Adding Máirín's point, it looks like the bug related for importing
pictures from camera is still unfixed according to the roadmap
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Photos/Roadmap
Listed tasks need to be completed first before making the decision to
adopt Gnome Photos as default.
Only issue with gthumb is the lack of non-destructive editing feature
found on similar application.
Luya
On 20/07/16 09:31 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
Hi,
On 07/20/2016 11:05 AM, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> We've discussed replacing Shotwell many times in the past. I believe
> consensus was that gThumb would be better, but we would instead wait
> for GNOME Photos to mature a bit more so we don't change the default
> photo app so many times. Photos is pretty clearly more polished than
> Shotwell at this point, and I think we're ready to make the switch. Of
> course it is still under active development, but let's not make perfect
> the enemy of the good. If you care about this change, please either +1
> or object.
Just some comments from an active heavy user of Fedora media
applications including photography applications:
Shotwell for a long time was the only GNOMEish application that I
could use to reliably and safely import photos from my dSLRs. The key
feature is the ability to import the folders using a specific layout
on disk based on timestamps in each photo's EXIF data. This means I
can merge photos from multiple cameras (2 dSLRs and multiple smart
phones and extended family members' cameras & FB downloads) into a
single filesystem on our family's media center and in our cloud backup
(so we can view photos based on date / family event rather than by
whatever device happened to take the picture.)
Shotwell's ability to do the import is not perfect - frequently if you
use a large memory card in your camera (say ~32 GB) it would
freeze/hang during import and occasionally crash. Because of the
instability, I sought out another app for importing recently; I
discovered gthumb now does it - beautifully. It's UI fits in with the
rest of GNOME even better than Shotwell, and it is more robust than
Shotwell in that it doesn't appear to freeze or crash during large
imports.
It does not appear GNOME Photos has a method of importing photos off
of a camera. So taking Shotwell out for GNOME Photos potentially means
removing the functionality of photo import off of cameras.
I am not going to tell you whether or not that is the right thing to
do for Workstation, and I am certainly capable of dnf installing
gthumb for my own needs. Swapping out Shotwell *will* remove a current
out-of-the-box Workstation functionality, however, and I think when
making the decision you should be aware of this.
Sorry for the long-windedness (hopefully illustrates the full user
context,) and I hope this helps in some way.
~m
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