Re: Copy xmp sidecars

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On 12/16/2025 10:37 AM, Milind Joshi wrote:
> I create tif files in Gimp and then convert the tif to jpg using 
> FastStone. Then add these files back to digiKam. The tags will be 
> identical for these files. Those for the RAW files will be generated 
> by digiKam. I was looking at a faster way to tag them.
>
> Of copying the sidecars won't work if there any other way?
> Sent from my mobile.
>
> 16 Dec 2025 7:55:41 pm Remco Viëtor <[email protected]>:
>
>     On mardi 16 décembre 2025 15:14:15 heure normale d’Europe centrale
>     Milind
>     Joshi wrote:
>
>         I have 3 collections of RAW, tif and jpg files. I have set
>         digiKam to write
>         to sidecars. If I tag the RAW files and copy the xmp sidecars
>         to the tif
>         and jpg directories will the tags get automatically added to
>         the tif and
>         jpg files?
>
>     No:
>     digikam uses as naming scheme for the sidecars <name>.<ext>.xmp,
>     where <name>
>     and <ext> are from the image file. Raw, tiff, and jpeg filse have
>     different
>     extensions. So just a simple copy won't work. Even if you have the
>     "compatibility" option active (that one allows reading of
>     <name>.xpm files).
>
>     In addition, you will have to verify the contents, some things in
>     the sidecar
>     for a raw might be absent from a jpeg sidecar (and vice versa), or
>     have a
>     different content. (I don't create create jpegs with digikam, and
>     they are
>     rarely in the digikam collection, so they don't get tagged by
>     digikam in any
>     case).
>
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