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Posted by koslowj on 2025-04-03.
Ok, ok, not relevant right now, but in the distant future ;-)
Clearly we the operations applied to a given image to form a non-commutative group, i.e., their order matters. Depending on the job at hand, it may be preferable to, e.g., first crop and then adjust the exposure (as this depends on the cropped area), or do it the other way ‘round (in case the final crop is not clear yet). In case of a large batch pf pictures that require similar editing steps in the same order, it would be nice to have a custom menu where one could put the relevant modules in the appropriate order and then work just confined to this menu. (I seem to remember something like that in DT.)
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Jon — 2025-05-01
Nevermind. I answered my own question.
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