Search for Iptc4XmpExt fields in digiKam

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The advanced search is based on a database with a fixed schema and limited in fields you can search.

One work-around is adding custom keywords to the XML sidecar files with external tools. digiKam will import these keywords and they can be searched.

I described my workflow here:

advanced photo selection with exiftool + jq

For HDR i wanted to find all photos, that were taken using exposure bracketing while shake reduction is turned off. A combination that usually means, the photo was made using a tripod. digiKam’s advanced search can do the former but not the latter. The general idea is to read the EXIF data and add a keyword to every matching photo, using a XMP sidecar file. I used “exiftool -json” in combination with “jq”, to have a little more control over what exactly gets changed. Don’t wanna touch the DNG’…