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kipi-plugins 1.8.0 released…

by digiKam.

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

digiKam team is proud to announce Kipi-plugins 1.8.0 !

digiKam1.8.0

kipi-plugins tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url

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

Enjoy digiKam.

BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA:

001 ==> 261275 : General : [PATCH] kipi-plugins 1.6.0 fails to build (final).
002 ==> 253257 : SmugExport : Program uploads only part of file or smaller version of file and match error occurs.
003 ==> 257514 : PrintImages : Scaling of Pictures for print.
004 ==> 196855 : GPSSync : Remember last postition, remember last view mode, cache the last view.
005 ==> 262125 : DngConverter : DNG Conversion can’t be inverted. Embedded file is corrupted.
006 ==> 245956 : PicasaWeb : Upload video from Digikam to Picasa.
007 ==> 262642 : AdvancedSlideshow : Better looking of “captions” during slideshow [patch].
008 ==> 263545 : PicasaWeb : Crashed, when trying to import photo from picasaweb.

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digiKam 1.8.0 released…

by digiKam.

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

digiKam team is proud to announce digiKam 1.8.0 release!

digiKam1.8.0

digiKam 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 ==> 256372 : Add a digiKam installer based on NSIS.
002 ==> 261086 : Crash at startup.
003 ==> 212947 : digiKan crashes upon import of large photo collection.
004 ==> 261015 : digiKam Fingerprinter crashes.
005 ==> 237639 : Wish: All thumbs created in a folder automatically.
006 ==> 189585 : Thumbnails do not display.
007 ==> 255852 : digiKam crashed when browsing/rating images.
008 ==> 184635 : Empty menu when right clicking on an image.
009 ==> 261868 : Provide a progress indicator for “rename”.
010 ==> 244560 : digiKam crash while viewing photos.
011 ==> 261582 : Default filename for renamed imports: remove the colon character.
012 ==> 262065 : Linking issue with Marble library.
013 ==> 261879 : Ubuntu unity compatibility bugs: export menu disappeared.
014 ==> 262296 : Camera GUI does not open [patch].
015 ==> 201788 : Picture navigation problems and disambiguation.
016 ==> 261415 : digiKam crashes when adding lens data to ~/.local.
017 ==> 253062 : Database of 80,000+ images wiped out.
018 ==> 263083 : digiKam editor crashes on “save” and “save as” (KFileDialog relevant).
019 ==> 252404 : digiKam crashes when modifying caption.
020 ==> 262720 : Rebuild thumbnails or ‘scan for new images’ should work on just current folder.
021 ==> 242036 : digiKam crashed when pressing ‘Album -> New’.
022 ==> 235597 : Disconnected usb passport external hard drive using “safely remove drive” option.
023 ==> 237957 : Crash while looking at folder with 380 images for first time.
024 ==> 253067 : Crash when viewing pictures.
025 ==> 255054 : Crash during picture import [KDirWatch::contains, Digikam::AlbumManager::addAlbumRoot, Digikam::AlbumManager::slotCollectionLocationStatusChanged].
026 ==> 258106 : digiKam crahed on search Pictures on individal Album.
027 ==> 261384 : Crash while scrolling the raw image preview.
028 ==> 258922 : digiKam crashed while scrolling through images in folder.
029 ==> 263726 : Metadata lost when decoding a raw file.
030 ==> 224047 : Thumbnails incorrectly rotated on certain images.
031 ==> 239902 : digiKam seems to find images that are not in the collection directory.
032 ==> 245958 : Some tags lost on batch color space conversion - import metadata does not work.
033 ==> 246735 : Frame rate drops to around 5 fps when dragging & dropping.

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Use the Levels Adjustment Tool in digiKam

by Dmitri Popov.

When it comes to tweaking photos, Levels is the most important weapon in digiKam’s arsenal. This tool lets you adjust brightness and contrast by specifying the location of complete black, complete white, and midtones in a histogram, which makes it a perfect tool for fixing under- and overexposed photos as well as improving the overall tonal range of a photo. Continue to read

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digiKam 2.x splash-screens: call to photographers !

by digiKam.

digiKam 2.0.0-beta2 splash

digiKam 2.0 have been published in beta stage since 2 weeks. Stable 2.0 release is planed for may, with few beta versions to consolidate code with users feedback...

For each beta stage, i plan to include new digiKam and Showfoto splash-screens, and time has come to find the ideal photos to go with it. Now is your chance to join the ranks of the precious few who have had their artwork associated with a release of digiKam!

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digiKam Software Collection 2.0.0 beta1 is out…

by digiKam.

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

Just in time for this new year 2011, digiKam team is proud to announce the first digiKam Software Collection 2.0.0 beta release!

digikam2.0.0-19

With 2.x, digiKam include now all shared libraries maintained by digiKam team plus kipi-plugins source code, as a software collection. The goal is to simplify packaging to reduce external dependencies.

digikam2.0.0-05

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Cross-processing with digiKam

by Dmitri Popov.

Although digiKam can’t rival dedicated image manipulation applications like the GIMP, it does have several essential editing tools which can help you to turn plain photos into striking images. For example, using the Curves Adjustment tool, you can apply the cross-processing effect to a photo. Continue to read

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PS I'd love to see a series of recipes how to create Hipstamatic-like effects using Digikam.

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digiKam and Kipi-plugins 1.7 windows installer is available

by julien.

digiKam-wininstaller01

digiKam team is proud to announce that a new windows installer for digiKam software collection is available. You can download it from here

This installer includes a copy of all the dependencies of digiKam and kipi-plugins including Qt 4.6.2, KDE 4.4.4, exiv2 0.21, libkdcraw 1.3.0, libraw 0.12.1, etc...

digiKam-wininstaller07

Unfortunately, this port of digiKam under windows is not yet as stable as the linux version. digiKam works mostly fine under windows, but some features are still broken due to some bugs in the underlying KDE libraries.

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kipi-plugins 1.7.0 released…

by digiKam.

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

Just at Christmas time, digiKam team is proud to announce Kipi-plugins 1.7.0 !

kipiplugins1.7.O

kipi-plugins tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url

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

Enjoy digiKam and Happy new year.

NEW FEATURES:

General : New plugin to export images to Debian Screenshoots web service (http://screenshots.debian.net).
General : New plugin to export images to an instant messaging contact.

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