- Copy and import images from camera memory cards (DCF system) directly into Darktable
- Optionally sort images manually into multiple import folders using an "inbox" system
- Imports are sorted into subfolders, using user-configurable naming patterns
- Handles destination directories that may be temporarily unavailable (external disks)
- Folder naming pattern
- Destination folder
- Multiple destination folders are set by adding them to a table in the script file
- Multiple destinations can have individual folder naming patterns
- Exiftool
- For Flickr: Python 2.7 and flickrapi (
pypi install flickrapi) - For video conversion: ffmpeg with 'aac' codec
- Built and tested for Darktable 2.4
Put in darktable/lua folder inside darktable's configuration. Add require "copy_import" to luarc file. Relaunch Darktable and locate the new command in Darktable's keyboard shortcut preferences. Set a shortcut you'd like (ctrl-I is a good choice) and you're good to go.
First time set preferences as desired. Mount camera memory card(s). Press shortcut and wait until done.
If you like to sort your images by topic or some other scheme, the script supports that workflow too. Add your image folders to alternate_dests by following the example comments in the script file. Run the script once and an 'Inbox' folder will be added to each destination. When importing, sort your images by copying them to one of the inboxes - unlike memory card images, inbox images will be moved, not copied to their final destination. Run the script, and all images will be moved into their respective destination folder using the naming rules specified for each.
If you'd like to be able to add new images to the inbox of a drive that is not currently mounted, do as follows:
- Add the new drive to
alternate_destsas above - Create an inbox folder in a suitable place on your internal drive
- Make a symlink from the internal drive inbox to the inbox on the external drive (replacing that folder with a symlink). The resulting symlink must still be named "Inbox", the folder on the internal drive can be named whatever you want.
- Add images to the new inbox on the internal drive. Whenever the external drive is connected and the script is run, any images in the inbox will be moved to there and imported.
Advise: there is a minor UX bug in Darktable when selecting directories in the preferences; the "shortcuts" to common directories in the menu will not work, that selection will be reset when the preferences window is closed. Instead, select "Other…" and navigate to your photo library manually.
Darktable allows you to geotag images using both .gpx track data, or point-and-click. There is no way, however, to write this data into the original image file as EXIF. This script does exactly that, allowing you to rely only on Darktable for geotagging your images in a persistent and reliable way.
- Writes EXIF geotags as assigned in Darktable to image files
- Re-loads EXIF geotags from image file into Darktable
- Preserving original modification date
- Retaining original image file
- Writing only to files without existing EXIF geotags
- Exiftool
- Built and tested for Darktable 2.4
Put in darktable/lua folder inside darktable's configuration. Add require "geotag_io" to luarc file. Relaunch Darktable and locate the new command in Darktable's keyboard shortcut preferences. Set a shortcut you'd like (ctrl-shift-T for write tag, ctrl-shift-R for reset is a good choice) and you're good to go.
Automatically making groups out of selected images, based on detected photographer behavior.
Statistically finds the likely time interval for serial images within the selection, and uses that time value to group images with less time inbetween.
- Maximum and minimum time between images to be grouped
- Whether to only use auto grouping (and failing if no groups are found by the algorithm), or falling back on image groups below minimum time interval ("guaranteed grouping")
Put in darktable/lua folder inside darktable's configuration. Add require "autogroup" to luarc file. Relaunch Darktable and locate the new command in Darktable's keyboard shortcut preferences. Set a shortcut you'd like (ctrl-G is a good choice).
The script works best on a reasonably large set of images taken, say, during a single trip, or within the same month. For a small selection, < 20 images or so, the autogroup algorithm may not give satisfactory results. For very large sets (an entire year or more), results will not be optimal since one single grouping time will be found and applied to all images, while they may have been taken in differing circumstances.
Take your time to tweak the short and long time settings, if images are not grouped in desired way, lower or increase the respective settings to cover the interval between the troublesome images. Also, as stated below, try to make each selection of images shot during similar circumstances.
Although these scripts has been written with fail safety in mind, the author of this software takes no responsibility for direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption). See license for complete disclaimer. Do your backups!
The script uses the Mac OSX-specific open command to reveal the image files for selected images in the Finder.
Put in darktable/lua folder inside darktable's configuration. Add require "autogroup" to luarc file. Relaunch Darktable and locate the new command in Darktable's keyboard shortcut preferences. Set a shortcut you'd like.
Press shortcut and watch Finder windows appear, containing the selected images. If an image is missing, its parent folder will open along with an error message in Darktable.
The script provides three commands for creating HDR/panorama project files (.pto) that open in Hugin for further processing
Put in darktable/lua folder inside darktable's configuration. Add require "panotools" to luarc file. Relaunch Darktable and locate the new commands in Darktable's keyboard shortcut preferences. Set shortcuts you'd like.
Press chosen shortcut depending on whether your image selection is an HDR stack, or panoramic tiles taken with either a regular (rectilinear) or full-frame fisheye lens. The following will then happen:
- source images will be grouped, and tagged as stack images (
darktable|stack|panorama/hdr) - a .pto file will be created containing all the images
- control points will be created in the project to match the image positions
- the resulting file will be revealed in the Finder
- and then opened in Hugin
Put in darktable/lua folder inside darktable's configuration. Add require "flickr" to luarc file. Relaunch Darktable, Flickr script will now be available as a new export options.