A Couple of Requests: 1.Filename Display in Customize 2.External Selections List

[Law251 (Lawrence Impey)]

I have a couple of requests for PhotoLab (I’m currently running PL5):

1. In Customize please could the filename of the image you are editing be displayed somewhere, rather than having to click back to the PhotoLibrary every time you want to check it.
2. I use an external DAM for managing my images and launch the image directly from there into PL when I want to edit it. My External Selections list is now many hundreds of entries long. I’m not interested in the contents of this list so please would it be possible to collapse it or remove it from the palette?

[stuck (Canon, PL7 on Win 10 + GTX 1050ti)]

If you are asking for updates to PL5 that address your requests, that’s never going to happen. PL5 received its last update sometime after PL6 came out but before PL7 was released.

PL8 is expected to be out in a few weeks time (Sept / Oct). When it is out, perhaps use the trial version to see if PL8 meets your needs?

NB as a PL5 user DxO will not consider you a ‘current user’ of PL so the only discount you will get on PL8 are those at launch and on Black Friday.

[Wolfgang ([ Win10, PL+VP+FP, Nik7 / 3.3 ])]

@Law251

rather than having to click back to the PhotoLibrary every time you want to check it.

… or allow the Filmstrip in Customize.

[mwsilvers (Mark - New Jersey, USA)]

@Law251

In Customize please could the filename of the image you are editing be displayed somewhere, rather than having to click back to the PhotoLibrary every time you want to check it.

How about the Image properties window? Ctrl-I on a PC. It can be found in the Image menu.

Mark

[Law251 (Lawrence Impey)]

Thanks, I’ve now done that and it is a help

[Law251 (Lawrence Impey)]

Thanks, I think I’ll go with the previously suggested filmstrip option but this is also useful. Although I’m on an old version of PL, clearly I haven’t fully explored it yet.

[Law251 (Lawrence Impey)]

Thanks for the info, although as I still haven’t fully explored PL5 I may not upgrade for a while yet. I originally bought PL2 but then had to wait for Fuji-X compatibility, which PL5 provides. Got to say, the more I use it the more I like it

[zkarj (macOS, PLe+FP+VP, Pentax)]

I don’t know about PL5, but in PL7 on the Mac, the image title (which defaults to the file name plus any virtual copy number) appears in the window title.

Plus, the film strip is available in Customise. I thought it had been there for many versions but could not say for sure.

[Joanna (Joanna Carter)]

@zkarj

I thought it had been there for many versions but could not say for sure.

I can’t remember when it hasn’t, back to PL1.

[stuck (Canon, PL7 on Win 10 + GTX 1050ti)]

@zkarj

the film strip is available in Customise. I thought it had been there for many versions

I’d need to boot my ancient Windows XP machine to check, but I’m sure the film strip was in Customise in Optics Pro 8.

[Law251 (Lawrence Impey)]

Thanks for the further replies. It isn’t shown in my version of PL5 but there are two workarounds which were mentioned earlier in this thread and which will do fine for the moment.

[Joanna (Joanna Carter)]

Here is a screenshot of PhotoLab 5 on my machine…

Note, highlighted, the file name in the title bar and on the thumbnail, in the filmstrip.

If you are not seeing this, then please post a screenshot of your own setup.

[Wolfgang ([ Win10, PL+VP+FP, Nik7 / 3.3 ])]

@Law251

in my version of PL5

Ctrl + F9 (for Windows)