[Digikam-users] How to best save images

[Martin (KDE)]

Am Sonntag, 24. Januar 2010 schrieb Micha? Smoczyk:
> Martin (KDE) wrote:
> >> That is generally the way I do, because of metadata - tagging is
> >>  the key for me. digiKam (and exiv2) can't write metadata to
> >> Canon RAW files (CR2) which I use and I don't think this
> >> situation will change in close future. I save CR2 files in
> >> subdirectory untagged, convert them to PNG (loseless) which I
> >> tag.
> >
> > Hm, may be, in case of raw, it is possible to save the meta data
> > not only in the internal digikam database, but in an extra exif
> > file as well. Just my thoughts
> 
> As far as I know, digiKam don't recognize these kind of metadata
> files automatically -- I mean I can save separately exiv / xmp /
> iptc text file for given photo but it does not mean I can edit
> metadata or load into or join with digiKam database in case of
> corruption or something. I think this function is for archiving
> purpose, and I have never used it.
> 
> It means also 3 extra files manually saved for each photo, waste of
> time for my thousands of pictures. Cheers,

No, not doing it manually, but automatically by digikam. As a 
additional feature, same as the setting: "save metadata to raw 
(experimental)" you can chose "save metadata for raw files to extra 
file".

> 

Martin