[Postponed] Convert and Modify: Gets input mode "Dropped Files" + output mode "Relative Filepath"
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:12 pm
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[Postponed] Convert and Modify: Gets input mode "Dropped Files" + output mode "Relative Filepath"
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:32 am
Convert & Modify is a bit historic. Please use the Browser for such normal batch conversions.
Re: Convert and Modify: Gets input mode "Dropped Files" + output mode "Relative Filepath"
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:38 pm
For mass conversions it is likely that you will go over files spread over various folders with the need to filter quite a lot and also sophisticated overwriting capabilities.
GC's browser supports selecting files from different folders only in a limited way:
- GC browser's normal view only shows the content of one folder at a time.
- GC browser file tree panel can only show one branch at a time in the content listing. No possibility to expanded multiple folders and then select files from different paths like you can in Finder.
- GC browsers searching & filtering can get files from different folders and show them as a flat view and then you can again manually select a subset of them. But the searching & filtering is quite limited as your answer and me testing showed, see Browser Filter supports matching in file or folder(s) above.
Thus there is the need to do the searching & filtering in a 3rd party app and drop files from different locations
And for GraphicConverter to have a mode for receiving multiple files for a batch processing.
And this was what my proposal was about. So what do you think?
GC's browser supports selecting files from different folders only in a limited way:
- GC browser's normal view only shows the content of one folder at a time.
- GC browser file tree panel can only show one branch at a time in the content listing. No possibility to expanded multiple folders and then select files from different paths like you can in Finder.
- GC browsers searching & filtering can get files from different folders and show them as a flat view and then you can again manually select a subset of them. But the searching & filtering is quite limited as your answer and me testing showed, see Browser Filter supports matching in file or folder(s) above.
Thus there is the need to do the searching & filtering in a 3rd party app and drop files from different locations
And for GraphicConverter to have a mode for receiving multiple files for a batch processing.
And this was what my proposal was about. So what do you think?
Re: Convert and Modify: Gets input mode "Dropped Files" + output mode "Relative Filepath"
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:31 pm
Some good news at least:
• GraphicConverter's Convert and Modify already provides a way to use files from multiple folders as its source (also dragged in from a 3rd party app) by using the Drop Area of the Browser and then right click and choose "Open in Convert & Modify".
• Still it lacks the more sophisticated output option "Relative Filepath" (over/write in place)
• And it has an inconsistency which I filed separately:
•• Convert & Modify: Drop Area as source should implement "Copy folder structure" preference
•• Fixing that for starters already would open up quite many more possibilities.
• GraphicConverter's Convert and Modify already provides a way to use files from multiple folders as its source (also dragged in from a 3rd party app) by using the Drop Area of the Browser and then right click and choose "Open in Convert & Modify".
• Still it lacks the more sophisticated output option "Relative Filepath" (over/write in place)
• And it has an inconsistency which I filed separately:
•• Convert & Modify: Drop Area as source should implement "Copy folder structure" preference
•• Fixing that for starters already would open up quite many more possibilities.
- GraphicConverter - Convert and Modify already supports files from multiple sources with Drop Area.png (423.57 KiB) Viewed 1461 times
Re: Convert and Modify: Gets input mode "Dropped Files" + output mode "Relative Filepath"
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:42 am
When I spoke with Mr. Lemke about this, he mentioned then when "Convert & Modify" gets a redesign that both needs expressed in the title will be addressed. Closing this for now.