Digikam + darktable

[Remco Viëtor]

On samedi 17 mai 2025 17:30:43 heure d’été d’Europe centrale 
digikam at sritch.com wrote:
> This question is directed to MIchael Miller which I think is
> michmill1970 on Reddit/r/darktable but other people can also
> help/answer :)
> 
> You mentioned on reddit:
> > First, I'll admit I'm biased because I'm a digiKam dev, but I use
> >
> >digiKam as my DAM, and DT as my editor.
> 
> When I open an image from DK into DT, it creates a new collection in
> DT. Doing that for 45 images (one at a time) ==> 45 new collections
> that I will never use again.
> 
> How to make DK create always the same collection? or even better no
> collection, just the develop module?
Why not import a whole album (==folder!) from digikam as a collection in 
darktable? I basically use Digikam for first screening, tagging and 
captioning, then the rest is done in darktable.

Dt's search capabilities are enough for me, but I don't like the interface for 
metadata entry...

Remco