digiKam

The new version of the digiKam Recipes ebook includes the following new material: Tethered Shooting with digiKam Soft Proofing in digiKam Continue to read

While digiKam won't rival dedicated software for tethered shooting, you can use the application's Import interface to trigger the connected camera and instantly fetch photos from it. This functionality can come in handy when you want to have an instant preview of photos you take on a large screen. Continue to read

Dear all digiKam fans and users! digiKam team is proud to announce the 2nd digiKam Software Collection 2.6.0 beta release!read more

By popular demand the digiKam Recipes/Instant Guide to Darktable bundle is back, featuring updated versions of both ebooks. Although digiKam can handle RAW files, a dedicated application for processing RAW files can come in useful in many situations. ... [More] There are several excellent open source RAW editors available on Linux (and Windows, for that matter), but Darktable is probably the most powerful and user-friendly application among them. If you are ready to integrate Darktable into your photographic workflow, the Instant Guide to Darktable provides an introduction to the application's features and essential tools. The best part? Continue o read read more [Less]

Besides a handful of minor tweaks, the new version of the digiKam Recipes ebook includes the following new material: Prevent Photos in digiKam from Disappearing Simple Color Toning Simulate a Washed Out Effect Continue to read

Versioning in digiKam provides an excellent mechanism for non-destructive editing, but it does have a tiny quirk that can be a bit confusing if you are not aware of it. With the Versioning feature enabled, digiKam automatically displays only the ... [More] most recent version of a photo and hides all the previous revisions, including the original file. This functionality helps to avoid clutter in the main thumbnail view, but this creature comfort can also cause panic when you all of a sudden can’t find the original photos. Continue to read read more [Less]

Dear all digiKam fans and users! digiKam team is proud to announce the 1st digiKam Software Collection 2.6.0 beta release! With this release, digiKam include a lots of bugs fixes and new features introduced to last Coding Sprint from Genoa.read more

Yay! It's time for yet another giveaway. A lucky winner will receive a swanky Photorito Lens Wrap (pictured below) and a "fuzzy wuzzy" Felt Camera Case. Continue to read

By Peter Albrecht. In the two years that I'm using digikam by now, I always searched for a way to tag the persons on my photos in a fast and easy way. Now I discovered a fast way of tagging with the keyboard only. == A) The batch-click way: Having ... [More] read the digikam handbook back in 2009 and using the tools, I saw evolve in the GUI, I ended up with the following way: 1 switch to "thumbnails" view (you have to be able to select more than one image) 2 shift the preview size to the maximum of 256 pixel (you want to be able to recognize the people on the photos) 3 switch the right side-view to "Caption/Tags" and select the tab "Tags" 4 select picture number one and look at the leftmost person on this picture read more [Less]

Want to add a vintage effect to your photos? digiKam has all the tools you need to turn your digital snapshots into vintage masterpieces. Continue to read