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

[Thomas D]

OK. Thanks for the warning.
Are there any planned release date for 7.2?

Den man. 19. okt. 2020 kl. 16.39 skrev Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com
>:

> But we should mention that digiKam-7.2.0-Beta1 carries out a database
> update. Especially for MySQL. So back up the databases beforehand if you
> want to go back.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Mo., 19. Okt. 2020 um 16:29 Uhr schrieb Gilles Caulier <
> caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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