Rhetorical Comment

[George Koulomzin]

Much of this has to do with trying to make the original image (think 
negative) immutable.  The XMP is a file associated (unfortunately by 
naming convention only) with the original image which is supposed to 
hold all the modifications made in the process of creating a final image 
(think print).  The concept is that it will record all the actions you 
did to your original with your editor, so that you can replay these 
actions again and get the same result.  The way I would use the word 
"fork" in this context is to permit multiple such action sequences, each 
of which achieves a different result, i.e. a different interpretation. 
This would be especially neat if you could use the first 5 steps of the 
first interpretation, and then tack on a different final 3 steps.  Think 
of the last 3 "forking off" from original plan after step 5.

Hope this helps...


On 10/20/2025 1:22 PM, NMH at STIC wrote:
>
> I love reading through these questions, answers, and comments, but I 
> often realize how much of a rookie photographer/editor/software guru I am.
>
> In spite of my age, I love learning new things, but some of these 
> discussions are seemingly very complex to me.
>
> XMP
> Forks
> Imgur
> Sidecars
> Interpretations
> Etc.
>
> Have a great week all.
>
> As I said in the subject, rhetorical.
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> Norm in Texas
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