Understanding Thumbnails #984
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I'm really interested in the code and how this app works. I'm not a python dev, so it's been interesting trying to piece it together. However, I noticed that each image in my library has a corresponding thumbnail of type WEBP. I want to better understand the advantage of generating hard copies of the files to use as thumbnails. I understand the thumbnails are small, but for an app that doesn't utilize cloud storage, this approach seems odd. Why not just use the files themselves? Any answers or links to references about this topic are much appreciated; thank you! |
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I believe you are referring to the contents of the This exists as a form of caching in order to make the UI more responsive. Generally reading the small thumbnail file is faster than generating the thumbnail (especially for 3D files and stuff like that), so changing pages or making a search will show you the thumbnails of the results quicker this way. |
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I believe you are referring to the contents of the
.TagStudio/thumbsdirectory?This exists as a form of caching in order to make the UI more responsive. Generally reading the small thumbnail file is faster than generating the thumbnail (especially for 3D files and stuff like that), so changing pages or making a search will show you the thumbnails of the results quicker this way.