[Digikam-users] How do I restore comments (captions), titles and tags from digiKamdatabase?

[Larry]

If I understand correctly, reread metadata from image is reading data
stored in EXIF in the Photo (JPG) file itself. In my case, I no longer
have the files that had the metadata written to, but I have the
metadata in the database.

What happened in sequence was:

1. Taking pictures whilst camera time settings are incorrect
2. Transferring images (~1700) to dk album
3. Transferring another copy of the images to a subfolder within dk album
4. Adding title, caption and tags to about 200 of the images. I did
not change file names or edited images, however I have rotated some of
the images
5. Deciding to correct timestamps and messing things up
6. Removed all images with messed up timestamps from dk album
7. copied images from a backup (subfolder) to the dk album. Again -
file names didn't change.
8. Did image -> reread metadata from image to no avail
9. Checked Database - my tags, titles and caption are in the database

question still remains - how do I get digikam to read metadata from
the database and assign it back to the images

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:26 AM, sleepless <sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl> wrote:
> Op 22-09-11 07:17, RaveNBlack schreef:
>>
>> I had an album with over 1700 photos in there. I have tagged (titles,
>> captions and tags, some geotags) couple hundred of them when I noticed
>> that
>> my timestamps are incorrect (I forgot to adjust my cameras clock after
>> crossing several timezones). I attempted to correct this, but messed my
>> timestamps even more. So I decided to start from scratch and have
>> overwritten my pictures with messed up timestamps with untempered images
>> from a backup.
>>
>> I did not change file names and I have not edited (except for rotating
>> several images) any of the pictures (no color correction or anything). I
>> was
>> hoping that once I transfer images from the backup digikam will read
>> metadata from the database (SQLite) and reassign to the images as file
>> names
>> are the same, file sizes are the same, etc. but that is not the case.
>>
>> How can I restore metadate from the database and assign it to the images
>> again?
>
> I copied a picture outside of dk. Changed in dk timestamps. Used nautilus to
> put the copy back in the open dk album. Image->reread metadata from image.
> Now I had my original timestamp back and the formerly assigned tags are
> still there.
> This can be done for a whole album: Album->reread metadata from images.
>
> Second try I copied the image back outside of dk with dk closed, and again
> all was restored.
>
> For deeper investigation how you can solve if possible, I need more specific
> information what you did and what happened.
>
> Rinus
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