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

[Gilles Caulier]

yes, you can look the corresponding binary tarball like this one :

https://files.kde.org/digikam/digiKam-7.2.0-beta1-20201019T133745-Win64-debug.tar.xz

Gilles Caulier

Le lun. 19 oct. 2020 à 10:20, Thomas D <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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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