[Digikam-devel] How to apply changes in digikams IPTC settings to all tagged photos?

[Caulier Gilles]

Fabien, 

The Batch tool is under construction on my computer. Waitting one day is 
enought. I finalize it today (normaly... (:=)))

Gilles

Le lundi 22 janvier 2007 14:23, Fabien a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> Rainer Krienke wrote:
> > I recently turned digikams Metadata setting the option "save tags to
> > IPTC" on. Then I wondered if there is any option in digikam that helps me
> > to save all the tags already set before this option was turned on als
> > IPTC tags into the image files?
> >
> > Else the images metadata will become kind of inconsitent since newer
> > files will have IPTC tags set that represent digikam tags other older
> > images  will not.
>
> Before there's the batch tool to do that, somebody suggested a trick to
> do that :
> <http://linuxappfinder.com/blog/digikam_lets_you_take_your_tags_with_you>
>
> <<
> It doesn't appear as if a batch processing mode exists to automatically
> update the existing tags, however, I discovered a simple workaround that
> will do it for you.
>
> Step 1: Create a new tag called "temp". You can do this be selecting
> Comments/Tags from the right sidebar, then right-clicking in the My Tags
> section. An image must be selected for the menu to appear.
>
> Step 2: Select Tag Filters from the right sidebar and check all of the
> tags except "temp". This will only select pictures that already have a tag.
>
> Step 3: Select all images. Right-click on one of them and pick "temp"
> from the Assign Tag menu. This step will add all assigned tags each
> file's IPTC data. With a large number of photos it could take a while
> for everything to complete.
>
> Step 4: Cleanup. Repeat the previous step by selecting all images, but
> this time pick "temp" from the Remove Tag menu. Now you can delete the
> "temp" tag and you are done.
>
>
> Note: I never tested this trick myself :)
> Use at your own risk...
>
> --
> Fabien
>
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