Hello everyone, long time user/lurker, first time poster
I've been using Beyond Compare since around the 2.x days. I realize the Image diff component has been overhauled in 4.x but to be honest, it's just as useless (for me, at least) as the 3.x version.
I would like to suggest a way that two images can be segmented and the image segments compared.
Here's a real world use-case: I take a screenshot of two web forms with a bunch of input fields. They're almost identical, but one has 20 fields the other has 21 fields - the only difference is an additional field injected after the 10th field. Now all of a sudden the diff is completely broken because it will show the entire image as different below the 10th field.
My proposal is to be able to define (or ideally automatically) have horizontal diff segments defined for the left side and again for the right side.
To better illustrate my thoughts, I've attached a screenshot.
This is what I get currently - completely useless to me (sorry, a bit harsh). There should be a color overlay on each image, too (like in my mockup above):
The fields do line up after the first few, but because I can't segment the image, it doesn't work for me. I think this is a pretty common use-case, and this is a feature I have been hoping for for many years.
So ultimately here's what would need to happen to make it work:
Thanks for hearing me out!
PS: is there a BeyondCompare 4.x plugin API planned? I would be interested in implementing this myself if possible...
I've been using Beyond Compare since around the 2.x days. I realize the Image diff component has been overhauled in 4.x but to be honest, it's just as useless (for me, at least) as the 3.x version.
I would like to suggest a way that two images can be segmented and the image segments compared.
Here's a real world use-case: I take a screenshot of two web forms with a bunch of input fields. They're almost identical, but one has 20 fields the other has 21 fields - the only difference is an additional field injected after the 10th field. Now all of a sudden the diff is completely broken because it will show the entire image as different below the 10th field.
My proposal is to be able to define (or ideally automatically) have horizontal diff segments defined for the left side and again for the right side.
To better illustrate my thoughts, I've attached a screenshot.
This is what I get currently - completely useless to me (sorry, a bit harsh). There should be a color overlay on each image, too (like in my mockup above):
The fields do line up after the first few, but because I can't segment the image, it doesn't work for me. I think this is a pretty common use-case, and this is a feature I have been hoping for for many years.
So ultimately here's what would need to happen to make it work:
- Color overlay (ex: blue overlay on left, red overlay on right, slighly opaque so when something matches its red on blue = purple)
- Ability to define (or it would be sweet to auto-find) diff segments
Thanks for hearing me out!
PS: is there a BeyondCompare 4.x plugin API planned? I would be interested in implementing this myself if possible...
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