Made that setting are stored in the home folder of the user.

gui.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
 )
 
 class OptimaLab35(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
-    def __init__(self, exif_file):
+    def __init__(self):
         super(OptimaLab35, self).__init__()
         self.name = "OptimaLab35"
         self.version = "0.0.1"
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class OptimaLab35(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.ui.setupUi(self)
         self.o = OptimaManager()
         self.u = Utilities()
-        self.exif_file = exif_file
+        self.u.program_configs()
+        self.exif_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/OptimaLab35/exif.yaml")
         self.available_exif_data = None
         self.settings = {}
         self.setWindowTitle(f"{self.name} v{self.version}")
@@ -41,9 +42,7 @@ class OptimaLab35(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self._define_gui_interaction()
 
         self.sd = SimpleDialog()
-
-        if exif_file == "config/exif_example.yaml":
-            self._change_statusbar("Using example exif...", 10000)
+        self._change_statusbar(f"Using {self.o.name} v{self.o.version}", 5000)
 
     def _default_ui_layout(self):
         self.ui.png_quality_spinBox.setVisible(False)
@@ -273,21 +272,11 @@ class OptimaLab35(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         user_data["software"] = f"{self.o.name} {self.o.version}"
         return user_data
 
-
-
-def main(exif_file):
+def main():
     app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
-    window = OptimaLab35(exif_file = exif_file)
+    window = OptimaLab35()
     window.show()
     app.exec()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if os.path.isfile("config/exif.yaml"):
-        exif_file = "config/exif.yaml"
-        print("Fall back to exif example file...")
-    elif os.path.isfile("config/exif_example.yaml"):
-        exif_file = "config/exif_example.yaml"
-    else:
-        print("Exif file missing, please ensure an exif file exist in config folder (exif.yaml, or exif_example_yaml)\nExiting...")
-        exit()
-    main(exif_file)
+    main()

tui.py

@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ from utils.utility import Utilities
 from ui.simple_tui import SimpleTUI
 
 class Optima35TUI():
-    def __init__(self, exif_file, settings_file):
+    def __init__(self):
         self.name = "OptimaLab35-lite"
         self.version = "0.0.1"
         self.o = OptimaManager()
         self.u = Utilities()
         self.tui = SimpleTUI()
-        self.exif_file = exif_file
-        self.available_exif_data = self.u.read_yaml(exif_file)
-        self.setting_file = settings_file
+        self.u.program_configs()
+        self.exif_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/OptimaLab35/exif.yaml")
+        self.available_exif_data = self.u.read_yaml(self.exif_file)
+        self.setting_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/OptimaLab35/tui_settings.yaml")
         self.settings = {
             "input_folder": None,
             "output_folder": None,
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ class Optima35TUI():
 
     def _ask_for_settings(self):
         print("Asking for new settings...\n")
+        print(f"Settings for {self.name} v{self.version} will be saved {self.setting_file}...")
         self.settings["resize"] = self.take_input_and_validate(question = "Default resize percentage (below 100 downscale, above upscale): ", accepted_type = int, min_value = 10, max_value = 200)
         self.settings["contrast"] = self.take_input_and_validate(question = "Default contrast percentage (negative = decrease, positive = increase): ", accepted_type = int, min_value = -100, max_value = 100)
         self.settings["brightness"] = self.take_input_and_validate(question = "Default brighness percentage (negative = decrease, positive = increase): ", accepted_type = int, min_value = -100, max_value = 100)
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ class Optima35TUI():
 
     def _collect_exif_data(self):
         """Collect EXIF data based on user input."""
+        print(f"Exif file can be found {self.exif_file}...")
         user_data = {}
         fields = [
             "make", "model", "lens", "iso", "image_description",
@@ -318,19 +321,9 @@ class Optima35TUI():
         self._process()
         print("Done")
 
-
-
-def main(exif_file, config_file):
-    app = Optima35TUI(exif_file, config_file)
+def main():
+    app = Optima35TUI()
     app.run()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if os.path.isfile("config/exif.yaml"):
-        exif_file = "config/exif.yaml"
-    elif os.path.isfile("config/exif_example.yaml"):
-        exif_file = "config/exif_example.yaml"
-        print("Fall back to exif example file...")
-    else:
-        print("Exif file missing, please ensure an exif file exist in config folder (exif.yaml, or exif_example_yaml)\nExiting...")
-        exit()
-    main(exif_file, "config/tui_settings.yaml")
+    main()