[digiKam-users] Where/how to set 'Photograph Properties'?

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 08:16:15AM -0700, digikam at 911networks.com wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:52:24 +0100
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > I'm scanning some (more) slides and I want to set the camera and
> > film type in 'Photograph Properties' in the pop-up which appears
> > when you hover the mouse pointer over a thumbnail.
> > 
> > So I want a way that I can "Edit Metadata" for multiple images, just
> > selecting all the images and editing the metadata doesn't work, it
> > only sets the data for one image.
> 
> From: Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr>
> 
> What works for me:
>  - add the caption to one of the images, make sure it's applied
>  - select all the other images where you want to apply the same
> caption
>  - select the image where you have added the caption *this must be
> the active image*
> - now you will see the caption in the edit box. Do a small edit on
> it, e.g. add and remove a "." (dot)
> - apply the "edit", it should now be applied to all the selected
> images.
> 
Yes, this works for Caption/Description but you can't do the same with
Edit Metadata.  The things I want to change don't appear in the fields
on the right hand side like Caption/Description etc. do.

-- 
Chris Green