<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I liked better the previous process, outside the BQM. It could be used on a selection, displayed a preview of the new date before update and - of course - acted on the original picture.<br><br></div>I don't understand why it had been incorporated in the BQM, it is much less convenient.<br><br></div>Marie-Noëlle<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-03-07 18:50 GMT+01:00 Maik Qualmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:metzpinguin@gmail.com" target="_blank">metzpinguin@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The BQM needs a target file. If there are no image editing tools in the tool<br>
list, a copy is made from the source file and no changes are made to the image<br>
data. Even overwrite mode to the target file is safe.<br>
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Maik<br>
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Am Mittwoch, 7. März 2018, 16:54:30 CET schrieb woenx:<br>
> Hi again,<br>
><br>
> I have been doing some tests, comparing images before and after the date was<br>
> changed in the Batch Queue Manager using an image comparer (<br>
> <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/Image-Compare" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.softpedia.com/get/<wbr>Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-<wbr>Others/Image-Compare</a><br>
> r.shtml<br>
> <<a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/Image-Compa" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.softpedia.com/get/<wbr>Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-<wbr>Others/Image-Compa</a><br>
> rer.shtml> )<br>
><br>
> The file generated after a date change is identical to the original, not a<br>
> single pixel was changed. File size is different due to changes in the<br>
> metadata, but that's it.<br>
><br>
> As a comparison, I tried to open and save the same JPG picture using<br>
> Microsoft Paint, and the image comparer found lots of differences to the<br>
> original.<br>
><br>
> Therefore, I conclude that changing the date in digikam is a lossless<br>
> process.<br>
><br>
><br>
> PS: now, if only the date changing process were more intuitive in digikam...<br>
><br>
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