Digikam + darktable

[digikam at sritch.com]

Thank you very much. I will try that later tonight and see I get it
going.

How does DK deal with the XMP changes after the edit?



On Sat, 17 May 2025 17:02:26 +0000
Michael Miller <michael_miller at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Since I don’t use darktable as my DAM, I modified the darktablerc
> file to store the darktable database in memory, which means it is
> created when I start darktable and deleted when darktable exits.
> This prevents new collections from being created.I don’t know if
> this is what you want as it completely disables the darktable DB,
> but look for the line in your darktablerc file that starts with
> database=.  Mine now says database=:memory: 
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike
> 
> > On May 17, 2025, at 11:30 AM, 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?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > -- 
> > sknahT
> > 
> > vyS  
> 


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