Face tags problem

[Philip Tuckey]

I suggest using a copy of the images, as I would worry that in messing around one could accidentally overwrite the tags that are there now.

On 25 January 2018 12:00:29 CET, Philip Tuckey <philtuckey at free.fr> wrote:
>Your original message says the tags are found when checking the
>metadata of a photo. Depending on how this check was done, it suggests
>the tags ARE saved in the images. In that case it should be possible to
>reload them into the db by using the relevant Image or Album menu item.
>Philip
>
>On 23 January 2018 09:57:04 CET, Dmitri Popov <lazylegs at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>Ah, makes sense. Thank you for your reply.
>>
>>Best,
>>Dmitri
>>
>>On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 4:40 PM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> He probably did not check the box "write face tagging" into the
>files
>>in
>>> Metadata settings Behavior tab. I think the only way to restore the
>>data
>>> now is to find that database digikam4.db file.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Dmitri Popov <lazylegs at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 2018-01-22 6:40 AM (GMT-07:00)
>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with
>the
>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>> Subject: Face tags problem
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> A colleague of mine approached me with the following question:
>>>
>>> ---
>>> I run digikam quite a while, and I did some face tagging.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, with an upgrade I lost existing face tags (or more
>>> precisely the face root). When I check the meta data of a picture it
>>> says face tag a/b/c but I don't have it in the digicam face
>>hierarchy.
>>>
>>> Any idea how to debug? Any idea how to import face data from the
>meta
>>> data of the pictures?
>>> ---
>>>
>>> I don't use the face tagging functionality, so I have no idea how to
>>solve
>>> this. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Dmitri
>>>
>
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