p_mac Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Was looking for the media browser in the new beta and noticed it was gone. Is it being worked on and coming back? Haven't looked before so I don't know when it disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 No, it has been removed. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_mac Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Thanks Walt, hope they re-evaluate their decision. It would be nice for AP to have it’s own catalogue system. Polygonius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 hours ago, p_mac said: Thanks Walt, hope they re-evaluate their decision. It would be nice for AP to have it’s own catalogue system. I doubt they will. In any case, while it would be nice for Photo to have a catalogue system (aka DAM (Digital Asset Manager) in forum discussions) the media browser isn't it First, it's a 3rd-party app provided Mac, so Serif has no control over how it functions. Second, it's Mac-only, and doesn't help Windows users. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 A nice intermediate solution to this might be to provide an API for adding custom media sources to the stock image panel which could allow for searching local software as people write the appropriate providers for it. A good one to add would be one that would allow directories on the computer to be selected so that files on the local system could be searched from within the stock panel as a potential replacement for the media browser. The API would allow plugins to be developed for catalogs in Photos on the Mac for example, and other similar programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/14/2019 at 2:28 PM, fde101 said: A nice intermediate solution.... Take a look here... SPOTLIGHT (on WINDOWS should be a similar "free-to-use-protocol") offers all SERIF needs. As said its an INTERIM Solution... but it would be a fast and easy way to implement... SPOTLIGHT is a very solide catalogue "base" and maybe "all you need" for "develope-further/special..."? Spotlight offers all what SERIF / a catalouge... is (basically) needing, there is no special-need to code an extra-special-own-database... BUT just the cleverness to use this already existing FREE database very SMART!! Itunes, Traktor/ iphoto, the whole finder-attribute-shower / the smart-"album / search...."-concept... all "catalogues" in each off this apps "based" of spotlight... And its free, each DEV can use it - its just the question: Are you smart enough to implement to your special wishes? But even if not, eg Pixabay/Splesh... creates (at least) usable "catalogues" in HTML... not perfect, but i like the "unsplash/pexel/pixabay..." -"media-browser" as just "type search".... On a (spotlight) HD there are also misc filters like (date/size...) all infos are for free, for every DEV usable/filterable.. if he just know the basic... instead to code...code...code his own system... And yeah, i like it as static "panel" more, than the old media-browser-flying-window: Just create some buttons for first-filter and second-filter.... Use TAGS and other already given file infos... to "filter"... OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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