[Digikam-devel] [Bug 192024] New: Smart sidecard files handling

[Michal Thoma]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192024

           Summary: Smart sidecard files handling
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian stable
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: michal at thoma.cz


Version:           0.10 (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian stable Packages

Most raw conversion tools used nowdays creates sidecard files where the
conversion parameters are stored (i.e. RawTherapee, UFRaw).

Unfortunately all image cataloguing tools including Digikam ignores these
sidecards so when the image is copied or moved to another location via Digikam,
developement parameters are lost in the process.

It would be fancy to have possibility to define sidecard files which will be
treated as the part of the image file and moved&copied with that.

Naming pattern for sidecards is invariably rather simple - for "imgp001.dng"
the sidecars would be "imgp001.xxx" or "imgp001.dng.xxx". So in fact only
extension matters (PP2 for RAWTherapee and so on.)

Also displaying some icon as an indication that image has sidecard would be
fancy.

Right now I defined my RawThreapee sidecard as image file so at least I can see
it's there, though having smart sidecard handling would be much easier.

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