[digiKam-users] Is there an easy way to copy metadata to several images having entered it for one?

[Remco Viëtor]

On mercredi 29 septembre 2021 09:44:10 CEST Gerhard Hoogterp wrote:
> On dinsdag 28 september 2021 20:57:04 CEST Chris Green wrote:
> > So, is there an easy way to copy Caption and Description to several
> > more images?  Yes, I know I can select the text, then select all the
> > destination images and then paste the text but is there a handier way?
> 
> Select the images and just start typing? afaik that just does the trick.
> Same for tags and other metadata.
> 
> Gerhard

And if you already have a description/caption for one of the images, 
just select the destination images, *then* add the one with the text to the 
selection, and make a small modification (text will start grayed out, turn 
white after adding e.g. a space), then click apply. All images will now have 
the fields you modified filled out. Any field you didn't touch stays 
unchanged.

This also works for things like keywords and ratings.

Again, make sure that the image containing the text you want to copy is added 
to the selection *last* (if not, you won't see the text you expect)

Remco