F-Spot's import dialog is inconsistent with the built-in Nautilus import's
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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f-spot (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: f-spot
PROBLEM
F-Spot is unclear about when it's imported pictures, and when you're just viewing them on your camera. This can lead to unfortunate loss of data.
HOW TO REPRODUCE
1. Connect a digital camera to your computer. Make sure that your camera is turned on and has photos on its internal memory or memory card.
2. Select the option that says to import photos to F-Spot, on the dialog box that appears.
3. Wait for thumbnails to load.
4. Uncheck the option that says to copy the photos to Photos, since you have your own folder organization scheme.
5. Highlight the photos that you want to copy.
6. Click on the button to import them.
7. Watch all of the photos, including the ones you did not highlight, appear in F-Spot's main window.
8. Conclude, erroneously, that F-Spot just imported all of your photos, including the album art on your smartphone's memory card and the pics of your significant other.
9. Highlight the photos you didn't want imported, and select delete from drive.
10. OPTIONAL: Access your smartphone's memory card and delete all the photos you've just copied in order to make room for more, and so that they don't show up in the thumbnails the next time you try to import to F-Spot.
11. Double-click on one of the thumbnails of the photos you "imported" in F-Spot's main window. Note that a placeholder image appears.
12. Realize you just lost all your pictures.
COMMENTARY
F-Spot's user interface may be unclear about when the pictures you're viewing are still on the camera, and when they are now on your hard drive.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: LinuxMint 7
Package: f-spot 0.5.0.3-1ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: f-spot
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine LinuxMint package
Changed in f-spot (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
The problem here seems to lie in Step 4:
"4. Uncheck the option that says to copy the photos to Photos, since you have your own folder organization scheme."
You've told F-Spot not to copy your files, and thus leave them exactly where it found them. It simply adds their information to the database, and refers to the files in their original location.
If you want to use your own folder scheme, you must copy your photos manually to wherever you want them before importing.