Enhanced support for paired Raw/JPEG photos
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:39 pm
Hi,
Many modern digital cameras, especially DSLRs such as the Nikon D70S, allow you to record JPEG and Raw (e.g. NEF) files simultaneously each time you take a photo. This gives you an immediately usable photo (the JPEG) while ensuring you still have access to the higher quality photo format for editing purposes. The downside is that these are, for all intents and purposes, the same photo so many operations should be performed on both photos at the same time. Few applications can support this. I'd like to see support for these "paired photos" to be added to XnView.
Specific examples of how this would work:
1) In the Browser, in thumbnail view you would see a single photo stack for each Raw/JPEG photo pair. The JPEG would be used as the source for the thumbnail.
2) In Compare, the photos would also be displayed stacked using the JPEG for display.
3) In the Browser or Compare, delete would remove the complete stack i.e. both the Raw and JPEG photos.
4) In the Browser, moving the stack would move both the Raw and JPEG photos.
5) When editing a stack, the Raw photo would be used as the source file for the changes.
Is there any chance of this capability being added to XnView? Obviously it isn't quite as simple as above (would need additional config options, context menu items, ability to expand stacks, etc) but it does describe a number of the key use cases for this feature.
Thanks,
Matt
PS The closest I can get to this currently is modifying the Custom filter to exclude the Raw photos in the browser, then switch back to All view when I need to delete/move both the JPEG and Raw photo. Unfortunately any file selections are lost when swapping filters, so this makes the workflow pretty painful.
Many modern digital cameras, especially DSLRs such as the Nikon D70S, allow you to record JPEG and Raw (e.g. NEF) files simultaneously each time you take a photo. This gives you an immediately usable photo (the JPEG) while ensuring you still have access to the higher quality photo format for editing purposes. The downside is that these are, for all intents and purposes, the same photo so many operations should be performed on both photos at the same time. Few applications can support this. I'd like to see support for these "paired photos" to be added to XnView.
Specific examples of how this would work:
1) In the Browser, in thumbnail view you would see a single photo stack for each Raw/JPEG photo pair. The JPEG would be used as the source for the thumbnail.
2) In Compare, the photos would also be displayed stacked using the JPEG for display.
3) In the Browser or Compare, delete would remove the complete stack i.e. both the Raw and JPEG photos.
4) In the Browser, moving the stack would move both the Raw and JPEG photos.
5) When editing a stack, the Raw photo would be used as the source file for the changes.
Is there any chance of this capability being added to XnView? Obviously it isn't quite as simple as above (would need additional config options, context menu items, ability to expand stacks, etc) but it does describe a number of the key use cases for this feature.
Thanks,
Matt
PS The closest I can get to this currently is modifying the Custom filter to exclude the Raw photos in the browser, then switch back to All view when I need to delete/move both the JPEG and Raw photo. Unfortunately any file selections are lost when swapping filters, so this makes the workflow pretty painful.