I write metadata into the sidecar files using the dt metadata tool, and I am only starting to get into the complexities of managing this if using several pieces of software to access images. My normal workflow is to process the raw images, including the addition of metadata. In order to actually use the images, I export them to JPG which writes the metadata into the JPG images. However, I have several issues.
1) The metadata on the right hand of the light table are not all shown in the image information block on the left hand of the light table. For instance the Title tag on the right is not shown on the left. Is there any way to show all the metadata fields in the image information block? My installation (V1.2.1) only shows Title, Creator and Copyright in the image information. Is there, within dt, a way to configure which tags are shown on the left? 2) When using standard Linux utilities, many metadata fields are not shown or have different names. In Nautilus file properties, the only metadata shown are Description, Keywords, Creator and Copyright. Note that the 'Rights' field in dt becomes 'Copyright'. A trivial detail, but I thought the Exif fields had standardised names?? In Image Viewer, the dt 'Creator' field becomes 'Author' and there is a Location field that clearly is different from Longitude and Latitude in dt. 3) If I wish to share images with a person (often using a different OS) there is not an easy and reliable way to predict which matadata that person will see. Is there any way to make sense of this? Kind regards, Willem Ferguson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
