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

[NeiNei]

There is an "open with" option in DigiKam on Linux.
For the Windows (and later the MacOSX) version, there is a feature 
request where Gilles has been working on it a few days ago. See: 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380065
However, for the most recent status of the feature request Gilles may 
provide some explanations.

NeiNei

On 09.03.2018 09:17, Stefan Mueller wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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-Others/Image-Compare
>             <http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/Image-Compare>
>              > r.shtml
>              >
>             <http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/Image-Compa
>             <http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/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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