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I have heard about this once before – it’s definitely an issue on the Photos / iCloud side. Because Nitro uses the Photo Library to do all the work (it doesn’t bypass any Apple code to work with the photo library), then once the edit is stored in the Photo Library, it’s up to Apple’s code to send it across. You might try the usual things – restart both devices, check for outages on Apple’s side, etc. It might also just be slow.
I tried to put a share menu into Nitro, but the Share API for Mac is very weird and doesn’t work well. Photos and Preview seem to do special Apple-only things, but perhaps it will get better in the future.
Export presets are on the list.
Does the Qimage plug-in run as a separate app? If so, you can use Export and then specify a post-export action which opens Qimage. If Qimage identifies itself as an app that can view images, then it should show up there.
No, the app cannot do that. I suppose it would be possible, but that would only work for referenced files, which would make for an odd interface. However, if you export the original + metadata and put the XMP file next to the original file (deleting the original Nitro produced), then Nitro would read it.
Sounds like a bug where the app is confused. Perhaps one of the machines was not connected to iCloud Photos, and then later was. The app might make two sets of albums, or it could be something else.
I would start with one device and try rating an image and seeing which set of albums it uses. Assuming you are connected over iCloud, then it should show up in the album on the other device.Then you know which one is the real one.
Then quit Nitro.
Use Photos (that’s easier) to move the images from the disconnected albums to the iCloud connected albums. That will update everything on both sides. Then you can delete the unnecessary folder (which will get rid of the albums too).
Then open Nitro and it should find the albums and be okay. If that doesn’t work, we will have to try something else.
Yes, that is already possible. In the Export UI, you can export an original + metadata.
That goes both ways – you can export from the file system -> Photos (which adds it to the library + the edits, non destructively!) and you can export from Photos to the file system, which will output an XMP with ratings / edits.
DNG generally doesn’t lose a lot of information, but manufacturer “secret metadata” is generally not converted (of which there is plenty).
Lens correction can vary and the DNG decode is not the same as the RAF decode, though usually it doesn’t matter that much.
A DNG should look the same between Nitro and Photos – if it doesn’t that would surprise me.
Glad to hear it. The next version of the app will use Tabs by default instead of separate windows to minimize this problems of windows on top of each other.
Nitro has two kinds of windows – one for the photo library and one for the Finder. It sounds like you have a window open for the Finder. Go to File > New Photo Library Window and that should open the system photo library. You can then close the window for the Finder.
The app does not have that ability right now. These are all good suggestions. I will put your request on the list for a future update.
Making a LUT in Nitro is planned for a future release.
I do not know of a way to convert a LUT into a set of adjustments, so that would require research (assuming it’s possible in all cases).
@Sead, given the uses that you have listed, Photos is the better choice. You have enough work to do without also having to manage the file locations etc themselves. The ability to share a library with family and friends, duplicate detection and such are all part of Photos.
There is no simple answer to this question, which is why Nitro offers both options.
Photos organizes R+J as a single “item” which is good and bad (you can’t split the two pieces apart, but you don’t have both images cluttering the grid, etc.)
Even if you don’t use iCloud, there is value in using Photos. You can access the library with multiple apps. If one day, there is enough storage in the cloud, you can use iCloud syncing. you can mix and match editors. You can make albums, etc. If you use the file system, you have full control over storage (where it is and you can split across drives).
Hard to say from your description. You can try the same steps in Preview to see if you get a different result.
