Write tags to file

[Craig and Ellen Lindholm-2]

Hello Everybody.

Just getting started with DigiKam and working with tags. At first I had the settings set to save tags to the file, but as I have reorganized stuff, I found that I was modifying the files repeatedly as I changed tags (which is a bad thing with JPEG). I would like to leave the tags in the database, and then periodically write the tags to the image file. I tried the item "Synchronize Images with Database" but nothing happens.

Does any do it this way, or am I clueless?


Thanks

Craig



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[Gilles Caulier-4]

2008/5/17 Craig and Ellen Lindholm <[hidden email]>:
> Hello Everybody.
>
> Just getting started with DigiKam and working with tags. At first I had the
> settings set to save tags to the file, but as I have reorganized stuff, I
> found that I was modifying the files repeatedly as I changed tags (which is
> a bad thing with JPEG).

Only metadata are changed, not image data... metadata are stored in a
dedicated section in JPEG.

Gilles Caulier
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[Liam O'Boyle-3]

Hi Craig,

I have something of the opposite problem; I have changed the GPS tags of
my images, but can't make it write them to the original file.  Where are
these settings you modified to save the tags to the file?

Thanks,
Liam

On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 07:54 -0700, Craig and Ellen Lindholm wrote:

> Hello Everybody.
>
> Just getting started with DigiKam and working with tags. At first I
> had the settings set to save tags to the file, but as I have
> reorganized stuff, I found that I was modifying the files repeatedly
> as I changed tags (which is a bad thing with JPEG). I would like to
> leave the tags in the database, and then periodically write the tags
> to the image file. I tried the item "Synchronize Images with Database"
> but nothing happens.
>
> Does any do it this way, or am I clueless?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Craig
>
>
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[Gerhard Kulzer-3]

On Sunday 18 May 2008 Liam O'Boyle wrote:
> Hi Craig,
>
> I have something of the opposite problem; I have changed the GPS tags of
> my images, but can't make it write them to the original file.  Where are
> these settings you modified to save the tags to the file?
>
You find them under Settings->Configure digiKam->Metadata

regards
Gerhard

> Thanks,
> Liam
>
> On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 07:54 -0700, Craig and Ellen Lindholm wrote:
> > Hello Everybody.
> >
> > Just getting started with DigiKam and working with tags. At first I
> > had the settings set to save tags to the file, but as I have
> > reorganized stuff, I found that I was modifying the files repeatedly
> > as I changed tags (which is a bad thing with JPEG). I would like to
> > leave the tags in the database, and then periodically write the tags
> > to the image file. I tried the item "Synchronize Images with Database"
> > but nothing happens.
> >
> > Does any do it this way, or am I clueless?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Digikam-users mailing list
> > [hidden email]
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
>

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[Liam O'Boyle-3]

Thanks Gerhard,

Unfortunately there are not any settings their to save the GPS tags, at
least not on my version (Debian).

Regards,
Liam

On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 10:08 +0200, Gerhard Kulzer wrote:

> On Sunday 18 May 2008 Liam O'Boyle wrote:
> > Hi Craig,
> >
> > I have something of the opposite problem; I have changed the GPS tags of
> > my images, but can't make it write them to the original file.  Where are
> > these settings you modified to save the tags to the file?
> >
> You find them under Settings->Configure digiKam->Metadata
>
> regards
> Gerhard
>
> > Thanks,
> > Liam
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 07:54 -0700, Craig and Ellen Lindholm wrote:
> > > Hello Everybody.
> > >
> > > Just getting started with DigiKam and working with tags. At first I
> > > had the settings set to save tags to the file, but as I have
> > > reorganized stuff, I found that I was modifying the files repeatedly
> > > as I changed tags (which is a bad thing with JPEG). I would like to
> > > leave the tags in the database, and then periodically write the tags
> > > to the image file. I tried the item "Synchronize Images with Database"
> > > but nothing happens.
> > >
> > > Does any do it this way, or am I clueless?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Craig
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
> >
>
>
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[Craig and Ellen Lindholm-2]

So does that mean the image is not degraded if I change the tags?

Craig

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:

2008/5/17 Craig and Ellen Lindholm <[hidden email]>:

> Hello Everybody.
>
> Just getting started with DigiKam and working with tags. At first I had the
> settings set to save tags to the file, but as I have reorganized stuff, I
> found that I was modifying the files repeatedly as I changed tags (which is
> a bad thing with JPEG).

Only metadata are changed, not image data... metadata are stored in a
dedicated section in JPEG.

Gilles Caulier
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[Gilles Caulier-4]

2008/5/18 Craig and Ellen Lindholm <[hidden email]>:
> So does that mean the image is not degraded if I change the tags?
>

yes, the image is not re-encoded.

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[Craig and Ellen Lindholm-2]

Awsome! I was all worried over nothing! Thank you

Craig

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:

2008/5/18 Craig and Ellen Lindholm <[hidden email]>:

> So does that mean the image is not degraded if I change the tags?
>

yes, the image is not re-encoded.

Gilles

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[Liam O'Boyle-3]

OK, so it was my own stupid fault here... I didn't realise that Digikam
copied my images to a new directory and the files there do indeed have
the GPS tags written.

Thanks for those who offered assistance.

Regards,
Liam

On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 18:29 +0800, Liam O'Boyle wrote:

> Thanks Gerhard,
>
> Unfortunately there are not any settings their to save the GPS tags, at
> least not on my version (Debian).
>
> Regards,
> Liam
>
> On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 10:08 +0200, Gerhard Kulzer wrote:
> > On Sunday 18 May 2008 Liam O'Boyle wrote:
> > > Hi Craig,
> > >
> > > I have something of the opposite problem; I have changed the GPS tags of
> > > my images, but can't make it write them to the original file.  Where are
> > > these settings you modified to save the tags to the file?
> > >
> > You find them under Settings->Configure digiKam->Metadata
> >
> > regards
> > Gerhard
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Liam
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 07:54 -0700, Craig and Ellen Lindholm wrote:
> > > > Hello Everybody.
> > > >
> > > > Just getting started with DigiKam and working with tags. At first I
> > > > had the settings set to save tags to the file, but as I have
> > > > reorganized stuff, I found that I was modifying the files repeatedly
> > > > as I changed tags (which is a bad thing with JPEG). I would like to
> > > > leave the tags in the database, and then periodically write the tags
> > > > to the image file. I tried the item "Synchronize Images with Database"
> > > > but nothing happens.
> > > >
> > > > Does any do it this way, or am I clueless?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Craig
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
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