Hi Eric, Supose I have 2 set of photos: Set A: 1.jpg, 2.jpg 3.jpg, 4.jpg and 5.jpg Set B: a1.jpg, 2.jpg, b1.jpg, 4.jpg and cvb.jpg
As you can see 2.jpg and 4.jpg has the same name but are diferent pics. My original idea was create 2 libraries, one for set A, one for set B, like this: /path/library1 ->2011 ------>01 ------------>05 1.jpg ------------>08 2.jpg ------->03 ------------->01 3.jpg ------->07 ------------->02 4.jpg, 5.jpg /path/library2 ->2011 ------->02 -------------->01 a1.jpg ------->03 -------------->05 2.jpg b1.jpg -------------->08 4.jpg cvb.jpg It work fine for a time, but suddenly some photos of library1 was at the path of library2, like this: /path/library2 ->2011 ------>01 ------------>08 2.jpg <--- This belongs to library 1 ------->02 -------------->01 a1.jpg ------->03 -------------->05 2.jpg b1.jpg -------------->08 4.jpg cvb.jpg so I want to move it to the path of library one. In my example because of the little amount of pics I can search through the folders, and reimport them, but In my real library there is a huge amount of folders and subfolders. That's why I tried to export the entire library to a folder so I can reimport all again hoping to import in the same path library. But because there is photos with same name, I can't do that. I hope I was a little clear now (my english isn't very good), and you can help me. Thanks. 2011/9/29 Eric Gregory <[email protected]> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Mauricio Tellez < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, I have two libraries, at diferent folders each, but I'm no sure how, >> one >> library split between both folders. I'm trying to unify one library so all >> the pics from that library are at the same folder, the problem is that I >> don't know which pics are in the right folder (I know there is a "show in >> filemanager" but with 10,000+ pics this is not an option). So, I tried to >> export my entire library so I can delete all my pics and then reimported >> all >> my pics, hoping all get imported together. But when I try to import, I get >> a >> lot of "duplicate filename window" because all files are exporte in one >> directory. How can import mimic the library's folder hierachy? Thanks in >> advance. >> > > Merging libraries is not an easy task; it's especially difficult if you > don't have the photos for each library in a distinct folder (i.e. Pictures.) > > That said, I'm a bit confused as to what exactly you're trying to do. > Exporting the photos is only necessary if you want to preserve edits made > within Shotwell (red eye, enhance, etc.). Tags and titles can be preserved > if you enable metadata writing in Shotwell -- these are written into the > photo files themselves (for JPEGs, not RAW or video) which are then read > back when you import the file. > > There is no way currently to export to multiple directories. > > - Eric > -- Mauricio Tellez _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
