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

Caulier Gilles caulier.gilles at kdemail.net
Tue Jan 23 10:24:54 GMT 2007


Le mardi 23 janvier 2007 10:02, Daniel Bauer a écrit :
> On Monday 22 January 2007 21:20, Caulier Gilles wrote:
> > Hey guy !
> >
> > The new Batch tool to sync all pictures metadata with digiKam database is
> > in svn (:=)))...
> >
> > Please test it and give me a feedback.
>
> Good morning,
>
> I'd like to, but I havn't tested the batch tool yet because it is not clear
> to me what it is intended to do...
>
> Can I please have a description of the intended functions, so that I can
> test if it does what it should? (Sorry if I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but
> I don't want to eventually report "errors" which maybe in fact are intended
> features :-) )
>
> How and what does it sync? Does it...
> - write all IPTC/EXIF info into the database?

no. this task is dedicaced to another part.

> - or write all infos from the database into IPTC/EXIF?

yes

> - add database content to IPTC/EXIF (or vice versa?)?

yes, from DB to metadata

> - or overwrite the existing?
> - remove (for example) keywords from IPTC/EXIF if not tagged in database
> (or vice versa?)?

This must be tested. normally yes. The function is the same than Comments & 
Tags metadata update functions. It just do the same thing but on all albums 
at the same time.

Gilles



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