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

Tue Oct 20 16:30:29 BST 2020

see release plan :

https://www.digikam.org/documentation/releaseplan/

Gilles Caulier

Le mar. 20 oct. 2020 à 03:37, Thomas D <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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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