[Digikam-devel] [Bug 264007] XMP sidecar file does not distinguish between images of the same name but with different extension

[Gilles Caulier]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264007





--- Comment #15 from Gilles Caulier <caulier gilles gmail com>  2011-03-17 12:30:41 ---
This is my view-point about the lead subject of this entry : we must support a
naming convention including original filename extension.

Typical case :

0/ Original file is RAW : myphoto.arw

1/ i apply digiKam properties in my workflow for ex. to identify good items in
my album. arw is read only. digiKam create myphoto.arw.xmp

2/ I start to edit original file, and create a PNG copy as first refence of my
work. I apply another digiKam properties to this new file, different than
original. digiKam create myphoto.png.xmp

3/ from this PNG image i create a ready to publish JPEG. Same way than with PNG
about digiKam properties. digiKam create myphoto.jpg.xmp.

To resume files below will be created in this ex. :

myphoto.arw            // original
myphoto.arw.xmp
myphoto.png            // lossless copy of modified image
myphoto.png.xmp
myphoto.jpg            // lossy copy ready to publish, print, export...
myphoto.jpg.xmp

For each item created, users can customize properties. We must to have a
customized XMP file for each items created/managed in digiKam. Using file name
extension is the right way to do it.

Gilles Caulier

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