For lock position and size <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12315> of drawn masks for safe panning/zooming, you have now a new shortcut to allow to pan & zoom while editing masks, you can find it on views->darkroom
2018-09-08 2:24 GMT-03:00 Aurélien Pierre <rese...@aurelienpierre.com>: > Hi everyone, > > looking at the Redmine feature requests, it seems that a lot of > legitimate requests are left idle, and some have been so for several years, > generating duplicates. Most of these features are cosmetic User Interface > improvements or making variables writable, such as : > > - delete some EXIF+GPS meta-data > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11357> in exported files (for > privacy) > - set the export file resolution > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12234> from paper size and > printing DPI, set the DPI value right in EXIF, > - add/edit unique names/titles > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11991> for modules instances, also > within styles <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12070>, > - decompose the darkroom history > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12261>by module AND module > controls (decrease the history granularity), > - add more JPEG exportation options (progressive > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12138>, optimized > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11666>, subsampling) > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12138>, > - apply conditional styles automatically (the same way as the presets > of the modules), > - make styles hierarchical (to clean-up the list), > - allow drawn mask edition <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12315> > (size, feathering, opacity) from the masks list and keyboard input values, > - lock position and size <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12315> > of drawn masks for safe panning/zooming, > - EXIF > > <https://redmine.darktable.org/projects/darktable/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&set_filter=1&f%5B%5D=status_id&op%5Bstatus_id%5D=o&f%5B%5D=tracker_id&op%5Btracker_id%5D=%3D&v%5Btracker_id%5D%5B%5D=2&f%5B%5D=subject&op%5Bsubject%5D=%7E&v%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=EXIF&f%5B%5D=&c%5B%5D=tracker&c%5B%5D=status&c%5B%5D=priority&c%5B%5D=subject&c%5B%5D=author&c%5B%5D=assigned_to&c%5B%5D=updated_on&c%5B%5D=fixed_version&c%5B%5D=cf_4&group_by=> > and IPTC > > <https://redmine.darktable.org/projects/darktable/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&set_filter=1&f%5B%5D=status_id&op%5Bstatus_id%5D=o&f%5B%5D=tracker_id&op%5Btracker_id%5D=%3D&v%5Btracker_id%5D%5B%5D=2&f%5B%5D=subject&op%5Bsubject%5D=%7E&v%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=metadata&f%5B%5D=&c%5B%5D=tracker&c%5B%5D=status&c%5B%5D=priority&c%5B%5D=subject&c%5B%5D=author&c%5B%5D=assigned_to&c%5B%5D=updated_on&c%5B%5D=fixed_version&c%5B%5D=cf_4&group_by=> > management/edition requests (date, time, names of lenses without processor, > scans with no/wrong metadata), > - create arbitrary collections/catalogs > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11906> of images (ex : family, > perso, assignments), > - implement ESC and RETURN <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11402> > shortcuts in every dialog to cancel and validate, > - implement a coarse/fine tuning > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11155> option to > increment/decrement values with the mouse wheel > - lots of small GTK glitches with scroll bars > > <https://redmine.darktable.org/projects/darktable/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&issues=1&q=scrollbars>, > lighttable selections <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12302> and > hovers <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11317>, > - link exported pictures paths to original RAW files, > - allow to set the UI main color and create user-friendly > theme/template (whitout editing CSS), > - etc. > > Some are more algorithmically challenging : > > - make the RGB gains independant > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12291> in wavelets/non-locals > means denoising module, > - rotate/flip the sampling patch in the spot removal module and in the > freshly merged retouch module, > - add a color correction on A and B channels to fix the desaturation > happening in the local contrast module (laplacian) with heavy settings, > - display the locked AF point > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/12264>on previews > - detecting duplicates and similar pictures > <https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11993>in database > - etc. > - plus all the Windows portability issues. > > And there are still #TODOs in the source code. > > Most of these changes are for sure not the most challenging and don't make > for the sexiest coding party, so I have no trouble imagining how little > appealing they can be to hobbyist developers, but they are nonetheless > useful and game changing for professionnals who are bound to efficiency > constraints. > > I find quite remarkable the dramatic improvements that software such as > Blender have known in the past decade, and though I get why dt developers > aren't thrilled by the admin overhead involved in a similar fundation to > pay full-time developpers, I think the above requests will stay idle for > some more time if we don't go next-level. That would be a shame considering > the core is stable and sane, and what is needed is mainly cosmetic. > > As more and more professional photographers adopt dt in their job and are > asking for more efficency-driven features, I know that some would be happy > to fund developpers to smooth all the sharp edges listed above. For now, > the features that the developpers don't need don't stand a chance to appear > in the software. > > So I found a platform where you could create a bounty for each feature > request/bug on Redmine, have users/donators fund the requests they want in > a crowdfunding way, hire freelancers to do it, and take care of the payment > : https://www.bountysource.com/. You can create a dt group, link it to > Github, open/accept/close/pay the bounties, etc. Actually, it seems that > darktable has already a project page, but only linked to the Github tracker > : https://www.bountysource.com/teams/darktable/issues. > > Shouldn't we merge Github issues and Redmine bugs/FR, and promote > bountysource ? > > Cheers, > > Aurélien. > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
