How to move a tag from an image file to make a DigiKam tag ?

[Maik Qualmann]

Take a look at the digiKam advanced metadata settings. Here you can select 
“Tags” in the ComboBox. The list s processed from top to bottom when digiKam 
reads the metadata from the image into the database. The first entry where 
metadata is present in the image will be adopted. So you have to move the 
entry that you change externally to the top position. But you also have an 
option box to include all metadata that digiKam knows (is in the list) and 
read it from the image. You have to decide what is best for your workflow.

By the way, you can also decide here which metadata tags digiKam should only 
write or read (it is even possible for read and write separately).

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2023, 02:13:35 CET schrieb plowmail2010 at gmail.com:
> Windows 7
> DigiKam 8.2.0
> SQLite
> 
> How do I set a DigiKam tag via an image file using exiftool?
> 
> When I set a tag value of "sky" with digiKam, exiftool shows the tag
> value in these fields:
> 
> IPTC
>    Keywords
>    Catalog Sets
> 
> XMP
>    Categories
>    Tags List
>    Last Keyword XMP
>    Hierarchical Subject
>    Subject
>    <Categories><Category Assigned="1">Sky</Category></Categories>
> 
> When I set those fields in the image file with exiftool, digiKam's
> Metadata display shows those fields, but the tag does not show up on the
> thumbnail display.
> Do I have to do something to get a tag from the image file into
> digiKam's database?
> 
> Bob