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Posted by Bless on 2025-05-21.
Hello. i came up with the idea of a program to help optimize the processing.
I noticed that i often apply exposure +2 to compensate…
Need to write code that analyzes the similarity of the actions and structurizes them in %Ratio, analyzing processing of each image.
And shows messages to the user on this basis.
Example : You have used the exposure module in 98% of you images with a value of +2 * Wuld you like to apply it automatically, in the next 3 sessions? *
And later if it seemed convenient leave it. Or suggestion to fix HotKeys.
Ps. I still can’t put Ansel on Windows 7 /
G L * A L L *
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Maurizio Paglia — 2025-05-23
Hi!
I like Ansel so much because nothing is auto-magically executed.
If you need to apply the same fix (in your example exp +2) on 98% of the images you take, I suggest to enter a preset in your preferences.
Or you can apply a +2 EV directly in your camera menu.
I have now an archive of about 27.000 photographs: I really will be scared before clicking OK…
Aurélien Pierre — 2025-05-23
Yes, styles are currently out of order, but user-defined module presets can be automatically applied based on EXIF (camera, ISO, shutterspeed, etc.). That’s much more robust than listening to high-level user actions, especially since modules can have multiple instances so the code choosing which one to listen will be the first brittle link of a terrible chain.
For Windows 7, it is not supported by Ansel (and is not anymore supported by Microsoft, by the way), never has been. It used to work, I have heard somewhere that now you need to manually install MSVCR if that is your error.