[digiKam-users] Is changing the date of a photo a destructive process?

[Stefan Mueller]

can anyone explain why there isn't any 'open with' in digikam win64?

2018-03-08 9:18 GMT+01:00 Jack Marxer <jmarxer at gmail.com>:

> I also liked the previous method of renaming files better than using the
> BQM. It clearly displayed the results before commiting changes.
>
> Jack Marxer
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Marie-Noëlle Augendre <
> mnaugendre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I liked better the previous process, outside the BQM. It could be used on
>> a selection, displayed a preview of the new date before update and - of
>> course - acted on the original picture.
>>
>> I don't understand why it had been incorporated in the BQM, it is much
>> less convenient.
>>
>> Marie-Noëlle
>>
>> 2018-03-07 18:50 GMT+01:00 Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> The BQM needs a target file. If there are no image editing tools in the
>>> tool
>>> list, a copy is made from the source file and no changes are made to the
>>> image
>>> data. Even overwrite mode to the target file is safe.
>>>
>>> Maik
>>>
>>> Am Mittwoch, 7. März 2018, 16:54:30 CET schrieb woenx:
>>> > Hi again,
>>> >
>>> > I have been doing some tests, comparing images before and after the
>>> date was
>>> > changed in the Batch Queue Manager using an image comparer (
>>> > http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Othe
>>> rs/Image-Compare
>>> > r.shtml
>>> > <http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Oth
>>> ers/Image-Compa
>>> > rer.shtml> )
>>> >
>>> > The file generated after a date change is identical to the original,
>>> not a
>>> > single pixel was changed. File size is different due to changes in the
>>> > metadata, but that's it.
>>> >
>>> > As a comparison, I tried to open and save the same JPG picture using
>>> > Microsoft Paint, and the image comparer found lots of differences to
>>> the
>>> > original.
>>> >
>>> > Therefore, I conclude that changing the date in digikam is a lossless
>>> > process.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > PS: now, if only the date changing process were more intuitive in
>>> digikam...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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