digiKam

digiKam Screenshot
Developer(s)	KDE
Stable release	2.5.0 / January 3, 2012; 5 months ago  (2012-01-03)
Written in	C++ (Qt)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD[1]
Platform	IA-32
Type	Image organizer
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.digikam.org

digiKam is an image organizer and editor using KDE Platform.

Features[link]

digiKam runs on most known desktop environments and window managers if the required libraries are installed. It supports all major image file formats,^[which?] 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 for later use. With the plugins they can also export albums to 23hq, Facebook, Flickr, Gallery2, Google Earth's KML files, Yandex.Fotki, MediaWiki, Rajce, SmugMug, Piwigo, Simpleviewer, burn them on CD, or create web galleries.

digiKam provides functions for organizing, previewing, downloading and/or deleting images from digital cameras. Basic auto-transformations can also be deployed on the fly during picture 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. Digital Asset Management is the mainstay of digiKam.

Version history[link]

The 0.10 version is a hallmark in development as it integrates digiKam in the KDE Platform 4 environment, which is now available on all major platforms as Unix-like, Mac OS X, and Windows (XP, Vista and 7). New features are: XMP metadata, DNG format read and write, database file is independent of photo libraries, enabling remote paths, multiple roots and offline archives, improved database with much more metadata that can be searched, e.g. camera or lens, Marble integration for geolocation, non-modal image editor, live search boxes in both sidebars and main window, and many more.

New features in the 0.9 series includes a GPS locator^[2] and synchronization,^[3] iPod Photo upload support,^[4] an advanced metadata editor,^[5] better support for the Raw image format (using dcraw included in digiKam), full color management, a light-table,^[6] pan-tool in Image Editor and Preview mode, improvements in usability, and many new plugins.

Digikam 2.0 was released in July 2011, sporting a number of new features, including:

• Face detection and recognition support
• XMP sidecar support
• Reverse geocoding
• Image versioning
• Pick Labels & Color Labels support to improve photographic Work-flow
• Many new RAW decoding features

Awards received[link]

digiKam has been awarded the TUX 2005, 2008, and 2010 Readers' Choice Award in the category Favorite Digital Photo Management Tool.^[10][11][12]

See also[link]

Free software portal

• KPhotoAlbum
• F-Spot
• Comparison of image viewers

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official Kipi-Plugins site (with complete feature list)
• Digikam user wiki

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