![]() ![]() And for sure some explanation and “how to deal with different databases” will become more necessary than it is now. But you’re right, there’s a risk that things can go really wrong. The poor thing is always first in row to “try out new That depends on how the database is checking “which is the newer version” or the recently edited one. But this need to be carefully I just corrected my post above, it was saying first “so I could use the backup “as it is” on …” which is not my experience.Īlso, my laptop’s HD got it’s name “guinea pig” for a reason. Maybe what you may do, on Windows at least, would be to move the database to the external drive where your images are stored ? Having that it’s assigned to the same drive letter on both computers, and that the drive is performant in both machines. I doubt mixing multiple PL versions is a viable solution, that would require backward edition on the older versions, make any new features more complex to implement and I think it’s not reasonable to spend effort on this when a lot of others features are still lacking. I hope that one of my feature requests, having project assignment added to the dop file, will be implemented to help to cover a part of this scenario. I said almost because in this scenario what is missing is the project assignment. However, using dop sync on both machine is already almost working fine if you move the files with their sidecar, or using a big external SSD drive with good USB3.1 connectivity (excepted some recent issues with rating and select/reject status that need to be addressed and fixed). I agree with the objective, I have the same requirement: one mobile computer when on the go, for early workflow tasks like sorting and selecting, and doing some image manipulation on those that get me enthusiastic, and a standard computer with multiple nice screens to do all the other image manipulations. Using a files sync app and the sidecars to export/import between systems or App is certainly not perfect but much more feasible ![]() I agree that what you propose feel right, and yes there is a lot of shortcoming in PL5 catalogue function, it is very new and I hope it will be improve in the next iteration of PL, but this is a sub 200$ photo editing app for everyone, running on a personal computer, it is not a dedicated digital asset management program. Adding to these basic options, and in order to satisfy different users, the app will have to consider the photographic characteristics from 300+ differents metadata fields of a digital images, the images customization, eventually the contents discovered by AI, the keywords, all of this while maintaining the database integrity. Only managing the photos as files requires options like two ways Sync, one way update, Mirror, customizable mix of these and considers the sources and destinations, the date/time, the file type, the size and so on, with options to keep or deletes files depending of various criterias. You described something very specific to answer your needs but doing this in a flexible enough way to satisfy the different needs of different users will require creating something super complex. I cannot see what you ask in any photo management program, even Lightroom, considered by many to be the best photo management program, cannot sync between two computers. Use a separate tab to ensure that changes are impossible?.For ease of implementation, limit functionality to sync two equal versions of PhotoLab.While the above describes a one-way “integration” process, it can be applied in both directions.Put PhotoLab in a mode that allows changes.Create a cop job, then copy images (with enclosing folders, ask for target location) and add necessary items to the database.Copy SATELLITE database to BASE and find differences (items, settings, metadata). ![]() Put PhotoLab in a mode that disallows changes.How-To (triggered manually, no automatic sync, please) ![]() Goal: Ergonomically work on images that have been taken (and possibly been rated and keyworded) in the field.SATELLITE computer: Usually a laptop, used while traveling.BASE computer: Big calibrated screen, good ergonomic workspace.Note: This complements the items mentioned in Database Maintenance and other similar posts. Add a (set of) feature(s) that allows to use PhotoLab consistently with two or more computers.Using two (or more) computers is not technically supported by PhotoLab yet. ![]()
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