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Duplicating images will be in the next update to Nitro (both for the file system and the Photo Library).
Nitro has noise reduction for RAW images (in the Detail adjustment). I have plans for a general AI-based noise reduction algorithm in the not too distant future.
Thanks for sending that. I wrote back to you on email. Some apps work on individual files, while others work with directories (and sub-directories). Apps that work with individual files are not affected by this problem because iOS provides the path to the file correctly. It’s the apps (like Nitro) that enumerate directories that have this issue. If you have Photomator, it has a similar ability to work with directories. Is it able to see all of the files inside and also tell when files are added and removed from the directory? When I tried Photomator in the past with a UGreen NAS (which also doesn’t work with Nitro), Photomator has the same problem – pointing to a bug below the app-level.
Thanks for the compliments. Just so you know, the entire development team is just me.
Sort, Filter and Select are in the toolbar (this is similar to photos). In general, interface elements appear above the item they affect. The quick filter and the file name filter are part of the grid and thus appear above it. When you tap to view an image, the quick filter and file name move down, because the grid turns into a film strip. Sort, Filter and Select are in the spot that people expect them to be. Quick Filter and File Name filter are advanced features.
As far Sort and Filter, etc. appearing when you are editing, you can indeed select, sort and filter at that point. Remember, Sort, select, and filter affect the current album or folder. They do not filter the library.
If you are suggesting that Help should be moved into a menu, I disagree. Help needs to be a top level item because it’s for people who aren’t familiar with the app.
AI Eraser – I do not follow what you are saying about back and forth.
Bold text for titles – that will look awful when all of the blocks are closed. I will think about adjusting font sizes though.
Split Toning circles – yes, that might help but I don’t know if people would expect that making a panel wider would also make an adjustment taller.
What is an “Accent Color Picker”?
There are some known bugs with masking and perspective. Crop, by itself, works properly with masking, I believe.
Being able to hide adjustments is on the list to do. But it will require a way for people to then add adjustments that are hidden, which has to go somewhere, and there isn’t a good spot for that right now.
Geometric operations on masks is most definitely not “universal.” I can see the value of it though but it’s non-trivial. Any mask can be brushed or erased which means that the operations are not simple geometry.
Versions is on the to do list. You can look at the roadmap on the Nitro web page to see more items (though it’s not exhaustive)
There isn’t any logging, unfortunately. The app asks iOS for the contents of the directory, and it returns an empty list (zero items). There is no error, so the app cannot differentiate this from a folder that is actually empty.
A Photos Library on a network share is not supported by Apple, as far as I know. However, if you simply want to browse the images stored in folders, that would be different.
Not all NAS work with Nitro on iOS (Mac seems to be fine in general) – I have tested Synology (which worked) and UGreen (which did not work). The basic symptom is that the app can see the folders, but the contents are reported by the OS as empty. As far as I can tell, this is either a configuration issue or bug in the NAS (since some NAS work fine).
Yes, and Yes.
When editing the JPEG, the edits are applied to the camera-generated JPEG.
If you switch to the RAW, then the edits are applied to the RAW and the look of the camera-generated JPEG is not used.If you are exporting original + metadata, then the edits should be present. Do you see them in the Photos library on the machine you are actually exporting from (but not on other machines)? Trying to figure out if this is an iCloud issue or something else.
@Gary, the app doesn’t work by writing XMP files to the Photos library. I have a different way so that things are properly stored and read by Photos.
Sorting options depend on how the images are stored. When the images are kept in the file system, the app can sort them using information that is immediately available, such as the file’s creation date. It does not sort by rating or EXIF data because that would require opening each file individually, and doing so again whenever the data changes.
In the Photo Library, sorting is limited to the options that the library itself provides, which are based on date (created, modified, or added).
Both approaches work this way because the underlying database — whether it’s the file system or the photo library — can sort far more efficiently than having the user interface manually scan through every image.
I could add additional sorting choices, but doing so would significantly slow the app when working with large collections. I learned this early on while developing Nitro, where I initially included more sorting features but eventually removed them due to performance issues, especially on iPhone and iPad.
I’m not sure I am totally following what you are doing but I will try to answer.
Synchronization of Photo Libraries is handled by Apple, and works using iCloud Photos. Nitro does not have any ability to influence how that works.When you are exporting from the file system to the Photo Library via Nitro, how are you doing that? If you are exporting a rendered image (e.g., a JPEG) then Nitro will make a new file with the edits “burned in” and add it to the photo library. The original is not copied into the library and the edits are not copied either.
If you export the original + metadata to the Photo Library, then Nitro will add the original, all Nitro metadata (including editing parameters) and the full size rendered image to the library. You can edit non-destructively and the edits etc will synch over iCloud if you are using iCloud Photo Library.
I haven’t determined the extent of file management tools for upcoming releases. Probably the first batch will be around R+J and XMP file extension flexibility (and possibly writing XMP into the original).
Having multiple XMP files is possible, but I think it would probably create a bunch of problems. If the point of duplication is to be able to edit an image more than one way, then I have a better approach in mind, but again, that’s in the future.
The short answer is that it’s not implemented yet, but hopefully soon (in a release or two, I hope).
The long answer is that it’s harder than it looks if you are using the Photo Library. Actually, it’s impossible to fully implement Duplicate in the Photo Library. That’s because Apple does not permit third party apps to read/write keywords, titles, descriptions, etc. As a result, I cannot make a new image in the library that includes the titles, descriptions, or keywords you may have added in Photos. I can copy Nitro data, but not Photos data. Argh. So, when I make the Duplicate feature in Nitro, any duplicate made in the Photo Library will be missing that data.
In the intervening time:
1) Finder: Use Duplicate in the Finder – if your disk uses APFS, then the duplicate will not use more disk space
2) Photos: Use Duplicate in Photos – they can make a true copy.There isn’t a feature like what you describe. “Done” is not a concept that the app has – it has no way of knowing when you are done with an edit. Conceivably the app could provide a way to set up a folder or Photo library album that you can quickly move files to (via a shortcut key). Have you seen such a feature in other apps? As far as a “edits since last export” goes, it’s certainly possible, but it’s fragile. You could be working on a project and then have to quickly output a unrelated file for someone and the flag has been reset.
Email me if you need help with this. THe forum is not setup for customer support for problems such as this. support@gentlemencoders.com
