Edit from search results not working

[ron_hiner]

Kirk... If I do a search for an image,  PM creates a contact sheet based on the results.  (You knew that part, right?      From the resultant contact sheet, the right click context menu (from my highlighted image) edit functions do not appear to work properly.   The target app never opens.  (I'm on mac tiger platform if that matters).   Other contact sheets work exactly as expected.... it's just the search results that don't.

Am I doing something wrong?

Ron

[Kirk Baker]

Ron,

Kirk... If I do a search for an image,  PM creates a contact sheet based on the results.  (You knew that part, right?      From the resultant contact sheet, the right click context menu (from my highlighted image) edit functions do not appear to work properly.   The target app never opens.  (I'm on mac tiger platform if that matters).   Other contact sheets work exactly as expected.... it's just the search results that don't.

I'll have to investigate and get back to you.

-Kirk

[Kirk Baker]

Ron,

Kirk... If I do a search for an image,  PM creates a contact sheet based on the results.  (You knew that part, right?      From the resultant contact sheet, the right click context menu (from my highlighted image) edit functions do not appear to work properly.   The target app never opens.  (I'm on mac tiger platform if that matters).   Other contact sheets work exactly as expected.... it's just the search results that don't.

It works fine for me on Mac OS X 10.4.11 with Photoshop CS3 assigned as the editor for JPEGs and right-clicking on a search result image and choosing 'Edit photo'.

We'll investigate this issue on 10.5.3 next.

Do you have a specific editor assigned for the image type you are trying to edit?  What version of Photo Mechanic are you using?

-Kirk

[ron_hiner]

I'm using PM 4.5.3.1 on OSx 10.4.11.   
File is Raw (Nikon NEF), but Raw + Jpg is selected, so my expectation is that a right click will send the raw file to the default editor ( in my case, capture NX).   I have custom context menu set up to to send the file to Photoshop CS3... that does not work either.

A little more testing yields something helpful to you I hope....  I turned off the contact sheet preference of 'combine raw & jpg to single thumbnail, closed all the contacts sheets, and window, then opened a new 'contact sheet tab', then did the same search, came up with two results this time (one jpg and one raw).    Right click on both of them worked perfectly.   So... the problem is just when the two are combined on the contact sheet.

hope that helps.

Ron

p.s.  I still owe you lunch at el indio... I haven't forgotten.   

p.p.s... enhancement request:  a checkbox toggle (and hot key) on each contact sheet to control the preference of 'combine raw + jpg' .   One click of that will toggle between showing and not showing the pairs of images.

[Kirk Baker]

Ron,

I'm using PM 4.5.3.1 on OSx 10.4.11.   
File is Raw (Nikon NEF), but Raw + Jpg is selected, so my expectation is that a right click will send the raw file to the default editor ( in my case, capture NX).   I have custom context menu set up to to send the file to Photoshop CS3... that does not work either.

A little more testing yields something helpful to you I hope....  I turned off the contact sheet preference of 'combine raw & jpg to single thumbnail, closed all the contacts sheets, and window, then opened a new 'contact sheet tab', then did the same search, came up with two results this time (one jpg and one raw).    Right click on both of them worked perfectly.   So... the problem is just when the two are combined on the contact sheet.

hope that helps.
 
p.s.  I still owe you lunch at el indio... I haven't forgotten.   

p.p.s... enhancement request:  a checkbox toggle (and hot key) on each contact sheet to control the preference of 'combine raw + jpg' .   One click of that will toggle between showing and not showing the pairs of images.

Command-J will dynamically toggle the setting for the current Contact Sheet tab.

HTH,

-Kirk