#DIGIKAM VS DARKTABLE FULL#

#DIGIKAM VS DARKTABLE FULL#

On export, I use darktable’s metadata editor to replace the full code (5m resolution) by a shorter code (5km resolution) or to remove it altogether. Images meant for archiving get all the metadata, images for sharing get only a public subset.Īn example: I add a tag with the plus code to each image. I can add all the metadata to the XMP file, including private data as people names and GPS coordinates, and decide on export just what data I want to keep on the JPG, depending on the target. The single most important reason was introduced in darktable 3: the export metadata editor. But all my metadata edition is done in darktable. However, if darktable’s asset management was a bit closer to what is implemented in Lightroom, I’m not sure I would have a large need for digiKam.Įdit: Although all the features I use digiKam for are available in darktable, I find that importing/organizing/culling are much quicker in digiKam on my aging machine.Ĭurrently I use digiKam only as a search database (a very powerful one), where I add all the images before and after edition. I suppose I don’t typically care whether my edits from darktable appear in digiKam, as I use it primarily for keeping my photos organized. Select all images and write metadata to files.Select all images with less than 3 stars and delete.View each image fullscreen(or zoom to 100% if necessary) and assign a rating.Import directly from SD card into digiKam.I’m curious to see how the changes from digiKam 7.0.0 and darktable 3.2.0 effect my workflow, and I’m also eager to hear how everyone else approaches this from an asset management perspective.Īs my lenses are rather soft, and I shoot a fair amount of action of my wife’s sporting competitions, I typically import a large number of images which need to be heavily culled. I just upgraded to digiKam 7.0.0, and I don’t remember which version I was using before that, I just know it wasn’t the latest.

I’ve personally been using digiKam + darktable for the past 6 months.

Digikam vs darktable