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The devs are actively anti-folder structure handling within Darktable[1], which is why I still have to use Digikam or a file manager and then leave my computer
by l0b0 5y ago
The devs are actively anti-folder structure handling within Darktable[1], which is why I still have to use Digikam or a file manager and then leave my computer for a few hours to re-import my entire collection every so often.
Re. UI, open source programs almost always end up on the side of technically correct rather than user friendly. So we're served a bunch of jargon with no easy way to find out more other than searching the web and hoping that whichever term they use has a single meaning, is only used in this context, and is used universally rather than some other term. These things are rarely all true at the same time.
All that said, Darktable is great for my simple use, and it's my main photo developing application.
[1] https://www.darktable.org/about/faq/#faq-rename-files https://www.darktable.org/about/faq/#faq-rename-files
- spaetzleesser 5y ago"The devs are actively anti-folder structure handling within Darktable[1], which is why I still have to use Digikam" Same here. I wonder why that is. They already have some file handling ability but it seems half baked and just weird. The note from the FAQ sounds very hostile BTW. I wonder if would be possible to set up Digikam so when you double click an image it gets opened in darktable.
- paperd 5y agoIn the Collections modules you can easily see your imported images based on what folder they are in.
- IgorPartola 5y agoI don’t really get why this is a problem for people. I import my files into YYYY-MM-DD dated directories, then import each as a roll. Each roll now corresponds to a directory of photos. I export them such that there is a sub directly with the JPEGs. I don’t use tags or any such feature of darktable itself to organize the photos.