Version: 0.9.3 (using KDE 3.5.8, Kubuntu (gutsy) 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu3.1) Compiler: Target: i486-linux-gnu OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.22-14-generic When I have a set of images and I already tagged/labeled them, sometimes I find other images that need the exact same tags, or similar enough that it would be easier to start with that set of tags than none at all. I tried "intuitively" to drag the tagged image over and drop onto the untagged one, which didn't work. This would perhaps also not be intuitive for tagging a group of new images. An alternative idea would be to have some sort of "infect" function to propagate the tags of one image to the selection. I am thinking of a colour sampler type of button that would allow the tag/label settings of the current selection to absorb the tags from the sampled image. Cheers Simon
That is rather for metadata templates/macros. Scenario: Tag image appropriately. In menu choose option: Create template All tags, metadata, etc. will be put in template which can be later applied to other images. Good example of powerful solution has FotoStation. However it may be not seem user friendly... This may be rather task to Metadata kipi-plugin. Gilles?
I don't think that this is for a template, but just for something quick like: oh, the next 4 images should have the same tags as the current one, let's just do a drag-and-drop (or whatever the solution will be). Currently I use the following approach for such a (not uncommon!) situation: select the image which has the tags and those images which should get the tags as well. Then in the Comments/Tags sidebar use the filter to only show the assigned tags. These are marked as greyed out and can then be ticked easily and applied to all selected images.
I'm thinking more in the line of Arnd here. The greyed tags and label are already visible, perhaps it would be easy to just add a button to the panel "activating" this greyed selection for all of the current selection? Though I'm also quite pleased with the idea of sampling tags off an existing image (that is not part of the current selection). /Simon
How about a copy/paste-special function like word processor or spreadsheet programs have?
I like Quinn's idea too, it could also be useful to be able to copy exif data from one image to another (like exiftool can do)
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For inspiration you might look at the way Rawtherapee allows copying the profiles (all editing operations) from one image to others. Here the user can choose which operations are copied and which are ignored.
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Copying tags from one image to one or more others seems to be an often requested and fairly simple thing to implement. This would be a great addition to digiKam.
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I would like to extend this already rather general request in that it would be great to have such functions also for recognized faces (e.g. for transfer from raw to jpg image or when tagging images with groups of people) Kind regards, Christoph
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Maik, We have plenty of bugs about this long time wishes in bugzilla. We can propose a subject about tags management in next GoSC 2023. Gilles
We are now on VHI (Very High) due to bug-janitor. What I've always wondered is bug-janitor a human or a program? ((:-)) Yes, I think that could also be a job for GSoC-2023. Maik
I think bug-janitor is a robot... Gilles