[digiKam-users] How to change the copyright of a 2000 images?

[Remco Viëtor]

On vendredi 2 août 2019 03:03:36 CEST digikam at 911networks.com wrote:
> DK 6.1.0 appimage.
> 
> I entered the wrong copyright right on a couple of thousands images.
> They are 2 albums. Very easy to identify.
> 
> Album > select the album > ctrl-a (select all) > menu: item > edit
> metadata but it only does it for 1 image at a time.
> 
> Do the change > apply > next:  2,000 times :(
> 
> Is there a simpler (less painful) way? Or do I have to grep/sed
> through the xmps and replace all the copyright notices.
> 

Have you tried creating and applying a metadata template with the corrected 
info? As that works from within Digikam, you might have less chance of getting 
the database and image metadata out of sync.

Remco