Here are a list of possible extensions in no particular order. Some of these will definitely get done either because they have funding or I think that they're essential. Others will get done on an as-needed basis. Let me know what you think.
High Performance extension. Photoshop is not necessarily the fastest software for generating thumbnails. This extension will avoid opening the full size image by having an external app generate the thumbnails as needed. If available, previews will be extracted and used.
Selectable layer styles for thumbnails.
Selectable layer styles for captions.
Multiline captions.
Overlay captions. This would let you overlay the caption on the image instead of having it under the image.
Metadata in captions.
Auto-template generation for things like page-numbers, etc.. which normally require a template to function.
A mechanism for specifying the text for layers in a template. This would allow a user to define a mapping between layer names in the template and text entered in to the UI. For instance, you would define a 'Header' text layer in your template and the UI would provide a way for you to specify what text would go into the header layer.
A better mechanism for providing access to fonts. Make the 'fontList' property optional.
Vertical thumbnail alignment.
Margins and R/L page binding offsets.
More flexibility in output sheet names.
Support for prebuilt/predefined settings (e.g. 8x10 proof, 8x10 HQ, etc..) (aka 'presets') similar to what's found in Lightroom and elsewhere.
The ability to specify Bridge as an image source. Other Bridge integration?
Separate out site configuration options which are those that are not settable in the UI, such as the ones needed for the HiPerf extension.
Better management of situations where the source images are in different color profiles.
Ability to specify color profile for non-template sheets.
Allow for the specification of an arbitrary number of output formats, sizes, qulities, directories,... This would let you save to 72ppi and 300ppi jpeg files in the same pass.
Specify resample mode for resize to thumbnail.
Autopopulate template layer text based on metadata found in the first image.
The ability to specify an background image instead of a template.
CW/CCW option for Rotate setting.
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Here are a list of possible extensions in no particular order. Some of these will definitely get done either because they have funding or I think that they're essential. Others will get done on an as-needed basis. Let me know what you think.
High Performance extension. Photoshop is not necessarily the fastest software for generating thumbnails. This extension will avoid opening the full size image by having an external app generate the thumbnails as needed. If available, previews will be extracted and used.
Selectable layer styles for thumbnails.
Selectable layer styles for captions.
Multiline captions.
Overlay captions. This would let you overlay the caption on the image instead of having it under the image.
Metadata in captions.
Auto-template generation for things like page-numbers, etc.. which normally require a template to function.
A mechanism for specifying the text for layers in a template. This would allow a user to define a mapping between layer names in the template and text entered in to the UI. For instance, you would define a 'Header' text layer in your template and the UI would provide a way for you to specify what text would go into the header layer.
A better mechanism for providing access to fonts. Make the 'fontList' property optional.
Vertical thumbnail alignment.
Margins and R/L page binding offsets.
More flexibility in output sheet names.
Support for prebuilt/predefined settings (e.g. 8x10 proof, 8x10 HQ, etc..) (aka 'presets') similar to what's found in Lightroom and elsewhere.
The ability to specify Bridge as an image source. Other Bridge integration?
Separate out site configuration options which are those that are not settable in the UI, such as the ones needed for the HiPerf extension.
Better management of situations where the source images are in different color profiles.
Ability to specify color profile for non-template sheets.
Allow for the specification of an arbitrary number of output formats, sizes, qulities, directories,... This would let you save to 72ppi and 300ppi jpeg files in the same pass.
Specify resample mode for resize to thumbnail.
Autopopulate template layer text based on metadata found in the first image.
The ability to specify an background image instead of a template.
CW/CCW option for Rotate setting.