DigiKam

Infobox Software
name = DigiKam



caption =
developer = The digiKam Team
programming language = C++
latest release version = 0.9.4
latest release date = July 16, 2008
latest preview version = 0.10.0-beta3
latest preview date = September 3, 2008
operating system = Unix-like
genre = Graphics software
license = GNU General Public License
website = [http://www.digikam.org www.digikam.org]

DigiKam is an image organizer and editor for the KDE desktop environment. It supports all major image formats, and can organize collections of photographs in directory-based albums, or dynamic albums by date, timeline, or by tags. Users can also add captions and ratings to their images, search through them and save searches as 'smart folders'. With the plugins they can also export albums to Flickr, Gallery2, Google Earth's KML files, Simpleviewer, burn them on CD, or create web galleries.

Features

DigiKam provides functions for previewing, downloading and/or deleting images from digital cameras. Basic auto-transformations can also be deployed on the fly during pictures downloading. In addition, digiKam offers image enhancement tools through its KIPI (KDE Image Plugins Interface) framework and its own plugins, like red-eye removal, color management, image filters, or special effects. Digikam is the only free photo management application on Linux that can handle 16 bit/channel images.

New features in the 0.9.0 release were a [http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/104 GPS locator] and [http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/136 synchronization] , [http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/137 iPod Photo upload support] , an [http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/163 advanced metadata editor] , better support for the RAW image format (using dcraw included in digiKam), full color management and many new plugins.

New features in the 0.9.2 release were a [http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/222 light-table] , pan-tool in Image Editor and Preview mode and improvements in usability.

DigiKam is currently maintained in KDE's Extragear and is under active development.At the moment digiKam is being ported to Qt4.4.After this transition, digiKam will also be available on Windows (XP and Vista) and on Mac OS X.

Technical Information

DigiKam is written in C++ using Qt/KDE libraries.

Awards received

DigiKam has been awarded the TUX 2005 and 2008 Readers' Choice Award in the category Favorite Digital Photo Management Tool. [ [http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/31 2005 Readers' Choice Award, Favorite Digital Photo Management Tool] ] [ [http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/314 digiKam wins TUX 2008 Readers Choice Award | digiKam - Photo Management Program ] ]

See also

* KPhotoAlbum
* F-Spot
* Comparison of image viewers

References

External links

* [http://www.digikam.org Official digiKam site] (with complete feature list)
* [http://www.kipi-plugins.org Official Kipi-Plugins site] (with complete feature list)