Ian3 wrote:
I agree that while there may be a logic to not supporting the editing of very small images, there seems no good reason for that restriction also to apply to keywording.
Ian
In a session the KWs are in the .cos file - along with all of the other edits. So one would have to allow a .cos file and then have the complication of allowing or blocking (according to how much of a special case is made for other metadata to be included once the KW dyke has been breached). Plus the additional files that clutter up the system and are disadvantageous for transfer times (lots of small files are not good news normally) for "images" that are unlikely to be used for anything truly useful.
If images editing is not allowed what possible use would be KWs in the context of a RAW file converter?
As I recall the advisory is just an advisory and does not stop the process running. Is that still correct?
I guess if one has a significant need for KW's (or indeed other metadata entries) on small (or very large) files and even different types of file, there are other ways to do it, many of which do not require an image editor application. Something more like document handling would suffice? Something that Phase, perhaps, does not see as something they would currently consider to be part of a future business strategy and the consumer level and competing with free Open Source offerings?