Smart Albums

[stephanhoennekes]

Really great to have album support in NC25 as described in https://github.com/nextcloud/photos/pull/1142

I’ve already posted a concept for an extension of that feature, which I called Smart Albums here: https://github.com/nextcloud/photos/issues/84#issuecomment-1215163831

Since I didn’t get any reply & the corresponding ticket was closed now, I am trying to get a little bit more awareness for this approach by creating a new feature request.

Smart Albums allow the user to individually filter photos and save the filter set as an album. These virtual photo albums aren’t static. Whenever a new photo has been uploaded that matches the filter properties, it is added to the album automatically. By setting variable filters such as dynamic time periods, the entire content of an album may also vary in time. To me this would be a game changer for organizing private or professional photo libraries.

What do you think? Could it be a thing on your roadmap? I would really appreciate such a feature.

Here’s the detailed concept for Smart Albums:

• High fidelity prototype of Smart Albums on Figma
• Description & definitions of how it could work frontendwise

Screenshots from the prototype:

Photos App with expanded smart filter panel:

Smart Albums overview:

Smart Album detail view:

[ChildLearningClub]

I think the metadata UI is really great work! Even clicking on an individual Person(s) or Location(s) which would filter the album accordingly would be great. Jane Cooper in Hamburg with the bike. Or just the photos that have both Jane and Albert in them. Also like the nice rounded image thumbnails, I hope they can be implemented as an option in Photos settings alongside the Enable Squared photos view. Or even the ability to customize spacing and corners :)

[phirestalker]

I would use this to keep an album of pet photos and then share it with other family members who can add their photos of the pets.