Filter the images shown in the lighttable view and filmstrip panel using image attributes. This set of filtered images is known as a collection.
Importing images into Ansel stores information about them (filename, path, Exif data, data from XMP sidecar files etc.) in Ansel’s library database. A collection may be defined by applying filtering rules to these attributes, thus creating a subset of images to display in the lighttable view and the filmstrip module.
Display information embedded within an image’s Exif data as well as a number of additional data fields defined by Ansel.
When hovering with the mouse over image thumbnails, the displayed data is automatically updated to show information about the image currently under the mouse cursor.
When several images are selected and the focus is not on a single image, the module only displays information that is the same for all images. If any fields differ between the images, the text “<various values>” is displayed instead.
The filmstrip can be used to quickly switch between images. The images shown are the same as those displayed in the lighttable view and are defined by the currently-selected collection.
Identify which parts of the image contain high-contrast details, like edges and textures, which usually indicates that those areas are in focus.
Activate the module by clicking on the
Focus peaking works by filtering out most of the image noise, measuring the intensity gradients in the image and calculating average and standard deviation statistics. When the gradient of an edge differs significantly from the mean, the associated pixels are marked with a “heat map” indicating how sharp the edge is.
Import and apply GPX track data to a selection of images.
This module is common to the lighttable and map views. The map view provides an enhanced mode that allows you to preview the position of the images along the GPS tracks while adjusting the images’ date/time offset and time zone.
A GPS receiver calculates its current position based on information it receives from satellites, and records it in a GPX file together with the current date and time. The Exif data of the images also contains a time stamp defined by the camera settings. The geotagging module takes the time stamp of the image, looks up the position in the GPX file at that time, and stores the appropriate coordinates (latitude/longitude/elevation) in its database and the image’s XMP sidecar file.
Edit the metadata of selected images.
Metadata is freeformat text (title, description, creator, publisher, rights etc.) that describes your images.
When several images are selected having different values for a given metadata field, the module displays
Display a list of recently used collections generated by the collections module.
This module may be hidden, depending on the collections module preferences.
Click on an entry to reopen the selected collection. This also updates the collections module with the appropriate filter criteria and rules.
The “preferences…” option in the presets menu allows you to adjust the behavior of the recent collections module as follows:
This module provides various graphical depictions of the developed image’s light levels or chromaticity.
Move the mouse over the panel to show buttons that allow you to adjust the display. The leftmost button cycles the mode between histogram, waveform scope, RGB parade scope, and vectorscope. The remaining buttons control how the plot for the current scope is drawn.
Manage tags attached to images.
Tags provide a means of adding information to images using a keyword dictionary. You can also manage tags as a hierarchical tree, which can be useful when their number becomes large.
Tags are physically stored in XMP sidecar files as well as in Ansel’s library database and can be included in exported images.
The following definitions assume that you have set up a single tag named “places|France|Nord|Lille”.
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