[Shotwell] Importing f-spot favourites

[Adam Dingle]

Paul,

On 01/23/2011 02:11 PM, mashedbear wrote:
> Hi Bruno
> thanks for getting back to me so quickly :-)
>
> OK got that - it works - thanks - but I've still feel I've lost some
> metadata.
>
> If I did want to create a new tag(s) in f-spot from a subset(s) of my
> favourites ( I don't know why but I used this feature a lot in f-spot- wish
> I hadn't now!) is there a way to import the tag into an existing Shotwell
> database (where the original pictures will already exist) without causing
> problems with the existing Shotwell db / app? That way I could work around
> the issue.

Sure.  In F-Spot, go to Edit->Preferences and enable the option to store 
tags and descriptions inside image files.  Now tag the photos in 
F-Spot.  F-Spot will write the tag(s) to the photo files (you can verify 
this by running 'exiv2 -pa' on the files).  If you've imported these 
same files into Shotwell, then Shotwell will notice the new tag(s) 
immediately (if they are inside your library directory) or on the next 
startup (if they are not) and so they will now be available in Shotwell.

cheers
adam