<div dir="ltr">Hi Frank - I just did the same a couple of days ago. It seems to make sense to start getting used to the less complex features, understand what you see on the screen and how you maneuver around. First thing I did was to have my > 70 thousand fotos in a folder hierarchy. Then have that as the basis for the database. <div>Play around next with the different views and edit some photos. Try using other editors as well. Them you might want to start to understand the tagging system which includes tags for persons / faces. And once you'er covered that, you might start working with faces. It takes time.</div><div>Best,</div><div>Andreas</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Sa., 5. Dez. 2020 um 21:41 Uhr schrieb Frank Wadge <<a href="mailto:thegarpster@gmail.com">thegarpster@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I'd like to catalog the several thousand, mostly JPG images, I have amassed. As many of them are of people, I thought that using facial recognition technology would be an asset. In my search for an application to use I discovered <i>digiKam</i> which appears to have everything I need, and more. And thereby hangs the reason for this message.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I just downloaded the latest version and set about seeing how to use it, but even the Introduction is waaay above <i>my </i>head! Is there a simple entry to using this very comprehensive tool?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I have already had digiKam process the bulk of my image files into the initial db files, but now I am at a loss how to proceed.
Am I biting off more than I can chew with digiKam?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)"> </div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span><div style="text-align:left"><span><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red"></span></span></b><span><b><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"></span></b></span></span></span></font></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span><b><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"></span></b></span></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"></span></b></span></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Best Regards,<br></span></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Frank S. Wadge</b><br></span></span></font></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gmail-m_-8545377684371791374DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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