It's supposed to have improved face recognition functionality.Open source photo management software digiKam has been updated to version 7.0.0, an update that has been a full year in the making.
So, in my case, as long as digiKam's database stores the relevant metadata of those files (normal EXIF and anything I might add) for searches, it shouldn't need to generate any sidecars - right?Īlso, a new version of digiKam, version 7, should be coming out this summer. Even with other RAW converters I use, I have almost no need to save RAW files or their associated processing metadata because my long term storage will be nearly 100% JPEGs (and video files). I'm really only looking for DAM capabilities. Otherwise, you'll have to right click on the file folder and select Refresh when you return to digiKam from your processing app. If this box is ticked, then new photos will be added. When switching to a post processing app for working on a photo, I like digiKam to add new files & new versions of files right away when I'm finished. Then your other apps have more interoperability (sort of, each app has it's own way of doing things, so don't expect perfect sharing), and it reduces multiple xmp files.Ģ. So you end up with two xmp files, & digiKam & the app don't share info with each other.īut if you click this box, digiKam writes xmp files as DSC0123.xmp. That's fine, but your post processing app might save sidecar files as DSC0123.xmp. Digikam writes xmp files as, for a Sony camera example,. Or perhaps just read some of the topics there to see if something interests you:ġ. If you have questions of a more technical nature, you can ask at the Nabble DigiKam forum. Set it up, & let it work overnight to do the initial scan of your photos.
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But download it, give it a try, & see what you think.
No need to remember to write the data to the file (though you can set it up this way if you prefer). When you enter your tag, rating, caption, etc., it's written as soon as you move on to the next picture to work with. Or you can select images and see what tags you've applied, so you can pick & choose to apply to other photos that are similar: Or you can right click to see a list of your most recently used tags. If you type a few letters, suggestions pop up:ģ hawk photos selected, I typed "bir" in the text box, & choices appear for tagging all 3 photos at once. Some apps have teensy spaces for data entry so that you have to be really exact with the mouse. Let's face it, DAMS are only as good as the data you type into them, so ease of data entry is really important. It removes some of the tedium from the necessary job of tagging. Hovering over a thumbnail shows a pop up box fast & easy info without cramming it all into the thumbnail Not too much info crammed onto a thumbnail, but not too little either. The thumbnails tell you the basics of the file, a pop-up tells you even more, and then there are the tabs on the right where you can find even more detailed info. But I appreciate the sensible, simple layout: everything you need to know is visible, but not in an obtrusive way. Is NAS a kind of NFS storage?ĭigikam is a great DAM, doing everything you'd expect a DAM to, of course. Thought you might like to see these instructions regarding db file storage.