On 09/12/2015 03:59 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Am 12.09.2015 um 00:50 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
I use shotwell to get the photos from my cameras; and I sync them on two computers (laptop and desktop), using unison.
Shotwell is configured to store tags and tittles in the photos; however, what I do in one computer doesn't show on the other computer, as if it were done in a database instead. That is, the photos are transferred, but not the tags and other modifications to the metadata.
Am I doing it wrong, is there a solution?
I don't know the programs you are using, neither shotwell nor usinon.
I looked at shotwell. its not a photo editor. I use Kong/dolphin for an organizer I use rsync. I grew up with UNIX/Linux; I use the Linux tools rather than the 'embedded' things that are a sot to people familiar with the Windows environment where they are captured by the application.
I don't know if your having the problems with raw or other files. I never touch raw files, I think one shouldn't. I never alter their metadata or anything, just organize them in meaningful folders, completely separated from the "developed" files.
Right! Preserve the RAW; apply tools to generate jpj, png, whatever from the RAW. I'll put one rider on what Daniel says. I add a copyright/ownership to the RAW metadata when I upload.
I can imagine that programs get confused with altered meta data in raw files, as these are proprietary formats. Altering something within them can (to my opinion) only be made "nearly good" with reverse engineered programs. Later maybe it cannot handle it correctly because it expects an original raw? I just wouldn't touch the raw's...
Some vendors do document their RAW very well and there are upload/exif tools that are specifically purposed for this. YMMV with vendor, so don't take the fact that I can do it safely to mean every one can with every brand of camera, every model, every revision of the camera's software.
In other files (jpg etc.) you can indeed save many metatags directly in the files,
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