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Bug 306958 - image comparison feature - side by side view
image comparison feature - side by side view
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: f-spot
Classification: Other
Component: General
WISHLIST
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: F-spot maintainers
F-spot maintainers
gnome[unmaintained]
: 332712 542786 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-06-08 23:11 UTC by Hubert Figuiere (:hub)
Modified: 2018-07-12 00:06 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
This patch introduces a new mode : side by side view (36.75 KB, patch)
2009-06-15 21:34 UTC, Vincent Pomey
reviewed Details | Review
this is the main file src/DoubleView.cs (9.58 KB, text/plain)
2009-06-15 21:50 UTC, Vincent Pomey
  Details

Description Hubert Figuiere (:hub) 2005-06-08 23:11:25 UTC
f-spot need an image comparison feature. ie, display 2 or 3 pictures side by
side to visually compare them to select the best... 

Like you would do with a couple of prints.
Comment 1 Gabriel Burt 2005-11-12 08:12:56 UTC
Apple's Aperature seems to do this quite well.
Comment 2 Scott Tankard (auk) 2006-01-04 22:20:55 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Apple's Aperature seems to do this quite well.
> 

Gabriel, could you attach a screenshot for those who don't have access to Aperature?
Comment 3 Gabriel Burt 2006-01-05 06:00:10 UTC
There are some pretty screenshots at 

http://www.apple.com/aperture/compare/compare.html

It's actually Aperture, I'm bad at spelling.
Comment 4 Scott Tankard (auk) 2006-01-05 09:09:44 UTC
Gabriel, thanks. I looked through the index page at compare/ too, and I think something like Aperture's stack feature (sliding opacity meter would be powerful, simple, and easy) would work great.

Comparison side-by-side is already inherent in F-Spot's thumb browser, no? Some sort of "compact" function might aid in rough-eye-comparison.

A filmstrip is definitely needed for navigation regardless of the comparison matter. (Is there already a bug for that? /me goes to search) (Perhaps this is best implemented as a view mode--thumbnails/tiles or filmstrip [Or are the F-Spot devs trying to get away from the canonical modes of viewing?])
Comment 5 Larry Ewing 2006-01-09 04:56:38 UTC
A comparison mode would be great.  It probably wouldn't be prohibitively hard to pack several ImageViews into a table.  Should the zoom etc be linked for each of the views?
Comment 6 Bengt Thuree 2006-02-19 06:19:24 UTC
I think a zoom feature and/or magnifying glass? would be great to compare details in each photo
Comment 7 Gabriel Burt 2006-03-01 04:29:38 UTC
*** Bug 332712 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 srn 2006-03-11 21:47:35 UTC
Linking the zooms between the windows is probably the right thing. I find it hard to imagine a time you'd want to zoom one and not the other...
Comment 9 Larry Ewing 2006-03-11 22:47:38 UTC
for reference the iphoto comparison mode does not link the zooms
Comment 10 Gabriel Burt 2006-03-11 22:56:35 UTC
I can see situations where you would and wouldn't want the zooms linked.  I would think having them linked by default would be good, but make it easy to unlink them (unbroken chain/broken chain) so the user can inspect parts of a specific image if they want, or if the photos are different resolutions.

Linking the scrolling (if the zoom is linked, say) could also be nice (and irritating) in certain situations.  Perhaps a three-mode button, with not linked, zoom linked, and zoom+scrolling linked would be appropriate.
Comment 11 Thijs Niks 2007-01-22 19:44:36 UTC
Apple iPhoto does this side by side comparison marvellous, I have no clue of Aperture. I would love this feature.

"Ever have two or more similar photos you need to choose between? In full-screen mode, iPhoto lets you compare up to eight photos onscreen at once. That makes it really easy to find the very best one in the bunch." {from http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/features/fullscreen.html, there is also a screenshot over there}

With a simple click, the chosen photo disappears and is replaced by a new photo. Eventually you will end up with the best photo of your collection.

Keep up the good work!
Comment 12 Maxxer 2008-07-15 06:07:08 UTC
*** Bug 542786 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13 Vincent Pomey 2009-06-15 21:34:54 UTC
Created attachment 136667 [details] [review]
This patch introduces a new mode : side by side view

This needs heavy testing !
Comment 14 Vincent Pomey 2009-06-15 21:50:59 UTC
Created attachment 136668 [details]
this is the main file src/DoubleView.cs

oups, I forgot the main file. I didn't manage to register it in git.
Comment 15 Ruben Vermeersch 2009-06-17 23:25:19 UTC
Omg! I love the stuff you've been putting out Vincent! Unfortunately, I can't get this to apply, so I can't test or review it. Could you look into it? We should get this ball rolling.
Comment 16 Stephane Delcroix 2009-06-18 12:47:21 UTC
I pushed the patches, and fixed the build in http://gitorious.org/f-spot/mainline/commits/bgo306958

I love this, even if it needs some polishing.

- the H/V button works, but choosing wether to be vertical or horizontal could be computed based on image sizes and allocations
- the window doesn't theme correctly
- by default, zooming and panning should be linked between the 2 views
- when 2 images are selected (in browse mode), those 2 should be the ones displayed
- if the filmstrip is not shown, it magically shows up when switching H/V
- if the filmstrip is not shown, there's no way to pick images, as the left/right arrows moves both

Comment 17 Vincent Pomey 2009-07-11 01:35:48 UTC
Thanks !

I've committed on my clone
- auto select H/V accoording to image size
- fix filmstrip visiblity
- when 2 images are selected, these are displayed

I've checked left/right arrows when there is no filmstrip : as far as I understood, the arrows apply to the image that have the focus. Click anywhere on the second image, then the arrows moves the second image. Do you have the same ?
Comment 18 Vincent Pomey 2009-07-11 02:24:07 UTC
I've also pushed an experimental zoom sync between the two images.

This introduces two problems :
- the sync button is not very nice. It may confuse the interface
- the panning sync is not handled, and would be difficult to. Since one picture may have an infobox and not the other one, or the central pane between the two pictures may have been moved, the displayed image size may be different between the two, and so is the panning.
Comment 19 Ruben Vermeersch 2009-07-28 12:15:49 UTC
We should definitely try to get this in by .7 (or whatever the next release will be called).
Comment 20 Ruben Vermeersch 2009-07-28 12:16:53 UTC
This is in http://gitorious.org/~vpomey/f-spot/vpomeys-clone/commits/bgo306958 by the way.
Comment 21 André Klapper 2018-07-12 00:06:03 UTC
F-Spot has moved to https://github.com/f-spot/f-spot/issues

If this Bugzilla ticket is still valid in a recent version of F-Spot, please feel free to post this topic as a ticket in the F-Spot project on GitHub.

Closing this report as WONTFIX as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping as we are planning to shut down GNOME Bugzilla in favor of GNOME Gitlab.