* jot ess <jot.ess.1...@gmail.com> [07-24-20 16:22]: > Hello, > I'm new to darktable (coming from Lightroom 5.7) and I'm trying to > find a workflow that works for me. I usually shoot raw + jpg, then > import both from my camera, renaming them YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM ###.xxx as > I import and then I add geotags via gpx files. > (Camera: Lumix TZ101) > > These are the problems I encountered while trying. Was it errors in > usage? Wrong expectations? > > - The setting not to ignore jpgs when importing is ignored. (Only raws > are imported, I copied jpgs by hand.)
there is an option to "ignore" jpgs. If you select or check this option, you will not import jpg files. > - When deleting/moving pictures while they are grouped (raw+jpg), only > the raw file is deleted/moved (although the confirmation question > shows the hint that duplicates are also moved - they aren't). this one is easy, a jpg is NOT a duplicate jpg != raw and darktable considers them as different images. > - The way of handling duplicates is incompatible with other software > (e.g. Adobe, GeoSetter) in that it generates separate xmp files > (name.jpg.xmp + name.raw.xmp) for duplicates. I don't know any other > software that is able to read this correctly, to understand what files > belong together. > They generate one common xmp file for the raw file (name.xmp) and for > the jpg file they write metadata directly into the jpg. I believe this > is the expected behaviour of duplicates. again, the jpg is not a dup of the raw and darktable does not try to be "compatible with other software" raw image conversion software, ie: lightroom. and dt never writes/alters an image file. It writes xmp files associated with the image and writes data to the exported image. > - The way pictures are counted is confusing to me. I think duplicates > should be counted as 1 picture in the picture/selected picture count. > At least as long as they are displayed stacked. file a feature request explaining how you would like the feature to be in detail at: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=feature_request.md&title= > Can I do anything about the way duplicates are handled and metadata is > stored? Any hint appreciated! above and/or learn to work with darktable and forget about lightroom. there are fine manuals explaining the darktable philosophy, https://www.darktable.org/ good luck, and sorry, but I believe you will find few here that want dt to perform in the manner lightroom does. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
