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Sorry about the bug – I am able to reproduce it and will fix it in the next update. Thanks for reporting it!
Let’s start with your title. You are incorrect. Nitro’s thumbnails are future-proofed.
Nitro doesn’t work with folders inside the level ‘/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.gentlemencoders.nitro/Data/Library/Caches/File System/FullSize-1’ Throwing all thumbnails into one folder is asking for troubles, I’m afraid to witness soon or already witnessing.You are right. You are asking for trouble. Please do not manipulate the Nitro Previews folder. The organization and format is private to the app. Do not make subfolders. The app will make additional folders (e.g., FullSize-2) when needed to optimize file system performance. The same is true for smaller sizes.
If this goes on, I have to ask “what will happen if I reset the image counter of the camera?” I cannot find a system of ignoring and not ignoring an image.The characters after the file name encode unique information about the file, and thus resetting the image counter is fine.
are existing – but why does Nitro refuse to generate thumbnails?I cannot tell based on this description. See if you have thumbnails in the other folders (e.g., Minis). The app avoids creating large previews when they aren’t needed.
Besides, the context menu with the command “Miniaturbilder erstellen” is far too often absent. For what reason I cannot generate new thumbnails in “Edit mode”? In Capture One “Voschaudateien neu erstellen” is possible in all edit modes if there’s a filmstrip visible.Build Thumbnails >IS< available in Edit mode, but not for the image currently being edited (because thumbnails are built as you edit). If you leave edit mode, but are still viewing the filmstrip (so there is a large image visible), you will see the menu item appear. You can also use it in Edit for images that you are NOT editing by right-clicking on them. I'm sorry that you think the app was so poorly engineered that it cannot handle duplicate file names, or resetting of image counters, or that it would dump millions of files into a single folder. If you have found a bug with thumbnailing, please try to create a series of steps and I will try to fix it. That said, I will not go into deep(er) detail about how the app handles thumbnails.
Square thumbnails is a mode that maximizes the photo in the cell, at the cost of metadata. It’s not the default (at least on Macs). I don’t know what you mean by non-sensical. Some people like it. Nobody is making you use it. Your workflow may be different than mine – it may be different from other people. I don’t enforce a workflow on people and I don’t judge them either.
Well, it depends on whether you are shooting RAW or JPEG. If you are shooting JPEG, then your camera’s noise reduction will be used. However, if you shoot RAW, then there will not be any noise reduction from the camera, so you will want to use what Nitro provides. You can test the difference by shooting RAW+JPEG with a high ISO and looking at the difference.
The reason you aren’t seeing file names is because of the Square thumbnail setting. When you use square, then it fills the entire cell. Switch to Aspect ratio thumbnails (in the toolbar) and you will see the file names.
The images were not included – perhaps they are local paths?
Yes, the path I provided is correct, and the one where you located the JPEGs is the same path – as I mentioned, there are two subdirectories: File System and Photo Library. And then subdirectories inside those.Deleting JPEG previews underneath Nitro can confuse it, but it’s up to you. Periodically, you can also use the Clear Cache feature.
The file names do appear in Comparison and N-Up modes. They are toward the bottom of the image in those modes.Previews are located here: ‘~/Library/Containers/com.gentlemencoders.nitro/Data/Library/Caches’. There is a folder for the File System and one for the Photo Library (which is used only when the Photo Library cannot make its own previews). The ~ refers to your home directory.
Please do not make changes to this folder – it is for the app’s internal use.
The image’s name should appear when the app has finished indexing the directory. The only case I have seen when a file name doesn’t appear (other than indexing not being done) is for Shared Albums in the Photo Library. So if you have a case that doesn’t work, please email me so I can troubleshoot it.
The app only stores its previews on the startup disk. This is a limitation of the app. It might change with time, but I can’t promise it.
You can also clear the caches in Settings but it will build them again as it needs them.
I don’t have any current plans, but I can look into it. Making simulations is extremely time consuming since Fujifilm does not document how they make them.
Please email support@gentlemencoders.com and I can help you. The forum isn’t the best place for debugging these kinds of problems.
Yes. RAW Power can only open the system library and only the system library *CAN* be synched to iCloud (but it doesn’t have to be).
This is how you can do it:
1. Open your 100GB library in Photos.
2. Go to preferences and pick “Use as System Photo Library”. Photos will warn you that it will turn off iCloud Synching. That’s good – you want it to do that.
3. You can then open that library in RAW Power.
4. When you’re done, you can open the other library in Photos, tell Photos to use it as the System Photo Library, but then ENABLE synching.I can imagine this might give you pause. In that case, I suggest you run a test by creating a tiny library with one or two unique images (ones not found in your iCloud Photo Library) and following the above steps. If the tiny library isn’t merged into your iCloud Photo library, then you know that these steps will work.
Nitro uses the Photo library, and the Photo library only offers an “estimated” count. So, I could show that, but it would not always be correct. It’s possible to get the actual count, but that would impact performance. I will make a note – perhaps it can be added as a preference (with a note about performance).
Photos defaults to “JPEG on top” and has a feature in Edit to switch to the RAW on top. The file name Photos shows is always the JPEG, even when it’s showing the RAW.
Nitro defaults to the RAW, though it shows the JPEG image, since that is what Photos provides to it. In contrast, it always shows the RAW’s file name. It also has a feature to switch to the JPEG when editing.
So, both can edit either half of the pair. Photos is JPEG centric and Nitro is RAW centric.
If you want to switch in Nitro, the button is to the right of the “four way control” and right below the histogram. It only shows up if you have an R+J pair in Edit.
