Manage Photos from Multiple digiKam Installations
Storing your photos on a server or network disk? Want to manage them from several Linux-based machines using digiKam? Here is how to do that. Continue to read
Read more →Install the Latest Beta of digiKam on Ubuntu 10.10
If you are running Ubuntu 10.10 or its derivatives and you are itching to try the latest version of digiKam, you don’t have to go through the rigmarole of compiling the application yourself. Philip Johnsson did the hard work for you and released the neatly packaged version of digiKam on his PPA, so you can easily install the latest beta version of the next major release of digiKam with a minimum of fuss. Continue to read
Read more →Adding Borders To Use Photos Using digiKam
Many people add borders to there images, since they make the image look better and stands out unique and digiKam makes this very easy and simple!
There are two ways to apply image borders in digiKam... Continue to read
Read more →digiKam Software Collection 2.0.0 beta3 is out…
Dear all digiKam fans and users!
digiKam team is proud to announce the 3rd digiKam Software Collection 2.0.0 beta release!
With this release, digiKam include Color Labels and Pick Labels feature to simplify image cataloging operations in your photograph workflow.
Also, digiKam include since 2.0.0 beta2 the Tags Keyboard Shortcuts feature to simplify tagging operations in your photograph workflow.
digiKam software collection 2.0.0 include all Google Summer of Code 2010 projects, as XMP sidecar support, Face Recognition, Image Versioning, and Reverse Geocoding. All this works have been processed during Coding Sprint 2010. You can find a resume of this event at this page.
Read more →digiKam and Kipi-plugins 1.9.0 released…
Dear all digiKam fans and users!
digiKam team is proud to announce digiKam and Kipi-plugins 1.9.0 release!
digiKam tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url
kipi-plugins tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url
See below the list of bugs-fixes coming with this release.
Enjoy digiKam...
BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA:
001 ==> 264181 : png-1.5 compatibility fix.
002 ==> 263697 : digiKam 1.8.0 (svn) crashes on startup most times.
003 ==> 237492 : Grayscale TIFF display broken.
004 ==> 263786 : digikam 1.7.0 crashes on startup.
005 ==> 228531 : Inconsistent use of preview zoom-in function key-strokes.
006 ==> 233612 : The DocumentName tag is not added when importing.
007 ==> 246778 : Disable folder collapsing under certain circumstances.
008 ==> 264363 : Image editor always crashes when triggering Colour Auto-Correction.
009 ==> 234021 : digiKam crash on loading.
010 ==> 264999 : Exif-dates not recognizes OK.
011 ==> 264745 : When adding new tag to multiple images, tags not in common are removed from metadata, though still present in database.
012 ==> 173901 : digiKam contains a convenience copy of cimg code.
013 ==> 264208 : Underexposure indicator should always work in “pure color” mode.
014 ==> 264769 : digiKam crash on startup.
015 ==> 264830 : Raw importer broken. Not possible to revert changes.
016 ==> 103371 : Only one digikam instance should run on the same image library path.
017 ==> 265445 : digikam-1.8.0 fails to build against kde-4.6.x/gcc-4.6.
018 ==> 264631 : Deleting last TAG on a picture does actually not remove the tag within the exif metadata.
019 ==> 195648 : Quickfilter by tags: Exclude tags.
020 ==> 265641 : digiKam crash at startup.
021 ==> 264184 : png-1.5 compatibility fix.
022 ==> 264655 : ksnapshot is crashing on “send to”.
023 ==> 243908 : Coordinates do not get retrieved.
024 ==> 181319 : Provide a batch tool to add geolocation coordinates to a complete album.
025 ==> 266771 : Unable to get GPS coordinates from map with Geolocation function of digiKam.
Batch Process Photos in digiKam
When you need to apply the same action to multiple photos, digiKam’s batch processing capabilities can come in rather handy. And the photo management application provides different ways to apply actions to a photo batch in one fell swoop. Continue to read
Read more →Writing Meta Data To Raw Files In digiKam
Almost all images contain meta-data and these data contains all the setting that you used to create the picture, these include, shutter speed, aperture, focal length etc.
Most image management applications allows you to add and remove custom meta data to your files. This can be easily done while using JPEG's files. However the same is not very true for RAW files. Continue to read...
Read more →digiKam Tricks 2.0 Released
The digiKam Tricks book version 2.0 is now available. Here is what's new in this release:
- New book cover
- Convert Photos to Black and White
- Geotag Photos with Open GPS Tracker and digiKam
- Instant Vintage Photo Effects with the FIL Script for GIMP
- Work with Photo Metadata in digiKam
- New figures added
- Numerous tweaks and fixes
- Touch up Photos with GIMP Scripts removed
- Geotag Photos with Geotag removed
Readers who already purchased the book will receive the new version free of charge. If you haven't received your copy, please send me your order confirmation as proof of purchase to dmpop@linux.com and I'll email you the latest version of the book. Happy reading!
Read more →Work with Photo Metadata in digiKam
Inside each digital photo hides metadata in the EXIF, IPTC, or XMP formats, and digiKam provides tools for viewing and editing this useful information.
For starters, digiKam’s main window features the dedicated Metadata sidebar which lets you view EXIF, Makernote, IPTC, and XMP metadata. You can switch between concise and full views as well as print the metadata, save them as a file, and copy them into the clipboard. Continue to read
Read more →Geotag Photos with Open GPS Tracker and digiKam
You don’t need a fancy camera with a built-in GPS receiver to geotag your photos. An Android device with the Open GPS Tracker app and digiKam can do the job just fine. The app lets you track your route and save it as a GPX file which you can then use to geocorrelate your photos in digiKam. Continue to read
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