Import pictures from PC folder into Digikam album

[Maik Qualmann]

You need to add the temporary folder as a collection in digiKam Settings-> 
Collections.
Then the folder will appear in the left sidebar under Albums. If you are 
externally importing the images into the temp folder and digiKam is running, 
you may need to use "F5" to refresh the temp album in digiKam.
Images can also be easily imported with copy/paste.

Maik

Am Freitag, 31. März 2023, 01:47:03 CEST schrieb Darren:
> I have searched the documentation, FAQs and the last few months of the
> Digikam-users archives to find the answer but I couldn't, hence this thread.
> 
> 
> I am trying to import pictures from a PC folder (all pictures in the one
> temp folder - this is a copy of my DCIM folder from my phone) into my
> Digikam collection/album which is stored in another PC folder with
> year/month/date subfolder structure. I only have one album.
> 
> The problem is that I have to browse to my temp folder ***every*** time
> I import "add images". I am sure that some time ago in the browse window
> I had 2 pre-selected folders in the left hand side. Now I only have one.
> I think it might have been a "camera folder" but disappeared when I
> deleted my camera folders (which are PC folders and not real cameras). I
> would like to add my temp folder to the list of pre-defined folders so
> that I don't have to browse into a fairly nested folder structure.
> 
> I had this problem in 7.9.0 and I am still having the same problem in
> the latest 8.0.0 pre-release.
> 
> 
> My intended workflow is
> 
>  1. Connect phone to PC
>  2. Copy all new pictures to temporary PC folder
>  3. Using Windows File Explorer I look at the pictures in the temp
>     folder and delete pictures that I don't like
>  4. Import the temp folder pictures into my Digikam album using
>     "Import-->Add Images..."
>  5. Delete files from phone that are not in Digikam
> 
> 
> Under Settings->Devices I tried to "Add..." my temp folder by filling in
> the "Camera Title" and "Camera Mount Path" to the temp folder. I have
> setting "Camera Port Type" to nothing selected and also with USB
> selected. At the "Devices" tab I now have my 2 "camera" settings with
> titles, model=<blank>,port=usb: on one and blank on the other,
> path=<temp folder> on both. I cannot resize the columns and the path
> field only shows the first 50 characters or so and ends in "..." so I
> can't confirm the full path. At the "Devices" tab if I select one of my
> "temp folder camera" entries and select "Edit..." I do not get my
> original fields to edit, but instead the fields are all blank. Not sure
> if that is another bug
> 
> Under Settings-->Configure digiKam...-->Camera-->Behaviour I have ticked
> "Use a default target album to download from camera" and selected the
> root album (which has year folders underneath).
> 
> 
> I tried Import-->Cameras-->select either one of my "camera temp folder"
> entries but both show "Failed to connect to the camera. Please make sure
> it is connected properly and turned on" with a "Retry" button.
> 
> 
> I finally got things working by Import-->Add Images...-->browse to the
> temp folder in the popup "Select Folder to Parse - digiKam"-->select a
> few files from different dates-->Download-->Download Selected. However,
> I always have to browse to the temp folder. I can't seem to get it to
> remember this folder as a favourite on the left hand side.
> 
> For reference, in the "Add Images" window clicking Device->Information
> shows the following...
> 
>     "Mounted Camera" driver for USB/IEEE1394 mass storage cameras and
>     Flash disk card readers.
> 
> 
>     Title: "Images found in C:/Users/<snipped-for-privacy>/Copied from
>     cameras and phones for Digikam/Mobile Phone"
> 
>     Model: "directory browse"
> 
>     Port: "Fixed"
> 
>     Path: "C:/Users/<snipped-for-privacy>/Copied from cameras and phones
>     for Digikam/Mobile Phone"
> 
>     UUID: "52962483"
> 
> 
>     Thumbnails: "yes"
> 
>     Capture image: "no"
> 
>     Delete items: "yes"
> 
>     Upload items: "yes"
> 
>     Create directories: "yes"
> 
>     Delete directories: "yes"
> 
> The Settings tab on the right hand side says...
> 
>     File Renaming Options
> 
>         Camera filenames
> 
>     Auto-creation of Albums
> 
>         Date-based sub-albums
> 
>         Date format: Custom
> 
>         yyyy/yyyy-MM-dd
> 
>     <everything else blank>
> 
> When I select "Download Selected" my selected pictures are copied into
> my album with year/year-month-day folders and are imported correctly.
> 
> I hope I have described everything that might have an influence on this
> issue.
> 
> 
> Thanks for reading and any help
> 
> Darren