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Posted by isaac on 2023-06-21.
Are custom module groups in the darkroom still possible in the latest build (Jun 17 2023 b92ce75026aa405ba925b57e53e90980877da8a4)? Or is it just the pre-defined ones now eg. Pipeline, Tones, Film, Color, Repair, Sharpness, Effects, Technics, All.
I no longer see a ‘hamburger’ menu there so I assume its be refactored out. I’m sure I can get used to using the Search I was just curious.
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Lukas — 2023-06-21
Your assumption is right. The modules appear in predefined groups only. They are thought to represent a workflow from left-to-right.
Moving between workflow steps means moving between module tabs, and can be done with Ctrl+Tab, wheel scroll over tabs, or right click on tabs -> select in menu
isaac — 2023-06-21
Cheers for the info @Lukas are these improvements/changes being discussed somewhere like GitHub? I did a search on here and didn’t see any mention of it.
Aurélien Pierre — 2023-06-26
Please see https://community.ansel.photos/view-post/explaining-ansel-redesign-of-module-groups
Aurélien Pierre — 2023-06-26
It’s typically discussed on the Matrix chat, linked everywhere here.
isaac — 2023-06-27
Thanks for the info @Aurélien Pierre I like where you are taking Ansel. I’ll have to get used to the new workflow now is all…. damn muscle memory.
Glems — 2024-12-11
Je suis débutant sur Ansel , cette info est importante pour moi
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