gestione delle risorse digitali

Ansel is a non-destructive image editor and opens all images in read-only mode. Any data created within Ansel (metadata, tags, and image processing steps) is stored in separate .XMP sidecar files. These files are stored alongside the original Raw files and allow Ansel to store information about the images as well as the full editing history without touching the original raw files. When you import an image into Ansel for the first time, an XMP file is automatically generated. The generation of XMP files can be disabled in preferences > storage > xmp but this is not recommended in normal use.

When importing an image, Ansel automatically checks if it is accompanied by a sidecar file. As well as looking for files named <basename>.<extension>.xmp and <basename>_nn.<extension>.xmp (Ansel’s XMP file naming formats) Ansel also checks for the presence of a file in the form <basename>.xmp (the naming format for Lightroom’s XMP sidecar files). Files with the latter naming format will be read by Ansel but will not be written to. Once the image has been imported, Ansel will generate an additional XMP file using its own naming convention.

Each image in the current collection is represented by a thumbnail in the lighttable view and filmstrip module. A cache of the most recently used thumbnails is stored in a file on disk and loaded into memory at startup. The size of this cache can be adjusted in Preferences > Processing > CPU, GPU, Memory.

Many users have huge image collections stored on extra hard drives in their desktop computer, or on an external storage medium (RAID NAS, external hard drives etc.).

It is a common requirement to develop a number of images while travelling using a laptop and then later synchronize them back to the original storage medium. However, copying images manually from the main storage to the laptop and back is cumbersome and prone to errors. The “local copies” feature of Ansel has been designed to directly support these use cases.

La valutazione con le stelle e le etichette colore ti aiutano a mettere ordine e classificare le immagini a seconda dei tuoi criteri. La valutazione e le etichette colore di un’immagine possono essere mostrate sulle miniature nel Tavolo Luminoso e nel modulo anteprime.

Raggruppare le immagini aiuta a migliorare la struttura e rende più chiara la tua raccolta di immagini quando visualizzata nel Tavolo Luminoso.

You can combine images into a group by selecting them and using the global menu Image → Group images, or by pressing Ctrl+G. Likewise, you can remove selected images from a group by clicking the “ungroup” button, or pressing Ctrl+Shift+G.

Duplicated images are automatically grouped together. Similarly, if you import multiple images from the same directory, having the same base name, but different extensions (eg. IMG_1234.CR2 and IMG_1234.JPG), those images automatically form a group.

Ansel ti permette di archiviare informazioni aggiuntive sulla tua immagine per renderle più facili da ricercare e raggruppare. Queste informazioni sono salvata nel database di Ansel e nel file sidecar XMP, inoltre possono essere incluse nell’immagine esportata.