Per-BKWine Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 What does "group by" (folder / modify date / ...) in the import dialogue do? I can find no other mention of "group". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murat Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 What does "group by" (folder / modify date / ...) in the import dialogue do? I can find no other mention of "group". This option groups images by some file properties, like File Modified Date, File Type and Folder. This is a handy feature when for example you have multiple photo sessions on the same Flash card and need to distinquish them by taken date. But please note that we use File properties info here (but not the Exif data) for fast file processing, otherwise the grouping process will take a long time. Another example if you need to import just PDF documents from your My Documents folders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per-BKWine Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yes, so much is relatively obvious. But where can I access these groups? There is no mention of "groups" in the Catalog Tags panel (left hand panel) and I can't find it in any menu. Where are they? (PS: Thanks for your quick responses!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murat Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 But where can I access these groups? There is no mention of "groups" in the Catalog Tags panel (left hand panel) and I can't find it in any menu. Where are they? Grouping is available in the Import window only: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per-BKWine Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yes, but that is a dialogue that only appears on import, so what use is it? I don't quite understand the point. If you only "group" the images on import but that grouping is not available after the images have been imported, then what is the point? How can I access a "group" after the images have been imported. Or perhaps I understand, with second thoughts: Is the purpose to allow you to *import* only a subset of the images that the dialogue shows? If that is the case, then I understand the point. You can then chose which group to import, e.g. import only the images from one sub-folder or from one modified-date. (But you might want to mention it in the wiki ;-) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murat Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Or perhaps I understand, with second thoughts: Is the purpose to allow you to *import* only a subset of the images that the dialogue shows? If that is the case, then I understand the point. You can then chose which group to import, e.g. import only the images from one sub-folder or from one modified-date. (But you might want to mention it in the wiki ;-) ) Yep, exactly: the purpose is to allow you to *import* only a subset of the images that the dialogue shows. Our wiki is a bit outdated, but we plan to rewrite it as well add a few new tutorials to our web-site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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