Shotwell and cadence week 2

[Phill Whiteside]

Looks like one for the work-arounds section[1]

regards,

Phill.
1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Workarounds

On 14 December 2012 17:53, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/14/2012 04:50 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Cadence week 2 covers Shotwell:
> >>
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Cadence/Raring/Week2
> >>
> >> I've taken several looks at it now but am at a loss to find a basic
> >> function which I deem essential for photo management.  I do not see the
> >> ability to put photos (or symlinks of them) into separate folders to
> >> make separate collections.  The only option seems to be to organize the
> >> photos chronologically via what it calls 'events'  What am I missing or
> >> does Shotwell really lack the ability to group photos?
> >
> > This is how I use Shotwell.
> >
> > At Shotwell preferences, I have enabled the option: "Write tags,
> > titles, and other metadata to photo files".
> >
> > I am adding a tag to my new photos, in the fomat yyyy-mm-dd Town -
> > Event. So they are categorised based on tags.
> >
> > After a reinstallation of *buntu, when I reimport these photos, they
> > are automatically categorised into tags.
> >
> >
> > So add tags to your phots, with the preferences option enabled, let
> > them for a couple of seconds to be saved, and see what I mean. You can
> > always erase tags from photos, or modify them.
>
> Thanks.  That's one work-around.
>
> Regards,
> /Lars
>
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