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

[Gilles Caulier]

The online doc can also help :

https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/metadata_settings.html#advanced-settings

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Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 7 déc. 2023 à 08:30, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> 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
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