[Digikam-devel] Re: Versioning, but not editing in digiKam

[Kyle Altendorf]

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 09:58, Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Is the versioning metadata structure expected to be usable for images
>> that are not edited within digiKam?
>
> We plan to allow adding such relation manually, that is connect original with
> result and allow a free-text description.
> There were some idea to provide a copy, start gimp on it, and add the relation
> automatically when gimp closed.
>
>> What about merging of multiple
>> images such as a panorama or simply getting all of your uncooperative
>> pets into a single 'shot' digitally?
>
> Yes, multiple parents is possible. In the easiest case, there is a list of
> source photos for a single image. It's a bit difficult to display that in a
> treeview, because it's no more a strict tree, but the backend should be
> prepared.

Thanks, clear and concise answers but, better yet, the ones I wanted
to hear.  :]  Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
-kyle