[digiKam-users] Complete newb need help

[Maik Qualmann]

digiKam Albums is the same as the folder structure on your hard drive. A 
collection in digiKam is therefore a higher-level folder in which images and 
sub-folders are located. So you don't necessarily have to import images, you 
can simply copy the images into your images folder, create subdirectories 
according to events or dates, as you like. digiKam will then find all images 
at startup if the digiKam collection points to this folder and will display 
the albums / folders and images after a while. digiKam does not move images 
into the database, but rather scans only the metadata of the images and adds 
them to the database. 

Maik

Am Samstag, 31. Juli 2021, 07:58:57 CEST schrieb Gr8fulmomma h:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm completely new to Digikam and computers set up in general.  This is my
> first time setting up a computer actually.
> 
> I have a new computer that had zero photos on it yet.  I opened dk and told
> it to import the photos.  It is importing them to a folder named digikam in
> my "this pc" in the file explorer.  I think that maybe I was supposed to
> import them from my card to a folder(s) under pictures then import to dk so
> I don't have one huge, unorganized folder with tens of thousands of images
> but maybe not.  Could someone please confirm If ALL of my photos just go in
> one file or if I need to delete them and import into pictures then import
> into digikam?
> 
> It doesn't seem to cover it in the documentation and I didn't find it in
> FAQ either.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Jenn