[Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 118, Issue 4

Mon Mar 9 16:09:01 GMT 2015

Is it worth trying Exiftool ( http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
) as this programme runs in Windows as well as Linux. It may allow you to
see how all the metadata is stored.

On 9 March 2015 at 14:42, Heikki Rekki <heikkirekki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Thanks to all!
> I suppose, that Francis "solved" my problem. I had used ACDSee from
> version 8 and now I use ACDSeePro 7. Version 10 (if I remember correct)
> ACDSee begin to embed properties into the files itself. I see that like
> this: I burn some foto files to cd rom disk without any database. Only .JPG
> file OR both .RAW files and .XMP files. Then I go and read cd with another
> computer, where I have installed ACDSee program. Then I give command
> Catalog files and ACDSee reads all properties from my files and put them in
> its own database. Also sutch properties, whitch are not in the database
> formerly.
> But I use, ofcourse, hierarcical categories, for instance Rekki (my family
> name)/Heikki (my foname), Marjatta (my wife)... and so on. In windows I
> didn't find any of these categories, no in .jpg files or in .raw and .xmp
> files (Yes, both of yhem are in sama folder with the same filename.) I
> couldn't see top categiry (Rekki) or subcategorie (Rekke/Heikki).
> If the truth is this, as Farcis sade, it is impossible to me to change
> Windos to Linux, and that is very pity.[?]
> Heikki
>
> 2015-03-09 14:00 GMT+02:00 <digikam-users-request at kde.org>:
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>>    1. DigiKam and ACDSee (Heikki Rekki)
>>    2. Re: DigiKam and ACDSee (Johannes Kapune)
>>    3. Re: DigiKam and ACDSee (Gilles Caulier)
>>    4. Re: DigiKam and ACDSee (Francis Corvin)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 15:16:48 +0200
>> From: Heikki Rekki <heikkirekki at gmail.com>
>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>> Subject: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
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>> I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on photos
>> that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want to
>> change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee metadata
>> (
>> all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all properties into
>> photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in Windows).
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>> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:55:04 +0100
>> From: Johannes Kapune <listen at kapune.de>
>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
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>> Hi Heikki,
>>
>> if ACDSee really embeds all properties into photos than my experience is
>> that DigiKam will show them.
>>
>> So what special metadata do you searching for?
>>
>> You are sure that ACDSee does not store this data in a database outside
>> of photos? You try to read all metadata inside DoigiKam from all your
>> photos?
>>
>> Johannes
>>
>> Am 08.03.2015 um 14:16 schrieb Heikki Rekki:
>> > I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on photos
>> > that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want to
>> > change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee
>> > metadata ( all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all
>> > properties into photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in
>> Windows).
>> > Heikki
>> >
>> >
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 17:50:03 +0100
>> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>         power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
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>> I'm sure to have already hacked this kind of situation with ACDSee.
>>
>> At least, please share some image to check if metadata are imported in
>> digiKam.
>>
>> Note : there are 3 situations possible :
>>
>> 1/ information from ACDSee are stored in image file metadata.
>> 2/ information from ACDSee are stored in XMP sidecar.
>> 3/ information from ACDSee are stored in database.
>>
>> Only 1/ and 2/ are manageable by digiKam for interroperability. Do not
>> ask me to import this information from a private database.
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2015-03-08 16:55 GMT+01:00 Johannes Kapune <listen at kapune.de>:
>> > Hi Heikki,
>> >
>> > if ACDSee really embeds all properties into photos than my experience is
>> > that DigiKam will show them.
>> >
>> > So what special metadata do you searching for?
>> >
>> > You are sure that ACDSee does not store this data in a database outside
>> of
>> > photos? You try to read all metadata inside DoigiKam from all your
>> photos?
>> >
>> > Johannes
>> >
>> > Am 08.03.2015 um 14:16 schrieb Heikki Rekki:
>> >>
>> >> I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on photos
>> >> that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want to
>> >> change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee
>> >> metadata ( all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all
>> >> properties into photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in
>> >> Windows).
>> >> Heikki
>> >>
>> >>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 21:14:02 +0000
>> From: Francis Corvin <francis_ at gmx.net>
>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>         power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] DigiKam and ACDSee
>> Message-ID: <54FCBB9A.10701 at gmx.net>
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>> ACDSee keeps metadata in its proprietary database by default. However,
>> it has a command to embed them in picture files. So overall this should
>> be doable.
>>
>> The only issue is whether some tags are used for the same purpose in
>> DigiKam and ACDSee. In particular, ACDSee uses hierarchical
>> categories---one of the most interesting features about ACDSee. Since no
>> metadata model allows for this as standard, they use a fudge that I
>> would not expect any other software to read. On a large collection, that
>> would be a tedious manual process, unless you were good at scripting a
>> text parser.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Francis
>>
>>
>> On 2015-03-08 16:50, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>> > <pre wrap>
>> > I'm sure to have already hacked this kind of situation with ACDSee.
>> >
>> > At least, please share some image to check if metadata are imported in
>> digiKam.
>> >
>> > Note : there are 3 situations possible :
>> >
>> > 1/ information from ACDSee are stored in image file metadata.
>> > 2/ information from ACDSee are stored in XMP sidecar.
>> > 3/ information from ACDSee are stored in database.
>> >
>> > Only 1/ and 2/ are manageable by digiKam for interroperability. Do not
>> > ask me to import this information from a private database.
>> >
>> > Gilles Caulier
>> >
>> > 2015-03-08 16:55 GMT+01:00 Johannes Kapune <listen at kapune.de>:
>> > </pre><blockquote type=cite><pre wrap>
>> > Hi Heikki,
>> >
>> > if ACDSee really embeds all properties into photos than my experience is
>> > that DigiKam will show them.
>> >
>> > So what special metadata do you searching for?
>> >
>> > You are sure that ACDSee does not store this data in a database outside
>> of
>> > photos? You try to read all metadata inside DoigiKam from all your
>> photos?
>> >
>> > Johannes
>> >
>> > Am 08.03.2015 um 14:16 schrieb Heikki Rekki:
>> > </pre><blockquote type=cite><pre wrap>
>> >
>> > I have used ACDSeePro fewmyears now and I have some thousands on photos
>> > that I have cataloged there. ACDSee bites me in Windows and I want to
>> > change to Linux users. Is there any possibility to import ACDSee
>> > metadata ( all database properties) into DigiKam? ACDSee embeds all
>> > properties into photos, but I couldn't import them to DigiKam (in
>> > Windows).
>> > Heikki
>> >
>> >
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