Over the network editing option?

[anilgulecha]

I'd like propose a feature, with would make rawtherapee work in a more extensible manner and use-cases -- there's missing FOSS options for remote image processing.

The idea: I'd like to be able to remotely start an edit session on a photo, and control my edits, over TCP.

But over the network the interface translates to:

• 1. Create an edit session create(Image, optional initial sidecar state) -> returns sessionID.
• 2. Get image preview (sessionID, width, height, optional quality) -> used to remotely show preview state.
• 3. Update sidecar config (sessionID, key, subkey, new value) -> "OK"

The above 3 actions will allow image edits be controllable/previewable over the network, without using it's built in UI. The uses include remote editing (eg: web-based lightroom, etc), but also allows for quicker exploration of other UI ideas (eg: embedding RAW manipulation from another app).

This can be off by default, and I've not added authentication etc yet to the interface, but the general idea should be covered.

Thoughts?

[anilgulecha]

@devs, Any thoughts on this?

[Beep6581]

Are you willing to write the code @anilgulecha ? Who needs this?