Bug 260613

Summary:	"save changes" should ask for file-format if the edited picture does not exist yet (imported from RAW)
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	S. Burmeister <sven.burmeister>
Component:	ImageEditor-Versioning	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	8.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description S. Burmeister 2010-12-18 09:40:48 UTC

Version:           2.0.0 (using KDE 4.5.4) 
OS:                Linux

If one imports a picture from a RAW picture it does not yet exist on the harddisk. Thus clicking on "save changes" should ask which file-format the user would like to use for the picture instead of just applying jpg.

This is only an issue for RAW pictures, since for other pictures the format of the original file can be taken.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Marcel Wiesweg 2010-12-18 15:37:47 UTC

There is a default workspace format defined for versioned files in the settings.
It's currently JPEG per default. We can also have more configurable automatic naming schemes in the future.
Nonetheless, I agree there is need for an action which allows to sets filename, format, and album manually for the current case. Last time I started to implement that, the plan ran in a circle and ended with reusing the export/save as dialog, but that solution was not convincing so I postponed.

Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2011-12-13 14:04:41 UTC

Sven,

Do you see comment #1 from Marcel ?

Gilles Caulier

Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2014-08-30 22:27:31 UTC

Sven,

Second call about comment #1 from Marcel to read and respond, please...

Gilles Caulier

Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-12 02:51:25 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-21 04:47:14 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2023-04-20 14:41:22 UTC

The Versioning settings propose now more formats to store items on disk. See the online documentation for details:

https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/editor_settings.html#image-versioning-settings

In the case of RAW file, this is not a problem. You can process with the settings or use "save as new version/Save new version as..." action to customize the output file.

There is no plan to add more customized versioned settings. The workflow must simple as possible.

I close this file now.

Gilles Caulier