Edit meta data for many files

[Noeck]

Hi,

I would like to add meta data to my images – for instance, the place
where a picture was taken. For a single image that works with the menu
entry "Edit metadata". But for many images, the batch queue manager only
allows me to apply a template.

I have about 200 places and 50 photographers. That makes several
thousands of combinations for meta data and I can't make a template for
each of them.

Is there a way to change meta data fields for many images as easy as I
can write a caption or title? Or do I have to do it myself outside
Digikam e.g. with exiftool?

Thanks in advance for any pointer how to mass-edit metadata!

Joram

[AndriusWild]

Hello

You can use either the tags tree:

https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-sidebar.html#using-sidebar-captions (scroll down to Tags Tree tab)

Or the geolocation editor:
https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/tool-geolocation.html#tool-geolocationeditor

Thanks,

Alexis Goreev

On Sep 24, 2017, at 7:12 AM, Noeck <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,

I would like to add meta data to my images – for instance, the place
where a picture was taken. For a single image that works with the menu
entry "Edit metadata". But for many images, the batch queue manager only
allows me to apply a template.

I have about 200 places and 50 photographers. That makes several
thousands of combinations for meta data and I can't make a template for
each of them.

Is there a way to change meta data fields for many images as easy as I
can write a caption or title? Or do I have to do it myself outside
Digikam e.g. with exiftool?

Thanks in advance for any pointer how to mass-edit metadata!

Joram

[Noeck]

Perhaps my question was not precise enough. My pictures are already
geo-localized and I have tags for both authors and places. But I want to
fill the correct EXIF/IPTC/XMP fields with author, copyright, place,
country etc.

So I would like to select all pictures tagged with author "John Doe" and
write "John Doe" into the author metadata field and "© 2017 John Doe"
into the copyright field.

Then I would like to select all pictures from Munich (they already have
a tag) and write "Munich" into the Place field and DEU Germany into the
country field.

That's the feature I am looking for.

Cheers,
Joram

Am 24.09.2017 um 15:36 schrieb Andrey Goreev:

> Hello
>
> You can use either the tags tree:
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-sidebar.html#using-sidebar-captions (scroll
> down to Tags Tree tab)
> Or the geolocation editor:
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/tool-geolocation.html#tool-geolocationeditor
>
> Thanks,
> *Alexis Goreev*

[AndriusWild]

I am pretty sure there is a corresponding tab in the right panel.

I don't use that feature but I have seen it for sure.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Noeck <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-24 7:46 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: [hidden email]

Subject: Re: Edit meta data for many files

Perhaps my question was not precise enough. My pictures are already
geo-localized and I have tags for both authors and places. But I want to
fill the correct EXIF/IPTC/XMP fields with author, copyright, place,
country etc.

So I would like to select all pictures tagged with author "John Doe" and
write "John Doe" into the author metadata field and "© 2017 John Doe"
into the copyright field.

Then I would like to select all pictures from Munich (they already have
a tag) and write "Munich" into the Place field and DEU Germany into the
country field.

That's the feature I am looking for.

Cheers,
Joram

Am 24.09.2017 um 15:36 schrieb Andrey Goreev:

> Hello
>
> You can use either the tags tree:
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-sidebar.html#using-sidebar-captions (scroll
> down to Tags Tree tab)
> Or the geolocation editor:
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/tool-geolocation.html#tool-geolocationeditor
>
> Thanks,
> *Alexis Goreev*

[hajo]

You could filter all your photos by a tag, e.g. John Doe, then select all and type the photographer's name. But with 200 places and 50 photographers that will take you a while...

And yes, I'd probably revert to the command line for such a job. Depending on your tag structure a script or maybe exiftool could possibly copy a tag's content to a meta field automagically.

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:34 AM, Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]> wrote:

I am pretty sure there is a corresponding tab in the right panel.

I don't use that feature but I have seen it for sure.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Noeck <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-24 7:46 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: [hidden email]

Subject: Re: Edit meta data for many files

Perhaps my question was not precise enough. My pictures are already
geo-localized and I have tags for both authors and places. But I want to
fill the correct EXIF/IPTC/XMP fields with author, copyright, place,
country etc.

So I would like to select all pictures tagged with author "John Doe" and
write "John Doe" into the author metadata field and "© 2017 John Doe"
into the copyright field.

Then I would like to select all pictures from Munich (they already have
a tag) and write "Munich" into the Place field and DEU Germany into the
country field.

That's the feature I am looking for.

Cheers,
Joram

Am 24.09.2017 um 15:36 schrieb Andrey Goreev:

> Hello
>
> You can use either the tags tree:
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-sidebar.html#using-sidebar-captions (scroll
> down to Tags Tree tab)
> Or the geolocation editor:
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/tool-geolocation.html#tool-geolocationeditor
>
> Thanks,
> *Alexis Goreev*

[Simon Frei]

It might not be the only option, but as far as I know batch editing
metadata is only possible by using templates. This means creating an
approriate template in the configuration wizard and then applying it in
the batch queue manager.


On 24/09/17 15:46, Noeck wrote:

> Perhaps my question was not precise enough. My pictures are already
> geo-localized and I have tags for both authors and places. But I want to
> fill the correct EXIF/IPTC/XMP fields with author, copyright, place,
> country etc.
>
> So I would like to select all pictures tagged with author "John Doe" and
> write "John Doe" into the author metadata field and "© 2017 John Doe"
> into the copyright field.
>
> Then I would like to select all pictures from Munich (they already have
> a tag) and write "Munich" into the Place field and DEU Germany into the
> country field.
>
> That's the feature I am looking for.
>
> Cheers,
> Joram
>
> Am 24.09.2017 um 15:36 schrieb Andrey Goreev:
>> Hello
>>
>> You can use either the tags tree:
>> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-sidebar.html#using-sidebar-captions (scroll
>> down to Tags Tree tab)
>> Or the geolocation editor:
>> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/tool-geolocation.html#tool-geolocationeditor
>>
>> Thanks,
>> *Alexis Goreev*

[Noeck]

I will write my own python tool then which reads the tags from the
database and writes the meta data via the exiftool.

Cheers,
Joram


> It might not be the only option, but as far as I know batch editing
> metadata is only possible by using templates. This means creating an
> approriate template in the configuration wizard and then applying it in
> the batch queue manager.