[digiKam-users] versions of pictures

[frederic chaume]

Hi Maik

thanks for your answer
Effectively there is a  version sidebar , but only versions created by 
the DK editor are visible here. I was looking for a solution to get a 
similar view of different versions of the same file.
Good news , as you indicated, in BQM , I just unset the option "save 
image as a newly created branch" and now I can see effectively the 
generated versions in the version sidebar. thanks

other option was similarity, but as the generated jpeg may be different 
in term of size, format and watermark, the result is not accurate

Frederic


Le 24/04/2022 à 13:07, Maik Qualmann a écrit :
> Maybe I don't fully understand the problem. The digiKam main view also has a
> version sidebar. You can see all versions of the image as a thumbnail there.
> Hovering over an entry will bring up a small image icon, clicking on this will
> take you straight to the album where the image is located.
>
> I don't understand what you mean by version link at BQM. The BQM has a setting
> under Behavior whether a new standalone image is created or a new version.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Sonntag, 24. April 2022, 11:04:56 CEST schrieb frederic chaume:
>> Hi all
>>
>> using DK7.6 on windows
>>
>> One point I'm looking for is the link between the different versions of
>> a picture I'm generating from the raw to the different versions (format,
>> usage, size,..).  Purpose is to easily retrieve the differents versions
>> of the same pictures  without browsing the different album, or to check
>> if a jpeg for a particular usage hasn't been already generated,...
>> One solution would be to use the editor and use the version menu from
>> the right sidebar, but as I'm using an external editor , even launched
>> through the "open with" command, the link is lost.
>>
>> So I try different solutions:
>>
>>    * search tool with the name of the initial raw file (as I'm keeping it
>>      all along the different generation). That the better solution I've
>>      found, but it requires several manual operations and sometimes the
>>      version found are not accurate when I forgot to mark the group as
>>      "opened" in the display menu. One suggestion would be to run any
>>      search with this option set as "opened", this will ensure an
>>      accurate result
>>    * Similarity tool. simple to use , just right click on a picture.
>>      Unfortunately, not accurate (I tried with an indice between 80-100%)
>>      as it doesn't detect the similarity when the size is different or if
>>      you added a watermark. my Raw is generaly 4/3 and I can generate
>>      pictures in 3/2, 16/9,....
>>    * open with : I don't know if it would possible that in such case a
>>      link would be generated to be visible in the version
>>    * BQM: when I'm generating a new version using the BQM, no link is
>>      generated. couldn't it be possible to create the version link in
>>      that case ?(could be a 1st useful step)
>>        o by the way , possibility to add a tag in the BQM process would
>>          be also helpful (I think the request is already in bugzilla)
>>
>> any comments or suggestions ?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Frederic
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