Is there a way to “freeze” a keeper candidate while comparing it to other frames when using the cull mode? I thought this is how cull mode would work based on my previous experience using another software but it doesn’t seem possible in DT.
I’m not aware of any. Maybe set the lighttable to exclude rejected photos, and reject any that are no better than the current ‘keeper candidate’?
Thanks Kofa, I may not get any traction, but I will put in a feature request. I feel the ability to freeze a keeper as you move through a collection is a very important feature to help you find the best image in a large collection. My current best work around is to continue using the darkroom for my culling. I can take a snapshot of the keeper and move through the collection and do a comparison that way.
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I had a script that did this. The image on the left stayed and the image on the right changed as you stepped through them. If the image on the right was better, then you swapped it with the left image. When you were done you returned to lighttable with the left image selected.
Unfortunately some of the Lua API pieces that it relied on were removed during the great collections reimplementation and they won’t be replaced until the great collections reimplementation is complete.
Thanks Bill, I currently use your script to save to collection and the renaming script. They work great. So should I just forget the feature request and wait for the Lua script to be implemented again?
I might be able to do it using the darktable.gui.action() calls. I’ll look at it
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