Update images when external file is created

Erick Moreno erickmoreno at gmail.com
Sat Jul 22 02:16:16 BST 2017


I marked "Rescan file when files are modified" but nothing changed. I still
need to press F5 to see the new file inside digikam.

What I really whant is a way to "Find new items" without rebuild all
thumbnails. I'm the only one with this issue?

Thank you guys.

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it is in Settings in Metadata.
>
> It's same section where Lazy synchronization is.
>
> Sorry I am not in front of my computer right now.
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Erick Moreno <erickmoreno at gmail.com>
> Date: 2017-07-21 3:32 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: Update images when external file is created
>
> Andrey,
>
> Where can I find "Rescan after changes were made" checkbox??
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Erick Moreno <erickmoreno at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I forgot this informations
>>
>> Ubuntu 17.04 using 5.6 appimage.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What OS you are on?
>>> Also I think the checkbox "Rescan after changes were made" will help.
>>>
>>> I recall having same problems in Windows long time ago but I don't think
>>> it happens on Linux. Or maybe my workflow just changed...
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Erick Moreno <erickmoreno at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 2017-07-21 2:52 PM (GMT-07:00)
>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>> Subject: Update images when external file is created
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> My workflow includes some editions using external programs (usualy gimp)
>>> while I'm selecting and rating images.
>>>
>>> The problem is, when I save a new file from the external editor on the
>>> same folder I'm working, digikam don't recognize this image imediatly (like
>>> it does when I create a new file using showphoto). I need to press F5 to
>>> force digikam to rebuild ALL thumbs and finally be able to tag or do any
>>> work with the new file inside Digikam.
>>>
>>> When working on folders with many (2k) imagens, this task takes some
>>> minutes in my machine and is really annoing.
>>>
>>> So, there is any faster way to make Digikam recognize new image inside
>>> the folder I'm working? Why is so different create a new file with showfoto
>>> and any other external program?
>>>
>>> Thank you guys.
>>>
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>>
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