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

[Andrew Goodbody]

I agree. It would be really nice if digikam could treat raw and jpeg as 
different versions of the same image.
I guess this should be filed as a wishlist item in the KDE bug system.

Andrew

On 18/08/15 22:28, Kent Tenney wrote:
> 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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