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<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Not quite sure what you mean by find and consolidate. You mean assign/add picture collection from many place to into program? If that the case then these 2 photos might get you idea.
You can add collection from any place.</span><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of David Prellwitz <dprell@pacbell.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 21, 2021 5:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> digikam-users@kde.org <digikam-users@kde.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [digiKam-users] Help - Consolidation</font>
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Sorry if this has been requested before – I just couldn’t find any references. I need to consolidation 20+ years of photos from myself, family and friends.</p>
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My configuration:</p>
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I have Windows 10Pro with:</li><ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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i7 3200 Processor; 32Gb Ram; 500GB SSD boot drive; NVida 2060 GPU;.</li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
(5) hard drives; 100Gb to 2Tb.</li></ol>
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Each hard drive is from a different CPU, and each has different directories with various types of photos and videos.
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I’ve established a 680GB disk to accept all of the images for my use.</li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
I’ve installed digiKam 7.3.0 for Windows.</li></ol>
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My problem is how to get these into a common library/location for easier management! (or, should I even do that?) </p>
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Questions:</p>
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1: Can I use digiKam to find and consolidate those photos and videos?</p>
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If yes, how?</p>
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2. If no, any suggestions on how to get this done?</p>
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Thank You!</p>
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/David</p>
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