zooming

Hi all,

when editing images in digikam, a standard task is to check if the relevant
parts of the picture are sharp in focus. For this, you can gradually zoom into
the picture or directly view it at full resolution. In view of the quite big
resolution digital cameras deliver nowadays, searching through the picture at
100% is usually messy and not effective. Quite often, one just wants to look at
some particular small part of the picture. For this it would be very helpful
if one could choose where the full resolution view is centered with the mouse.
For example, I middle click somewhere on the picture, press the shortcut key
for 1:1 view, and see the selected part in full size. Or the 1:1 view centers
at the current mouse position, with no clicking required.
I know one could also drag a rectangle around the desired area and fit the view
to that selection, but in my opinion, being able to select the center for the
1:1 view would be even better.

What do you think?

Best,
Gandalf


_______________________________________________
Digikam-users mailing list
[hidden email]
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users

Dnia Monday 04 of August 2008, Gandalf Lechner napisał:

> Hi all,
>
> when editing images in digikam, a standard task is to check if the
> relevant parts of the picture are sharp in focus. For this, you can
> gradually zoom into the picture or directly view it at full resolution.
> In view of the quite big resolution digital cameras deliver nowadays,
> searching through the picture at 100% is usually messy and not
> effective. Quite often, one just wants to look at some particular small
> part of the picture. For this it would be very helpful if one could
> choose where the full resolution view is centered with the mouse. For
> example, I middle click somewhere on the picture, press the shortcut key
> for 1:1 view, and see the selected part in full size. Or the 1:1 view
> centers at the current mouse position, with no clicking required.
> I know one could also drag a rectangle around the desired area and fit
> the view to that selection, but in my opinion, being able to select the
> center for the 1:1 view would be even better.
>
> What do you think?

Feature would be very useful but IMO your suggestions are too
complicated, why not just use doubleclick?:

Double click on some point is changing zoom to 100% with clicked pixel
in center.

m.

_______________________________________________
Digikam-users mailing list
[hidden email]
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users

Am Montag, 4. August 2008 18:52:22 schrieb Mikolaj Machowski:

> Dnia Monday 04 of August 2008, Gandalf Lechner napisał:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > when editing images in digikam, a standard task is to check if the
> > relevant parts of the picture are sharp in focus. For this, you can
> > gradually zoom into the picture or directly view it at full resolution.
> > In view of the quite big resolution digital cameras deliver nowadays,
> > searching through the picture at 100% is usually messy and not
> > effective. Quite often, one just wants to look at some particular small
> > part of the picture. For this it would be very helpful if one could
> > choose where the full resolution view is centered with the mouse. For
> > example, I middle click somewhere on the picture, press the shortcut key
> > for 1:1 view, and see the selected part in full size. Or the 1:1 view
> > centers at the current mouse position, with no clicking required.
> > I know one could also drag a rectangle around the desired area and fit
> > the view to that selection, but in my opinion, being able to select the
> > center for the 1:1 view would be even better.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Feature would be very useful but IMO your suggestions are too
> complicated, why not just use doubleclick?:
>
> Double click on some point is changing zoom to 100% with clicked pixel
> in center.

Good idea, that's even more convenient to handle! Double clock for 100% zoom,
double click again (or Esc) to return to "fit to window" zoom.

Gandalf
_______________________________________________
Digikam-users mailing list
[hidden email]
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users