[Digikam-users] Fwd: Re: tags/keywords between Adobe Lightroom and Digikam

[Jim Dory]

ok - I've found my problem (one at least). Thanks Andrew for the
interpretation. I use Gentoo and had not enable the xmp use flag for
compiling exiv2. Will enable that and recompile programs that can use
it.

Martin: ok - I understand that. In DK I separate out my files by file
directories, so I have a date parent directory with the untouched
raws, then a jpeg subdirectory for images sized for web. And I have a
"working" subdirectory for tiffs or photoshop psd's. So with the way I
am set up I couldn't really select all the images unless I filter
somehow. Lightroom shows all images in subdirectories if you choose,
so it would be very easy to do as you do. Maybe DK has that capability
too to show all images in subdirectories.. but I find it confusing so
see all versions of an image at once.

/jd

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Martin (KDE) <kde at fahrendorf.de> wrote:
> Am Montag, 2. Januar 2012, 11:32:12 schrieb Jim Dory:
>> Many thanks folks - I enjoy the discussion about workflow and other
>> softwares - would love to finally dump my windows XP.
>>
>> I will study the links provided by Gilles and see if I can make head
>> or tails from them to enable xmp in DK.
>>
>> Martin - when you say you export to jpeg then tag (both raw and jpeg)
>> does this mean you have to tag two different files (images)? I would
>> want to tag an image only once - preferably the raw, and then have any
>> photo derived from it to carry the original tags from the raw. You can
>> see I'm not understanding how you do this.
>
> Yes, I always tag two files (at least). But this is not that much work as it
> sounds. I simply have to select two (or even more files) and the rest of the
> work is the same as you only would tag one file.
>
> The point is: automatic tagging jpeg from raw is fine but not all my jpeg
> files have the same tags as the corresponding raw files (some by accident I
> must confess). If I select files for printing I use tagging (print-date tag)
> for this. But I don't want my raw files to be printed. And if I decide to
> rework the settings (does not happen that often) I want to copy the tags from
> the old jpeg instead the one from the raw files.
>
> The history function is not of much use for me. As long as the history only
> handles final pictures and not the process which leads to the new picture its
> usage is limited (for me). So even if the old tag belongs to a new photo
> (different parameter set) I can find out which photos I had printed. And with
> my backup I can restore the photo.
>
> Martin
>
>>
>> thanks, Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Andrew Goodbody <ajg02 at elfringham.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> > Forwarding to list for Jim's benefit.
>> >
>> > Andrew
>> >
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