Re: digikam and EXIF
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:38:38AM +0200, Itay wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to this list, digikam, and digital photography.
> I experience few, perhaps related, problems.
>
> 1. The metadata in exif and makernote are lost after transforming a
> photo. (Tested on rotating and resizing.)
>
> 2. After starting digikam, my terminal gets cluttered with warning such
> as this
>
> <output>
> Warning: Size 5291 of Exif.Nikon3.0x0091 exceeds \
> 4096 bytes limit. Not decoded.
> </output>
Yes, those are likely related to this message. Notice how it says 'Not
decoded'.
> Q: How can I cause digikam to copy the relevant metadata
> into the the transformed photo?
> Or should I use external tool (exiftools)?
> Q: Should I worry because of the warnings I get?
> Even if not - how to avoid them?
Probably by patching the source, or by filing a bug on digikam or
kipi-plugins.
I suggest you do that bugfiling anyhow :-)
> I use a Nikon D300.
> Photos are recorded as the largets possible tiffs.
I doubt that's important; EXIF data contains metadata, which probably
does not change if you change the container format.
--
<Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes.
-- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22
Reply to: