Simon,
I'm starting to learn about collections. I read the thread called "Collections and photos from multiple catalogs" from April 25 2020 at 11:44 pm
My first point is that I can't seem to add photos to a Collection if the originals are off line. This isn't mentioned anywhere in the PM Plus Read Me.
This seems to defeat the entire point of collecting groups of photos for consideration for a project. I would want a feature where I could create a collection from a catalog of images on an external drive and then be able to take the computer away with me so I could work on creating collections from the off line catalogue while away from the actual data. Maybe this just isn't possible?
Currently yes, not possible. The next build of Photo Mechanic Plus will allow you to add offline images to a collection as long as the images you want to add to the collection are already a member of the catalog whose collection you're adding into. If you'd like to give a pre-release build a try, let me know and you can try it out. I'd just need to know what OS you run Photo Mechanic Plus on so I can make the build.
I would love to see a system where I could add a marker to an image to denote that it was in a collection and then when I was back to where the original data was, then be able to select the original images and copy them to a folder and do any adjustments needed for the final use. If the ability to work with collections is tied to being able to access the original images then collections have little use for me.
It's simpler than that. No markers. You select images that are part of a search/filter/browse results from a catalog and you can add them to that catalog's collection, regardless of them being currently accessible.
Reading the thread mentioned at the beginning of my post I note that using collections seems to have the potential generate duplicate images. I all ready have this problem due to creating folders of duplicate images from past projects. I was hoping that PM Plus would resolve this issue for me.
Making an image part of a collection causes no duplication. The collections are virtual.
Please don't take my disappointment with this feature with general dissatisfaction. I'm getting a lot of value out of the program. I was just hoping for more.
Understood. But please understand that Photo Mechanic Plus, while built on the foundation of Photo Mechanic 6, is at its early stages and there is more to come as the product matures and we discover how our users make use of it and what they need.
-Kirk
