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

[Chris Green]

Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> 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)
> 
Ah, thanks, that was the sort of trick I was looking for! :-)  It'll
save me quite a lot of time (and swearing).

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Chris Green
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