XnView Software

I suggest you read this introduction to the benefits of using iptc or xmp metadata : https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=36600

I assume that most of your photos are jpg. For other formats, it may be more complicated.
Settings metadata:
Your settings are correct.

So each category ...

( ...) Base path was changed. I may have done that as I was fiddling with a lot of settings recently... I don't really understand that particular setting. What should it be?

I avoid using this feature as I don't completely understand how to use it ... I hope the author Pierre (Xnview) will ...

When I got such a display, I found different paths in Information pane, bc files where moved and the catalog contained new and old places. One of the files had correct and complete metadata (File, Exif, Iptc, Xmp, ExifTool tabs) and the shadow one had few informations.
Select the two similar ...

Can you try to find a difference in informations displayed by xnviewmp between two similar photos ( filename, properties, path, ...? )


Everything is exactly the same. But, interestingly, I just discovered that I only 'see double' when I'm in the Catalog Filter View, NOT when I'm looking at my ...

Suddenly, I opened XnView and it seems all my photos appear twice! But when I open in Finder - there is only one.
How can I fix this?

xnview wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:31 pm to understand the problem, could you send me your xnview.db file?

I just did via email.
Thank you for your help!

xnview wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:39 am If you use 'Global', and click 'uncategories', you should see all files from the catalog that have no associated category

Thank you for your response.
Here are my results

philalethia wrote: Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:40 pm

xnview wrote: Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:13 amClipboard 1.jpg

I fail to see, what this is answering.

I'm pretty confused too. I thought my question was a pretty easy one. "How do I filter out all my 'uncategorized' photos so I can see which don't have Categories assigned to them.

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Thank you for the screenshot. I tried a number of different combinations with that setting but don't really understand the differences. It seems to have no effect on my difficulty - how do I see all my photos that do not have a Category? "Uncategorized" does not seem to be it. Are ...

I'm not sure what you mean. I am only interested in applying categories to my photos which are in on file and then sub files by date. I have applied categories to most of them. In order to know which ones do not have categories applied, I was hoping to find a place where I could separate all my ...

1. What does 'Uncategorized" mean?

Files in catalog that have not category

I don't see how this is true because I can go to "Uncategorized" and there find photos that definitely have a category attached to it. That's what prompted me to ask the question - what does it mean.


2. How can I ...

I'm not sure what you mean. I am only interested in applying categories to my photos which are in on file and then sub files by date. I have applied categories to most of them. In order to know which ones do not have categories applied, I was hoping to find a place where I could separate all my ...

If I'm understanding what Catalog means...
I have 1 file of my photos - that's the only file I care about finding any 'categorized' items. When I click on 'uncategorized' it will show me all the files on my computer.

Greetings,
I am a brand new user. I was forced to quit DigiKam because strangely, it was deleting my 'tags' (categories in XnView).

I think I am up and running again but wanted to check to make sure all the deleted tags/categories were restored. So, I clicked on "Uncategorized" and that must not ...