Working with different workspace

[Gamosphere]

This is coming directly from DT and I find it very efficient for the way I manage my photos.

Because I've always found it slow to bring all the images in lighttable I got into the habit of clearing the library and strictly importing the folder where the photos I want to work on are located. For the photos of my last trip to Dublin I even go further by subdividing my photos by day (I'm documenting my day to day walk in the city so I kinda have a lot of photos..:-))

It is very cool to create separate workspaces as it creates dedicated/independent/smaller library files

Note: the use of the label and stars is not the same as it doesn't change the size of the library, which is the key point.

[aurelienpierre]

That's already possible if you start the software in command line, you can pass it the library and config folder you want.

[Gamosphere]

It is certainly not a "slick" approach..:-)

I had a look at the documentation and made a few tries and I obviously need to educate myself on how to use the command line. But I`ll try.

[aurelienpierre]

It's the approach available right now, I never said it was user-friendly ;-)

[Gamosphere]

I'm a big boy.....I'll figure it out...:-)

[Gamosphere]

I got it. You must add .db to the name you want to use. I know it makes sense but I....:-)

[olliwa-ifi]

I learned something today 👍

[olliwa-ifi]

win11 - Open Command Prompt and use for example :
"C:\Program Files\ansel\bin\ansel.exe" --cachedir anselcachedir --configdir anselconfigdir

linux/mac : Open terminal and use for example :
/opt/ansel/bin/ansel --cachedir anselcachedir --configdir anselconfigdir

[Gamosphere]

I've work a little bit with manually managing library files. It works but it feels more like a quick workaround. Managing those library files can get cumbersome (different names, if you want to keep it in the same library, different path if you want to contain everything together). And yes I've brushed the surface on how to build bash files.