It has been a while since the last update of digiKam Recipes. But that doesn’t mean I neglected the book. In the past few months, I’ve been doing a complete language review and adding new material. The new revision of digiKam Recipes features detailed information on how to move digiKam library and databases from one machine to another, how to access digiKam remotely from any machine, and how to import photos from an iOS device. The book now uses the Barlow font for better legibility along with a slightly improved layout.
After four months of maintenance, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.3.0 of its open source digital photo manager.
Here is the list of most important features coming with this release:
ExifTool Support
The famous ExifTool is now supported officially in parallel than the former Exiv2 shared library to handle file metadata.
ExifTool is a powerful tool that we will use in special cases to fix metadata dysfunctions that we cannot solve using Exiv2.
An ExifTool metadata viewer have been appended to the metadata sidebar everywhere in digiKam. The view works exactly as the Exiv2 version,
including the metadata entries filter. ExifTool supports a largest list of file formats than Exiv2.
Just a few words to inform the community that 7.2.0-rc is out and ready to test six month later
the 7.2.0 beta1 release.
After integrating the student codes working on faces management while this summer, we have stabilized code about the usability
and the performances improvements of faces tagging, faces detection, and faces recognition,
already presented in July with 7.0.0 release announcement.
Just a few words to inform the community that 7.2.0-beta2 is out and ready to test four month late
the 7.2.0 beta1 release.
After integrating the student codes working on faces management while this summer, we have worked to stabilize code and respond
to many user feedbacks about the usability and the performances improvements of faces tagging, faces detection, and faces recognition,
already presented in July with 7.0.0 release announcement.
Just a few words to inform the community that 7.2.0-beta1 is out and ready to test one month later
the 7.1.0 stable release.
After a long time to integrate the student codes working on faces management while this summer, we are now ready to propose a first beta with
the the new improvements planned since a very long time about the usability and the performances of faces tagging, faces detection, and faces
recognition, already presented in July with 7.0.0 release announcement.
After this long summer, we are now proud to release digiKam 7.1.0. This maintenance version is a result of a long period of bug-triaging on bugzilla. It introduces plenty of fixes and some features. Check out some of the highlights listed below and discover all the changes in detail.
Better Canon CR3 Metadata Support
digiKam tries to support as many digital cameras’ file formats as possible, but support for RAW files is a big challenge. Some applications have been especially created only to support RAW files from specific cameras, as this kind of support is complex, long, and hard to maintain over time.
Hot on the heels of the digiKam 7.0.0 release comes a new revision of the digiKam Recipes book. The new version includes
Grouping RAW and JPEG files manually can be a real chore. Fortunately, a simple Python script can do this automatically, and the Group RAW and JPEG files with a script chapter provides instructions on using the script.
The Disaster-proof digiKam setup chapter describes how to keep digiKam databases and configuration safe.
The Use G’MIC-Qt filters chapter provides an introduction to the powerful G’MIC-Qt tool, featuring a vast collection of ready-made filters.
The Tagging in digiKam chapter has been revised and extended.
The Batch process photos and RAW files chapter provides better examples of using the Batch Queue Manager tool.
Finally, the Use digiKam with an external storage device chapter has been completely revised, and it now describes a better way to use digiKam with an external device.
All digiKam Recipes readers will receive the updated version of the book automatically and free of charge. The digiKam Recipes book is available from Google Play Store and Gumroad.
Just in time to get you into the holiday spirit, we are now proud to release digiKam 7.0.0 final release today.
This version is a result of a long development that started one year ago and in which we have introduced new features and plenty of fixes.
Check out some of the highlights listed below and discover all the changes in detail.
Just few words to inform the community that 7.0.0 release candidate is out and ready to test two month later
the third beta release published in April.
