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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">Hi all,<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">I save my images in folders by <year>, <month>, and <day-of-month>, and the filename, after modification and saving, is changed by appending _v1 or _v2 etc. to reflect that I've made changes to an image using the editor. This makes is very easy for me to manage my collection and keep related files together. I would not like to make such a change in approach, which also raises another question: If cropping a photo creates a "new" image, does the slightest change to an image also create a new image? Tweak the contrast only a little? I would say no, but a matter of opinion. Changing the modification date makes more sense to me.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">I prefer the current structure, and thanks, Maik, for asking.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Best wishes,<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Jay Rutherford<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Mon, Jan 29, 2024, at 15:20, <a href="mailto:leoutation@gmx.fr">leoutation@gmx.fr</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div style="font-family:Arial;">On 1/29/24 18:56, Maik Qualmann wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> Hmm, that's a matter of opinion. Cropping does not create a new image; it is a<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> derivative of the original.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">I know most people need to crop their images because composition don't<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">satisfy them, this is not my case.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">In art/photography world, "cropping" is used to change<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">composition/framing, to create new images. It may totally change image<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">sense that has nothing to do with original image. This is my case.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Cropping date is needed, otherwise, i get problems when sorting these<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">new images.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> If we changed this, I know we would get bug<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> reports from users who sort their images by date and now the changed image<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> doesn't appear next to the other.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> What we could update would be a modification<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> date.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">May be an option to timestamp cropping ?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> Let's see what other users think in this thread.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> Maik<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> Am Montag, 29. Januar 2024, 17:56:42 CET schrieb <a href="mailto:leoutation@gmx.fr">leoutation@gmx.fr</a>:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> Hi<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> Here is the problem:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> I crop image "A" to get new/different image "B". I see this<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> new/different image "B" keeps same original image "A" time stamp even<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> though "B" is a new/different image. Time stamp should be new image<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> creation date, not old original image.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> Is it a bug or a feature?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> Conditions:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> digikam git version<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> external mysql db<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> xmp metadata<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> digikam settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> - Metadata -> behavior -> only "image tags" checked<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> - Sidecars -> write to sidecar file<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> -> write to item and XMP sidecars<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> --<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> Maderios<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>