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  • Patrick Lam :tinoflag:va2lam@mastodon.nz
    Jun 8, 2026, 12:28 AM

    @jannem @andrewz my workflow is that the new file is called old_file_v1.jpg, no matter whether I edit with digikam or gimp. I then tag the original file as "rejected" and don't really look at it, but it's easy enough to find. It would also be possible to tag the files.

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  • Janne Morenjannem@fosstodon.org
    Jun 8, 2026, 12:58 AM

    @va2lam @andrewz
    I mean, are the images associated with each other? If I select the image, do I see the original and the edited image as two versions of the same single image? Or is the edited version second, separate image unrelated to the first?

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  • Janne Morenjannem@fosstodon.org
    Jun 8, 2026, 2:10 AM

    @va2lam @andrewz
    Seems you have to manually create a group for each image and add new images to it.

    That's what I mean about external tools not really being supported.

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  • Patrick Lam :tinoflag:va2lam@mastodon.nz
    Jun 8, 2026, 4:30 AM

    @jannem @andrewz I don't know about automatically creating groups, but "manually creating a group" amounts to one extra workflow step: you select both pictures and click on "group selected". A bit annoying perhaps---if you can find a tool that works better for you, great.

    It is also probably fairly easy to create a plugin (or to get someone to create a plugin) that automatically groups X.jpg with X_v?.jpg.

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  • Janne Morenjannem@fosstodon.org
    Jun 8, 2026, 10:02 PM

    @mdione @va2lam @andrewz
    No; it's pretty clear that using an external editor goes against the grain of what the software is designed to do. A pile of hacks or workarounds are not ever going to be a good experience.

    Digikam is not a good fit for my particular use case. That's not a criticism; it just shows how good software needs to be opinionated about its design. Something that would support every possible workflow wouldn't really support any of them.

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  • Patrick Lam :tinoflag:va2lam@mastodon.nz
    Jun 9, 2026, 12:24 AM

    @jannem @mdione @andrewz hope there is software that better fits your use case---though as a digikam user I would not say that what you're proposing goes against the grain, because I do in fact use gimp and the internal editor together smoothly in my own workflow; usually I use the internal editor first to rotate, crop, and edit colours, and then gimp to remove splotches where I should have cleaned my sensor properly in the first place.

    But, overall, yes, let 1000 flowers bloom.

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