<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks, Andrew. I'm at my day job, as I type. I'll have to get back to you when I can work on DK at home.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I'm looking for a DAM that will catalog images in their current location on my system. Then allow me to review-compare, rate, label, tag, keyword, caption and add custom metadata to those files. The DAM should be able to sort and find those files using a variety of search criteria. From my very short experience, DK seems to be full-featured, but I am stymied by just getting images into its database. I also need a DAM that will export a selection of images, with metadata, to a PDF, with an easy hand-off to Photoshop and Lightroom--using click and drag or open in... I've had these features with MediaPro; Lightroom does some of them. I was exploring digiKam for these purposes. I'm willing to purchase the right software, and an OpenSource solution is a plus. I'm even willing to make a contribution and help with development, if that's the price.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks, again.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jim</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 2:42 PM Andrew Goodbody <<a href="mailto:ajg02@elfringham.co.uk">ajg02@elfringham.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">OK, here is, I think, where you need to understand how digikam works.<br>
<br>
digikam gives you a view onto the underlying file system. Every album is <br>
a directory in the collection. Every directory under the location you <br>
chose for your collection will show up as an album in digikam. Moving an <br>
album in digikam will move that directory in the file system. Albums are <br>
directories. Directories are albums. Directories under the collection <br>
are visible in digikam. Directories outside of the collection are not <br>
visible.<br>
<br>
If you want to add photos to digikam without making a copy and they <br>
exist outside of the collection directory, then you can add another <br>
collection. Or you can move those files to be in the collection. <br>
Importing images will make a copy of them. Importing is mainly used to <br>
copy files off removable storage such as your camera's flash card. I <br>
never use digikam myself to do this, but many folk do. I think that the <br>
metadata is not interpreted at this stage which is why your vertical <br>
photos are not rotated. So the new window is, I think, asking you which <br>
photos to copy into your collection.<br>
<br>
Does that help you at all?<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br>
On 25/02/2019 18:38, Jim Kahnweiler wrote:<br>
> Thanks, Giles. I'm not enough of a codec person to understand your <br>
> reply. Do you mean that certain PSD files are not supported by digiKam?<br>
> <br>
> What about importing images from my Alaska folder but only see them <br>
> displayed in a new window, instead of the database. And, verticles not <br>
> rotated?<br>
> <br>
> Please let me know what to do.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks, again.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 1:11 PM Gilles Caulier <<a href="mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com" target="_blank">caulier.gilles@gmail.com</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com" target="_blank">caulier.gilles@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> The PSD file without thumbnail is problably the source of the problem.<br>
> <br>
> There are a PSD thumbnailer in KF5 libraries that we use, but my<br>
> tests under Linux relevant plenty of time latency when i try to<br>
> render preview from PSD taken from the Web. Particularly, the points<br>
> below are importants :<br>
> <br>
> - It's a dynamic plugins for QImage loader, which are problematic<br>
> under MacOS. I think that i fixed the problem with next 6.1.0, but i<br>
> need to test more..<br>
> - The PSD codec code is given to read file only. This<br>
> implementation, not maintained by digiKam team exists by reverse<br>
> engineering. PSD is a closed format (thanks adobe to support open<br>
> standard), and of course the codec will not support well all<br>
> possible version of PSD.<br>
> - The PSD codec source code is not very well maintained as i can see<br>
> in code history.<br>
> <br>
> Best<br>
> <br>
> Gilles Caulier<br>
> <br>
> Le lun. 25 févr. 2019 à 18:49, Jim Kahnweiler <<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a>>> a écrit :<br>
> <br>
> Here's my reply. Thanks.<br>
> <br>
> The system blocked it because I had screengrabs attached. Here's<br>
> the link to see what problem I'm having. Are there any tutorial<br>
> files or videos?<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iejLB41WIct5YTvqtGjFx6xlRJOw1jBB?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iejLB41WIct5YTvqtGjFx6xlRJOw1jBB?usp=sharing</a><br>
> <br>
> Thanks, again.<br>
> <br>
> Jim<br>
> <br>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 3:17 PM Jim Kahnweiler<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Thanks, Andrew for the reply. I removed DK and reinstalled<br>
> it. It doesn't take long, as I have nothing in it yet.<br>
> During install is checked a preference that points DK to my<br>
> Photos folder. The folder structure is displayed in the<br>
> screenshot I'm attaching.<br>
> <br>
> I wanted to work on the "Alaska" folder and loaded images<br>
> using Menu-->Import-->Add Images. When I select it the first<br>
> time after launch, the thumbnails loaded in the main window.<br>
> DK crashed and when I opened it again, the images were gone.<br>
> I went to reimport them and they load as seen here. Note the<br>
> unrotated verticles and psd file that does not display; the<br>
> dng file does. When the thumbnail view window is selected<br>
> the menu bar changes.<br>
> <br>
> I found the setting to change the UI theme.<br>
> <br>
> Icons for the folders in the main window albums list seem to<br>
> be displayed properly for now.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks, again.<br>
> <br>
> Jim<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 1:36 PM Andrew Goodbody<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ajg02@elfringham.co.uk" target="_blank">ajg02@elfringham.co.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ajg02@elfringham.co.uk" target="_blank">ajg02@elfringham.co.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On 24/02/2019 16:47, Jim Kahnweiler wrote:<br>
> > Hi, I just download and installed digikam on my Mac,<br>
> running Mojave. As<br>
> > a user using MediaPro for many years I have been<br>
> forced to search for a<br>
> > replacement because PhaseOne has abandoned the<br>
> software. DK is the most<br>
> > likely replacement. However, my initial experience<br>
> has been frustrating.<br>
> ><br>
> > I have several questions for which I can't find<br>
> answers. Can someone<br>
> > help me, please or provide a link to a tutorial that<br>
> will explain how to<br>
> > do what I want to do.<br>
> > 1) My first album copied the images to the database<br>
> location. Is there a<br>
> > way to create an album without moving files?<br>
> <br>
> To add photos that already exist on your HDD simply<br>
> create a collection<br>
> and make it point to the directory containing your<br>
> photos. It will not<br>
> copy those photos anywhere.<br>
> <br>
> > 2) The second album I created opened in a new window<br>
> and was not saved.<br>
> > No files were moved. The verticle images were not<br>
> displayed in a rotated<br>
> > view. And, I added the MIME preferences to recognize<br>
> tif, psd and<br>
> > dng format, but the application did not respond, so<br>
> thumbnails were not<br>
> > displayed.<br>
> <br>
> I have no idea what you did here. You will need to<br>
> explain exactly what<br>
> menu options you chose etc etc<br>
> If you have photos that are not displayed in the correct<br>
> orientation<br>
> then you may need to file a bug and provide the<br>
> developers with a sample<br>
> image. Auto-rotating images according to the embedded<br>
> EXIF data is<br>
> certainly supported and does work, at least most of the<br>
> time.<br>
> <br>
> > 3) Screenshots on the DK website show a dark<br>
> background, but I couldn't<br>
> > find a way to change from the default white background.<br>
> > 4) When I first launched DK, the icons in the sidebar<br>
> were solid, now<br>
> > they appear greyed-out.<br>
> ><br>
> > I see that v.6 is a .0 version, with new releases<br>
> scheduled for the near<br>
> > future. Would I find a more stable release if I<br>
> downgrade to v.5.8?<br>
> <br>
> I strongly suspect the issue is more to do with how you<br>
> are using<br>
> digikam, rather than any stability issues. This may be<br>
> because it uses<br>
> unfamiliar concepts that are not sufficiently intuitive<br>
> especially when<br>
> coming from other photo management applications.<br>
> <br>
> > I'm sure as I use the program more, I'll have more<br>
> questions.<br>
> ><br>
> > I appreciate your help.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thank you.<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Jim<br>
> <br>
> Andrew<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Jim<br>
> <br>
> Jim Kahnweiler, Photographer<br>
> 5 Alewives Road<br>
> Norwalk CT 06850 USA<br>
> <br>
> 203-979-1507<br>
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> <a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a>><br>
> <br>
> It's not the camera; it's the photographer.<br>
> --Anonymous<br>
> <br>
> Use the right tool for the job.<br>
> --Folk Lore<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Jim<br>
> <br>
> Jim Kahnweiler, Photographer<br>
> 5 Alewives Road<br>
> Norwalk CT 06850 USA<br>
> <br>
> 203-979-1507<br>
> <a href="http://www.jimkphoto.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.jimkphoto.com</a> <<a href="http://www.jimkphotographics.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.jimkphotographics.com</a>><br>
> <a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a>><br>
> <br>
> It's not the camera; it's the photographer.<br>
> --Anonymous<br>
> <br>
> Use the right tool for the job.<br>
> --Folk Lore<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Jim<br>
> <br>
> Jim Kahnweiler, Photographer<br>
> 5 Alewives Road<br>
> Norwalk CT 06850 USA<br>
> <br>
> 203-979-1507<br>
> <a href="http://www.jimkphoto.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.jimkphoto.com</a> <<a href="http://www.jimkphotographics.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.jimkphotographics.com</a>><br>
> <a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a>><br>
> <br>
> It's not the camera; it's the photographer.<br>
> --Anonymous<br>
> <br>
> Use the right tool for the job.<br>
> --Folk Lore<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Jim<br><br>Jim Kahnweiler, Photographer<br>5 Alewives Road<br>Norwalk CT 06850 USA<br><br>203-979-1507<br><a href="http://www.jimkphotographics.com" target="_blank">http://www.jimkphoto.com</a><br><a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com" target="_blank">jim@jimkphoto.com</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It's not the camera; it's the photographer.<br></div></div><div>--Anonymous<br></div><div><br></div><div>Use the right tool for the job.</div><div>--Folk Lore</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>