass sorting through a large
> >> > amount of incoming photos in which a lot of photos are clearly from
> the
> >> > same set or same event.
> >> > I have attached a screenshot (pixelated for privacy reasons) of
> Gwenview
> >> > with thumbnail size set to 48x48.  In this screenshot. Even with the
> >> > pixilation, it is easy to see that each of the three marked
> selections are
> >> > related. Now, these selections are small for the sake of having an
> example
> >> > that would easily illustrate the problem. However, in practice,
> sometimes
> >> > these sets can be hundreds of photos that are nearly identical. And I
> >> > typically need to sort these into folders for each set and then
> finely sort
> >> > through them set by set at a later stage.
> >> > I would love that digikam would allow me to do this!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Screenshot:
> >> > [image: tgu.png]
> >> >
> >> > You mention that the text is shortened and rating stars cut off when
> >> > thumbnails are this small. I do not see that as a problem. Quite the
> >> > contrary. I would absolutely love it if all the additional details
> like
> >> > text, rating stars, etc. are hidden when using thumbnails below a
> certain
> >> > size. Typically you would not rate photos nor care about filenames
> when you
> >> > are working with thumbnails this small.
> >> >
> >> > Would it at least be possible to allow the user to decide this by
> having
> >> > the slider go down to, say, 48x48 and then have DK hide everything
> but the
> >> > actual thumbnail when size is below X (where could be 100 or something
> >> > suitable)?
> >> >
> >> > Just like with the large thumbnails, this behavior could be something
> that
> >> > could be enabled with a checkbox in the Settings.
> >> >
> >> > Another useful idea: Would it be possible to have a quick toggle that
> would
> >> > show/hide all the text, rating stars, etc. in the thumbnail view. E.g
> by a
> >> > shortcut key or similar? That would be really handy!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > BR
> >> > Thomas
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Den tir. 13. okt. 2020 kl. 12.40 skrev Maik Qualmann <
> metzpinguin at gmail.com
> >> >
> >> > > Thumbnails with a size of up to 512 pixels can be activated in the
> digiKam
> >> > > settings. A test here with thumbnails smaller than 100 pixels is not
> >> > > really
> >> > > useful, the text is only shortened, the rating stars are cut off, it
> >> > > doesn't
> >> > > look good.
> >> > >
> >> > > Maik
> >> > >
> >> > > Am Freitag, 9. Oktober 2020, 14:46:10 CEST schrieb Thomas D:
> >> > > > Hi,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Using the slider on the image below, I can change the size of
> thumbnails
> >> > > > from  128x128 to 256x256px. This is a rather narrow size range.
> >> > > > [image: image.png]
> >> > > >
> >> > > >   I would very much like to be able to move the slider down to at
> least
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 64x64 but maybe even down further (48x48 or 32x32) as this will
> allow me
> >> > >
> >> > > to
> >> > >
> >> > > > much more easily sort folders with large amounts of images.  I
> would
> >> > > > also
> >> > > > sometimes, however not as often, like to be able to increase the
> size of
> >> > > > thumbnails when I am, for example, sorting out images based on
> some
> >> > >
> >> > > smaller
> >> > >
> >> > > > details or on sharpness. When I am on a very high resolution
> monitor,
> >> > >
> >> > > even
> >> > >
> >> > > > 256x256 is not very big.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > So I hope there is a way to adjust these limits.Is there a config
> >> > > > setting
> >> > > > or a  config file or something where I can do this?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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