[digiKam-users] Bad, ok and I like it

[Remco Viëtor]

On mercredi 18 novembre 2020 13:13:00 CET Thomas D wrote:
> I have not really used  the colors og star ratings very much myself.
> However, I do consider start using them.
> But what I would like to use them for, I am not sure if it is possible.
> 
> For example, let's say I have been on some travel and taking a lot of
> pictures. Much of these  are either poor quality or just not interesting
> enough to show to other people.
> I would like a quick way of generating a slide show or an exported folder
> with copies or an HTML gallery with a compilation of the best photos in an
> album. Or maybe across multiple albums. Maybe for an entire year or
> something like that.
> 
> Is this possible with digikam?
> How would I go about doing this?
> Lets take the example that I want a copy of all the images with 5 star
> rating for a specific year in order to print these images. How would I do
> this with DK?

"Advanced search" allows you to select images on any combination of criteria 
you can think of (tags, dates, file names/types, ...).

However, in your particular case (best images for a given year), I'd use the 
left side-bar "timeline" (by year), with the right sidebar "filter". 

Remco