GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 325687
Import only selected photos (not just folders)
Last modified: 2018-07-12 00:11:15 UTC
Sometimes my "test user" wants to import only a part of the pictures I took. By using the import dialog, she can only import all the pictures, and is forced to remove the unneeded one by hand in the browser. The easy solution would be to add "pre-checked" checkboxes besides each image on the left of the import dialog. That way, you can uncheck anything, or select multiple images, right click and uncheck them all at once. An option to "automatically add new pictures added into the Photos folder" would then be possible after that. Other information:
I like this idea. Add a checkbox to each photo, default to tagged. Some extra buttons (Tag all photos, Un-Tag all photos, Tag selected photo) Of course, the dual window thing (import window, and open folder window) makes it a bit tricky to have a clear import button though.
Forgot, this should be an enhancement bug
*** Bug 340777 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 338578 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Changing title from "the import dialog needs to be able to only import partially"
wouldnt it be possible to have another option in the dropdown menu, that today has "select folder" and "<insert camera model here>", an option like "select photo" wich brought up a simple file-selection dialog where you got to choose one or more photos from a certain folder?
Oh and I forgot to mention, this bug obviously depends on one condition: f-spot NOT starting all the import process before I click the "import" or "finish" button. I hate to see f-spot starting to load everything before I even made sure I wanted to import it. It may save 2-3 seconds, but it's not a good idea to import 3000 pictures without the user confirming it. Any chance of this being changed for the next release?
Could this get fixed for the next version? I really *can't* use f-spot at all because of this. Because I can't import single pictures by drag and drop without it *FORCING* me to create a ~/Photos folder (bug #374324), because I can't import the same folder and just hope it will import the new photos because it will create tons of duplicates (bug #169646?) and because it's just beyond hope to use this dialog with its current functionality in the 0.2.1 release :( I really would like to use F-Spot, but I can't even use it as an art gallery manager because it *insists* on reorganizing my hard drive by force (bug #329040).
The import interface as it is right now is rather confusing: you can in fact select some images to be imported, but when you click import suddenly you have all the files from that folder imported. It's very annoying that it does not do what you told it to do (select some pictures, and import those), but it silently imports also the pictures you don't want, in my case usually because I already imported them a while ago!
I am all for this request/fix. As Jeff said, it does depend on a few other aspects being fixed or changed. Right now importing is a little confusing. When importing, a few questions ran through my head. Which photos are being imported, and where are they being imported to? - Also How do I easily delete the source images after they're imported? - But that may not be specific to this submission. Jeff did mention a few of the same things I thought while using F-Spot. A way to avoid F-Spot forcing the creation of a ~/Photos folder is to allow the user to set a default Library Folder on first use, or afterwards in the preferences. It would also save a little confusion if, in the preferences, the user were allowed to choose whether files should be copied to chosen folder or not. Taken a step further, allow the user to choose whether source images should be deleted or not - a biggy for transferring from Digital Cameras. Not that these options should be removed from the Import dialog, but they should be the default selections, and if photos are dragged into the Library, it should use these default selections. I guess maybe that is a seperate issue, but it was mentioned, so I thought I would add my thoughts. Check Boxes next to images for easy selection (with select all and select none options), Destination folder defined by user, and Not importing until decisions are made and Import is clicked are three things I would love to see changed. As it is, it's a little confusing, I think, to experienced users... much less people still learning. Thanks very much to everyone involved in this project! I really enjoy it so far, and I love the idea. It's the first piece of Photo Management software I've ever wanted to use! I can't wait to see it get even better! Thanks again! - Darin
I have started to look at this a couple of times, more or less intense. What usually happens is that i endup in confusion. Where, how... Where should i look to do changes. One could think that ImportCommand.cs would be the place. But it seems that its not the only place to look. Right? How would this be implemented. Where the Where is more concerning, than the how.
Is this being worked on? F-spot is a none starter because of the import mess.
*** Bug 477094 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I would absolutely second this request. As Floris said, it's confusing that selecting images in the import dialog is possible, but has no effect at all. So either should only the selected photos be imported, or a solution like the proposed check boxes should be implemented.
This bug has been around for quite a while now. The issue I am having is that F-spot copies the files to my photo-folder before I imported them. Even if I only want to import a few of the photos, they were being copied anyway and I have to remove them by hand. I would suggest to copy only the photos that have been selected for importing and copy them after clicking the Import-button. What do the developers think of that?
I've got the same problem. F-Spot is getting better and better, but this bug is really anoying. Being able to select which images to import seems like a basic feature for a photo manager. I'm shooting 15MP images on a 8GB card. Everytime I want to import a couple of images, my whole card gets imported (yes, I use 'duplicate detection', but there are a lot of images on the card that I don't want to import on this machine).
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