how to add copyright in RAW

[Maik Qualmann]

The BQM tool for applying metadata templates does not work in digiKam-8.4.0. 
It is fixed in the upcoming digiKam-8.5.0.
Use the apply metadata templates in the right sidebar in the Caption tab.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 13. November 2024, 19:21:49 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb 
frederic chaume:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to include the tool "apply metadata template" in an existing
> batch to be run on a jpeg in order to add a copyright , but seems the
> copyright is not added in the jpeg
> 
> 
> In the template I just set the copyright field and I was expecting to
> see it in the metadata (using the metadata menu from the right sidebar)
> 
> Did I miss something?
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> frederic
> 
> Le 07/11/2024 à 19:45, frederic chaume a écrit :
> > thanks Maik
> > that's perfect, Raw file is not modified (same date than before
> > running the BQM) and the XMP has been updated with new metadata
> > 
> > good evening
> > 
> > Frederic
> > 
> > Le 07/11/2024 à 18:39, Maik Qualmann a écrit :
> >> In the BQM in the Behavior tab there is an option whether a new file
> >> should be
> >> created or whether it should be overwritten.
> >> 
> >> Maik
> >> 
> >> Am Donnerstag, 7. November 2024, 13:09:22 Mitteleuropäische
> >> Normalzeit schrieb
> >> 
> >> frederic chaume:
> >>> one correction,
> >>>    in fact  using tools "edit metadata" doesn't create a new RAW
> >>> version,
> >>> but as this is not manageable to update it manualy I used BQM to update
> >>> metadata and when running it  BQM is creating a new RAW version
> >>> 
> >>> regards
> >>> 
> >>> frederic
> >>> 
> >>> Le 07/11/2024 à 12:27, frederic chaume a écrit :
> >>>> Fully agree not to write into Raw files, but for example when I apply
> >>>> geotag in a raw file , only XMP is updated and no new version of the
> >>>> RAW s created.
> >>>> Was hopping to do the same for metadata ?
> >>>> 
> >>>> and during import , such operation would conduct to automaticaly
> >>>> create an XMP with such information ?
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Regards
> >>>> Frederic
> >>>> 
> >>>> Le 07/11/2024 à 12:09, Remco Viëtor a écrit :
> >>>>> On jeudi 7 novembre 2024 11:09:23 CET frederic chaume wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi all
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> some of my camera can be configured with copyrights information in
> >>>>>> parameters and then RAW are imported with such information included,
> >>>>>> but
> >>>>>> some not
> >>>>>> So I wanted to update RAW in DK when missing. I found the tools
> >>>>>> "Edit
> >>>>>> metadata" that make the job, but it creates a new version of the RAW
> >>>>>> file
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Is there another way to update the metadata of the RAW without
> >>>>>> creating
> >>>>>> a new version ? is there a way to update it during import for
> >>>>>> example ?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> thanks for your help
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> frederic
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Several programs are quite reluctant to write to RAW files, as a
> >>>>> slight error
> >>>>> can make the file unreadable. Apparently, even camera makers get it
> >>>>> wrong
> >>>>> sometimes for their own files and programs...
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> That said, programs like Exiftool and Exiv2 allow you to modify
> >>>>> RAW file
> >>>>> metadata. I'm not sure if that also works when you change the lenght
> >>>>> of a
> >>>>> string, but that you can try on a small selection (of copied files!).
> >>>>> As the copyright tag seems to be an EXIF tag (and not a makernote
> >>>>> tag), your
> >>>>> chances of this working should be good.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Of course, as digikam seems unwilling to write to your RAWs, updating
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> copyright while importing may not be possible.