[Digikam-users] date problem

[HaJo Schatz]

I'd probably write a small shell script which backs up the exif data (through exiftools, exiv or what not), invoke Gimp and restore the exif data thereafter. That should also take care of the correct creation date. Then invoke this script from within Digikam as an "edit with the gimp".

I'm surprised though that Gimp manages the metadata so badly. Shouldn't this rather be fixed in the Gimp?

-- 
Composed on my smartphone. Apologies for typos.

> On 21 Sep 2013, at 21:17, "Andreas T. Ege" <andreas at spheniscid.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> when I edit images with gimp, the original metadata gets lost, so I
> usually save the metadata from the corresponding raw image, and import
> them back to the edited image. This works fine for most data, but not
> for the creation time of the image, that stays the time I edited the
> image. In the saved exif data the creation time is correct, but it
> doesn't appear to be imported together with the rest of the data. And I
> can't find a way to change this within digikam.
> Is there an easy way to do this from inside digikam automatically, or do
> I really have to adjust the creation time stamp by hand?
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