Bulk editing EXIF data (GPS and dates)?

[Thomas]

Hi Gilles,


Thanks!


> Don't forget to turn on the right metadata options to register date
> and GPS to exif, else only the database will be patched (the default):
> https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/metadata_settings.html#behavior-settings


So, while I was trying to figure this out myself, I also found this doc 
page. And it seems to me that enabling this setting is global for all of 
DK across all collections. This seems dangerous to me because I only 
want to have DK edit specific images. I do not want it to touch my 
photos in general.

Some years back (maybe 10+ years), I had a problem with DK accidentally 
adding metadata to all my photos (I think it was tags that got added) 
and it was a work to clean up manually.


Is there no way to keep the global setting of not having DK touch 
metadata except for specific photos?


Br

Thomas




On 01/09/2025 07.40, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes, it's possible to apply data and GPS information to a selection of
> images. Select items from the icon-view, open the Caption right
> sidebar and set the date. There is also a plugin to adjust time in
> tools menu, why a complete options to fix the date of items :
>
> https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/time_adjust.html
>
> For the GPS info, use the right plugin for that:
>
> https://docs.digikam.org/en/geolocation_editor.html
>
> Don't forget to turn on the right metadata options to register date
> and GPS to exif, else only the database will be patched (the default):
>
> https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/metadata_settings.html#behavior-settings
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le lun. 1 sept. 2025 à 07:33, Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Some of my older photos do not have EXIF data in the form of dates and GPS.
>>
>> I would like to add approximate dates and GPS location to these photos.
>>
>> I can do this from command-line using exiftool However, it would be
>> easier to pick and choose images using the DK GUI.
>>
>> Is it possible to use DK to bulk add/edit EXIF data?
>>
>>
>> Note: I only want to do this for specifically chosen photos - I do not
>> want DK to generally start modifying EXIF data on photos in my collection.
>>
>>
>> BR
>>
>> Thomas
>>