[Digikam-users] migrating images from 0.8 (IPTC)

[Harald Friessnegger]

hi caulier


Caulier Gilles wrote:

> Le lundi 15 janvier 2007 23:01, Harald Friessnegger a écrit :
>> i updated from 0.8.2 to 0.9.0 the last days.
>> digikam really is a fantastic piece of software!
>>
>>
>> would be great to have all the old comments and ratings etc in ipct too.
>>
>> currently you can only get your data into ipct by editing some of your
>> existing metadata.
>> http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2006-December/002857.html
>> (which would mean touching every existing picture)
>>
>> i (naivly) tried out "album | refresh" which seemed a good guess for me,
>> but this didn't update the metadata.
>>
>> are there plans for a plugin that can write existing db-data to exif and
>> ipct (for mirgration content from digikam < 0.9) and the other way round
>> for importing images of other apps into digikam?
> 
> yes. there is a file in B.K.O. A new batch tool (coded in digiKAm core,
> not like a plugin) is planed. Look here :
> 
> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130017
> 

thanks for the link.
voted for it and looking forward to migrate my old pictures ;-)

keep on the superb work with digikam!


> Regards
> 
> Gilles Caulier

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