[Digikam-users] Metadata Storage in digikam

[Tobias Schula]

Am Dienstag 20 Oktober 2009 22:41:59 schrieb Thomas:

> So here's the problem: With Picasa and Adobe Bridge, I added several
>  captions to my pictures and would very much like to keep them. As far as I
>  know these programs store them in IPTC tags. If I select "Save image tags
>  as keyword tags" now and import my tagged pictures, will all of Picasa's
>  captions really be lost? This is how I understood the warning in the
>  documentation but it's hard to believe.

As long this programs store the captions in IPTC or XMP tags digikam should 
be able to import them and display them correctly.

> Some other questions also occured: Which of the options in the Dialogue
> "Allgemeine Metadaten-Aktionen" (General Metadata Information) concern
>  IPTC- Data and how? What does "Bildstichwörter in Schlüsselwörtern
>  speichern" (Save picture keywords in keywords) mean exactly, which
>  Keywords are to be stored to which other keywords?

This is the feature you are looking for. It makes digikam save your meta data 
in IPTC and XMP tags in the specific picture.