On 22 Aug 2013, at 09:32, Matt Wallis <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I'm about to answer my own question! Sorry I failed > to find this before: > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > From: "Matt Wallis" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Shotwell] Same date appears twice after 2nd import > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:12:44 +0100 > >> Hi, >> >> I have just returned from a trip where we had two cameras, >> and I want to view all photos in Shotwell, sorted by the >> time they were taken. One camera creates images with >> filenames like DSCN9999.JPG, and the other IMG_9999.JPG. >> >> So, I did two imports into Shotwell, and the result is not >> as I wanted. Instead I have: >> >> - On each date where both cameras were used, Shotwell >> lists the date twice in its main view. For example, if I >> view the photos for August, then August 7th appears twice >> - once for the photos from the first import, and again for >> the photos from the second import. >> >> - When I look at the underlying unix directory, there is >> just one (~/Pictures/2013/08/07) containing all of the >> DSCN*.JPG and IMG_*.JPG files. >> >> Is there a way to get Shotwell to merge the photos from >> the two camaras? >> >> I am using Shotwell 0.12.3 on Ubuntu. > > According to http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3565, the > answer is No, not unless you want to merge the two sets of > photos before you import them into Shotwell. Is that right? > > I see in the text of that ticket repeated use of the tern > "event". What is an "event"? To me, it is not an obvious > concept in the domain of managing photos.
Shotwell supports the idea of grouping images into Events - e.g. "Jim & Mary's Wedding", or "Killers Gig at Wembley". Having no information to go on apart from the date-stamp in the file, when Shotwell imports an image it allocates it an event corresponding to the date. If you run more than one import session, you'll end up with more than one event for that date. Michael > > > Regards, > Matt. > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
