[Digikam-users] Copy of metadatas into the files

Michel Pottier Michel.Pottier at free.fr
Fri Feb 29 09:29:37 GMT 2008


VELTIN Joffrey a écrit :
> Hi everyone,
> Several days I am looking for a way to copy the information stored in 
> the database directly into the files (such as EXIF orientation tags, 
> IPTC tags, etc). Is there a simple way to do so?
> The reason is I would like to be able to get my pix tagged whatever 
> viewer is used.
Hello Joffrey
Look at the documentation: 
http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/0.9%20releases/digikam_0.9.3.pdf
Page 39:
> I also recommend to switch-on the 'save metadata' options in the 
> digiKam settings page for metadata. This will ensure
> that EXIF and IPTC data is written into the file. If you forgot to do 
> that you can always catch up by copying the
> metadata in the database to the files in one go (from the album menu).
And pages 208 the entry "Synchronize images with database" from the 
album menu.
Have a good day




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