[Digikam-users] Automatic Grouping of RAW and JPEG files possible?

[Kent Tenney]

Right, I understand there are ways to deal with it, but
I prefer the Shotwell approach of one thumbnail.

Thanks,
Kent

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Veaceslav Munteanu
<veaceslav.munteanu90 at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you have problems visualizing jpeg+raw:
>
> View-> Group Images - > By format.
>
> Now the view will display jpeg first and raw second.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Kent Tenney <ktenney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> With my Canon G11, using CHDK, I shoot raw/jpeg pairs, each photo
>> is saved as 2 files.
>>
>> Shotwell understands this, displays one thumbnail, the properties show
>> it as a pair. I can access the raw if needed, for most purposes the
>> jpg is sufficient.
>>
>> This is the only feature which prevents me switching over to Digikam.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kent
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Tim Burbank <timothy_burbank at my.uri.edu> wrote:
>>> My approach to grouping RAW images with associated JPEGs has been to use
>>> Group Selected By Time from the right-click contextual menu. It's usually
>>> pretty accurate, but can get confused if your photos are taken in rapid
>>> succession. You can determine which file shows up on top of the group by
>>> changing the sort order before grouping.
>>>
>>> The Python script looks nice, I'll have to give it a try.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim Burbank
>>> timburbank.com
>>>
>>> On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Jose Sabater Montes wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I use a Python script to group raw and normal pictures that are in the
>>> same album (same name but different extension). I have uploaded it here:
>>> https://gist.github.com/nudomarinero/af88acf44868a9e5bcdc
>>>
>>> It assumes that Digikam is using a SQlite database located in your home
>>> under "Pictures", but you can pass the option "-d" with the path to the
>>> database. Until now, I have not had any problem, but note that the
>>> script modifies the database directly and this is potentially dangerous.
>>> I would not use it while Digikam is open. The option "-n" is used to
>>> just check which files would be grouped without actually updating the
>>> database. Please use it at your own risk.
>>>
>>> It would be great to be able to do this kind of things from within
>>> Digikam in the future. Python plug-ins that can add functionality to
>>> Digikam. This is implemented already in other software like, for
>>> example, Gimp.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jose
>>>
>>> On 16/08/15 14:24, Axel Klein wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi *,
>>>
>>> My workflow includes a grouping of RAW and JPEG files after import.
>>> This is quite tedious and I would like to automize that.
>>> Is there a possibility to do so?
>>>
>>> Am I the only one who has this desire or are more people out there
>>> that wish to do that?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Axel
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