[ALUG] Re: Re: Tool for managing images

[Chris G]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:17:58AM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
> On Monday 09 July 2007 20:36:47 Chris G wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 03:27:14PM +0100, Ten wrote:
> > > On Monday 09 July 2007 15:22:16 Chris G wrote:
> > > > What do people recommend for managing images (i.e. hundreds of digital
> > > > camera pictures)?  I don't fant a full blown image manipulation and
> > > > album creation thing like digikam, I want a basic file manager that
> > > > will show me thumbnail images and allow me to drag and drop them
> > > > around the place.
> > >
> > > In that case just use Konqueror, which has varying degrees of
> > > image-orientatedness depending on what you want.
> >
> > Yes, that's pretty close to what I'm after, thanks.  The only issue at
> > the moment is that it's not displaying thumbnails for my .jpg files,
> > it's just showing a camera icon.  Is there a setting I can change
> > somewhere so it shows thumbnails?
> 
> There are two possible settings that are relevant: photo view, a special mode 
> which shows thumbnails down the right-hand side and a full view in the main 
> body of Konqueror; and there's also the more generic icon view mode.

It seems to default to 'icon view' and that's the mode where it shows
me just a collection of 'cameras', not actual thumbnails of my
pictures.  In 'photo view' I do get what you describe, thumbnails down
the RHS and a larger view of the selected one.

How can I get the 'icon view' to show me thumbnails, that's what I
really want.

>                                                                    Check 
> Konqueror's Settings | Configure Konqueror | Previews and Metadata to make 
> sure that the "file" protocol (under "Local Protocols") is checked and maybe 
> increase the maximum filesize for previews. Note, however, that it takes 
> longer to make thumbnails of larger images.
> 
Aha, that's how to do it, thanks!  The 'file' protocol wasn't checked
by default.  Now I have just what I want.

Thanks again.

-- 
Chris Green