Image Editor losing metadata

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi Nadine,

Which digiKam version did you install ? 8.1.0 is a test rolling
release updated each week.

This is important as this kind of bug has been fixed recently.

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le dim. 2 juil. 2023 à 03:03, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net> a écrit :
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> I've encountered a situation with DigiKam 8.1.0 on my Windows 10 desktop system that I suspect is a bug. On photos that were taken with my iPhone as .jpg files that I transferred to the computer & wish to convert to .tiff files, I am losing the metadata.
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> My process in DigiKam is:
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> add the missing metadata (artist, description, some device details, lighting, etc.)
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> save the changes
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> open the file in the image editor
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> select the entire image, crop to selection
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> save the changes as a .tiff file
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> Close the editor
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> I've included screenshots that show the metadata from the original .jpg file & the .tiff file created by the image editor for two images. It is interesting that the first image I did this procedure with did NOT lose the metadata. Only the second & third. The first 2 screenshots are for the first image; the last 2 are for the second image.
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> Is this a bug? Is there a different way for me to accomplish my objective? Has anyone else encountered the same thing?
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> As always, thank you for all of your help,
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> Nadine