Select All files and Select from iPhoto

[TheLostVertex]

When creating a new Stack, Focus Merge, HDR Merge, or Panorama the user is prompted to add files to the dialog. When add is clicked, the user is brought to a cloud storage file selection. 

 

The first issue is that when using these features, there is no way to add images that are already on the iPad. Some way to add images from local storage needs to be added. These features use a lot of images and it is a big time and bandwidth waste to use cloud storage only for these.

 

Second issue, all these features require selecting multiple images, but the dialog only allows selecting one image at a time. This is especially bad because it is cloud storage. A typical usage of these features god like this, "Click add; Select cloud storage service(it always defaults to iCloud); Navigate through a couple folders; Select an image; Wait for the image to load form cloud storage; Get kicked back to the file list dialog; REPEAT 100 MORE TIMES" 

I could maybe deal with this if it was only the HDR feature that had this behavior since you are only selecting 3-5 images most of the time using that. But the Focus Merge, Stack, and Panorama features are all likely to use 10 or more images. Focus merging I typically have 50-250 images I have to deal with. 

 

Adding a select all files, or allowing the user to select folders would greatly help. For instance, the google drive app has a select all command in the top right. 

 

I understand that some of these issues might be softened by implementing drag and drop in iOS11, but it will not full solve the problem. Imagine selecting 50 images for a Panorama or Focus Merge with the drag and drop implementation, vs tapping a single button. It is a big difference.

 

I hope these issues get sorted, because otherwise those features appear to work pretty well. Though I haven't been able to test them a lot, because I want to keep my hair  ;)

-Steve

[MEB]

Hi TheLostVertex,

We are aware of these issues and are doing our best to solve/improve them as we move forward with the iPad app development.

Thanks for your feedback.

[TheLostVertex]

Thanks for the response, I am happy to hear it is already being addressed. 

[donka]

An an FYI, the ability to add files from Photos has now been added but the one at a time limitation still exists. Hopefully the ability to select multiple images at a time will come.