consistent star ratings across a version set

[doug_w]

Is there a way (a script?) to make ratings consistent across a version set (e.g., if one image in the version set has a 4-star rating then give all images in the version set 4 stars). Right now the only way I can figure to do this is to manually select the version and apply the rating, one at a time.

doug

[dickl]

Interesting question...
Should all versions of an image have the same star rating? Should we be able to choose one of the versions and rate it higher than other versions??? Now where did I put Peter Krogh's book????

Dick

[David Grundy]

One way would be:
1. Define a new label called (say) File Management | Star4
2. By searching or filtering for 4-star images, or any other means, find the set of images with 4 stars for which you want to synchronise.
3. Add the label Star4 to these images - which applies it to all the versions of course.
4. Then search for all images with the Star4 label.
5. Select them all and mark them as 4 stars.
6. Then you can remove the Star4 label.

BTW if you make the "File Management" category private then assigning or removeing "Star4" label should not trigger an out-of-sync for the images; but setting the star rating of course will do so.

... David

[David Grundy]

I have to conclude that having to figure out a workaround for this limitation is seen as a simpler interface than having on option available somewhere in preferences to let the user control this behaviour as preferred. I do not agree with this view. I want the option to choose whether ratings are synchronised.

Labels let me work around most of the unnecessary and frustrating versioning limitations of PSu, but there are two I can't figure out which prevent me from actually using PSu's versioning in a useful way:
(1) I can't get my old images versioned in PSu because my folders aren't organised in the way PSu arbitrarily assumes.
(2) I can't find any way to control which version placeholder a given image ends up in, and I can't see any way to correct the placeholder assignments in a batch operation if they don't end up the way I want.

[Mike Buckley]

Should all versions of an image have the same star rating?

That depends on the situation. If the only thing that is different among the versions is the size of the file, the same star rating would be appropriate for all versions. However, if anything else changes, you would want the flexibility to rate the various versions differently. As an example, a black-and-white version and a color version of the same composition could easily be rated differently.

[doug_w]

Thanks, David, I will try the workaround. And I agree with your two items regarding versioning -- they are my only serious complaints regarding PSu. Versioning takes too much manual work. Otherwise I really like it.

For my workflow, items in a version set are versions of the same image, differing only by file format or resolution, so they always have the same star rating. I always have a raw file, a high-res jpg, and a low-res jpg, and might have a psd or a series of images for an HDR.

doug

[Hert]

I think David's workaround is a master-find!

Here's a tweak that you could use;

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Options.CatalogMetaCascadeStyle := 1;
PublicBroadcast (nil, 'SaveOptions', nil);

To reset the default use:

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Options.CatalogMetaCascadeStyle := 0;
PublicBroadcast (nil, 'SaveOptions', nil);

[weidmic]

Hert, just a short question about this tweak: will this propagate the colorlabels too?

Regards,
Michael

Just tried it... Yes is the answer

[Hert]

Just tried it... Yes is the answer

That is correct. Ratings and color labels; another tip for your site?

Hert

[weidmic]

already done...

[doug_w]

Perfect solution -- thank you!

doug