[Digikam-devel] [Bug 129523] New: editing images in other programs (e.g.: gimp)

[Dennis Gnad]

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           Summary: editing images in other programs (e.g.: gimp)
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Image Editor
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: bluedrago web de


Version:           0.9.0-svn 2006-06-20 (using KDE 0.9.0-svn 2006-06-20)
Installed from:    KDE 3.5.3
OS:                Search

There should be a feature (after 0.9 release) to edit images in other programs than digikam, without loosing any of the important informations for the database, like date,exif,iptc,tags etc.
It could be part of somekind of versioning system (look at f-spot, bibble etc. - both can be tested free with f-spot even being open source, and both offer a versioning system for the images)
It could/should work like this:
-> when editing in another program not supporting the database stuff of digikam, it gets first copied to a temporary file
-> that temporary file is then opened in the other program (like gimp, or anything else)
-> digikam shows a question dialog "is the editing finished?" which offers "yes, copy it back" and "cancel"(which deletes the temporary file)
-> if "yes" is chosen, digikam will copy the image back with another name like DSC_xxxx_2.jpg (then maybe a new "version" of the image) and add the tags,date,exif,iptc informations which it should definately have, as it is valueable for the database