libkdcraw 0.1.6 for KDE3 has been just released. The tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url.

This release is a backport of current implementation from KDE4 based on LibRaw 0.6.1 Raw decoder. For more informations, take a look on this previous blog entry

New cameras are supported with this release: Canon 50D, Sony A900, Nikon D90, Nikon P6000, and Panasonic LX3 FZ28.

Have an happy Raw workflow...

"Et voilà..."

This is an important stage for digiKam project. A native port under Microsoft Windows...

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

The digiKam development team is happy to release the 4th beta release dedicated to KDE4. The digiKam tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge.

Take care, it's always a BETA code with many of new bugs not yet fixed... Do not use yet in production...

KDE3 version still the stable release and have been published this summer.

To prepare the future Coding Sprint with kipi-plugins developpers, a second beta release of digiKam plugins box is out.

See below the list of new features and bugs-fix coming with this release:

A coding sprint is planed to Genoa - Italy by me and Angelo Naselli. The goal of this event is to improve KDE4 digikam and kipi-plugins code.

The event dates are set from 31 october to 2 november. We will hosted by ALID Association which will provide a room with internet connection. The event will be sponsored by KDE-ev.

Peoples who will contribute to this events are:

Yes! a DNG converter for Linux...

3 weeks ago, i have received a mail from a contributor named Holger Berger. He send me a patch against dcraw implementation included in libkdcraw, to parallelize demosaicing operations using OpenMP library. After some tests on my dual core computer i have immediately felt the power of parallelized code: it's faster.

We have tried to contact Dave Coffin to include this patch officially in dcraw... without success (no response). Why ? He don't like OpenMp certainly... So we have looked for another way to use this patch.

Take care, it's always a BETA code with many of new bugs not yet fixed... Do not use yet in production...

I am currently working with Andi Clemens to improve some important usability issues in Image Editor and Showfoto.

Take care, it's always a BETA code with many of new bugs not yet fixed... To resume:

"DO NOT USE YET IN PRODUCTION"