> Hi Grant, > > You can't see the photo in Shotwell, but Shotwell -- at least according to > its own import log -- thinks that you've previously imported the same file. > I'm curious if you at some point (perhaps accidentally) marked the photo as > "Rejected?" If this is the case, you should be able to see the photo by > pressing F8 to bring up the Search Filter bar and then choosing All+Rejected > from the ratings filter popup. > > Lucas
Hi Lucas, I actually can see the photo in shotwell so it appears it was imported in place somehow. I've gone into more depth in my response to Jim. - Grant > In Edit -> Preferences, what is your Library Directory set to? > > Library Location says Import photos to: Pictures. Which is > /home/grant/Pictures. - Grant > > There's a shotwell option to rename to lowercase on import maybe it got > renamed to lowercase? -Joe I tried this but still only one copy of the photo > on my system: # updatedb && locate 144420 > /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg # - Grant How are you > importing the photos? Drag-and-drop or with File -> Import From Folder? -- > Jim On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: It > looks to me that you're attempting to import the same file (not a duplicate, > but the same file) a second time. In other words, the file you're attempting > to import is already in the library. -- Jim locate only finds the file in my > target folder, not in my destination folder: # updatedb && locate > IMG_20130303_144420 /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg # But it > refuses to import the file with the log message indicating it has already > been imported. Could shotwell have renamed the file when it was copied to > the destination folder? I'm on 0.14.1. - Grant There's many reasons. At the > end of an import, Shotwell should give you a list explaining why photos were > not imported. In Shotwell 0.14, it will offer to save a text file giving a > full report. The most likely cases are that the photos were byte-for-byte > duplicates of other photos (Shotwell won't import duplicates), that they are > not photo files (corrupted or named incorrectly), or that Shotwell doesn't > support their data format (GIF is the most prominent for example). -- Jim Hi > Jim, I import and copy my photos from /home/grant/photodump/ to > /home/grant/Pictures/. I have: # updatedb && locate IMG_20130303_144420 > /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg # "Shotwell Import Log.txt" > says: /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg duplicates existing > media item /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg Can you help me > reconcile this? - Grant I imported/copied a large number of photos into > shotwell from a folder and I was about to delete the folder but I noticed at > least several photos that did not import or copy. Why would some photos > import and not others? - Grant _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
