issue with time stamp image created with digikam editor

[Jay]

Hi all,

I save my images in folders by <year>, <month>, and <day-of-month>, and the filename, after modification and saving, is changed by appending _v1 or _v2 etc. to reflect that I've made changes to an image using the editor. This makes is very easy for me to manage my collection and keep related files together. I would not like to make such a change in approach, which also raises another question: If cropping a photo creates a "new" image, does the slightest change to an image also create a new image? Tweak the contrast only a little? I would say no, but a matter of opinion. Changing the modification date makes more sense to me.

I prefer the current structure, and thanks, Maik, for asking.

Best wishes,
Jay Rutherford


On Mon, Jan 29, 2024, at 15:20, leoutation at gmx.fr wrote:
> On 1/29/24 18:56, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> > Hmm, that's a matter of opinion. Cropping does not create a new image; it is a
> > derivative of the original.
> 
> I know most people need to crop their images because composition don't
> satisfy them, this is not my case.
> In art/photography world, "cropping" is used to change
> composition/framing, to create new images. It may totally change image
> sense that has nothing to do with original image. This is my case.
> Cropping date is needed, otherwise, i get problems when sorting these
> new images.
> 
> > If we changed this, I know we would get bug
> > reports from users who sort their images by date and now the changed image
> > doesn't appear next to the other.
> > What we could update would be a modification
> > date.
> May be an option  to timestamp cropping ?
> 
> > Let's see what other users think in this thread.
> >
> > Maik
> >
> > Am Montag, 29. Januar 2024, 17:56:42 CET schrieb leoutation at gmx.fr:
> >> Hi
> >> Here is the problem:
> >> I crop image "A" to get new/different image "B".  I see this
> >> new/different image "B" keeps same original image "A" time stamp even
> >> though "B" is a new/different image. Time stamp should be new image
> >> creation date, not old original image.
> >> Is it a bug or a feature?
> >> Conditions:
> >> digikam git version
> >> external mysql db
> >> xmp metadata
> >> digikam settings:
> >> - Metadata -> behavior -> only "image tags" checked
> >> - Sidecars  -> write to sidecar file
> >>                  -> write to item and XMP sidecars
> >>
> >> --
> >> Maderios
> 
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