Tags and labels are not synchronised between photo versions

[Andrey Goreev]

I usually use "exiftool -TagsFromFile" to copy tags from one file to
another.
I think if exiv2 has a similar function digiKam we some code tweaks could
do it automatically.
If it is not already implemented it sounds like a good wishlist item in
bugzilla to me.

Best regards,

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Simon Metcalfe <simonmet22 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> In Digikam I use tags to create 'Albums' of related photos from a number
> of folders, much like how Albums used to work in Picasa.
>
> It's normal that I might go back and re edit an image slightly, and in the
> case of Digikam this usually means deleting the '_v1' file and editing
> again.  I've realised however that tags and labels are not synchronised
> between each version of an image, which causes some problems.
>
> E.g. if you tag or star an image then create a version of it, the tag/star
> will carry over to the new version.  But if you remove the star or add
> another tag after an edit is made, only the latest version will be updated
> with the these changes.
>
> Therefore if you delete a version (e.g. because you want to make it
> better) this reverts your tags and labels to how they were in the previous
> version, and thus the image tags, star rating etc. may change without you
> knowing.
>
> Maybe I'm used to Picasa where edits are handled independently of tags and
> labels, but it makes sense to me that if I tag a photo, and it always stay
> tagged regardless of what edits are made.
>
> Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
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