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Digikam Tutorials

Note

Dmitri Popov and Mohamed Malik write blogs about using Digikam, and have given us permission to reproduce them. Please remember that the images used are still copyright. This list is likely to be extended regularly.

Basic Features

Creating Calendars Using digiKam- make a personalised calendar
Remove Red Eyes From Your Pictures Using digiKam helps you get rid of that demonic look!
How to export and import pictures to Picasa web using digiKam
How to download Facebook albums by using digiKam
How to find duplicate images on digiKam!
Adding Borders To Your Photos
Configure the Main Toolbar in digiKam
Import Photos in digiKam

Improving Photos

Convert Photos to Black and White with digiKam shows you the tools for quick results.
Adding Textures To Your Images Using digiKam Some images look a little flat and benefit from the addition of a texture.
Generating aspect ratio crops in digiKam for use with particular monitor size or shape.
Applying Image Effects Using digiKam - make your images look like paintings!
Straighten Your Pictures Using digiKam brings those horizons back into line.

Advanced Image Editing

Exposure Blending deals with those difficult, high contrast photographs.
Lens Distortion helps you correct those inevitable distortions.
The Local Contrast Tool deals with photographs where specific areas are under- or over-exposed.
The Levels Adjustment Tool adjusts brightness and contrast.
Re-compress Images Using digiKam discusses the level of compression used in .jpg images.
Reducing Noise Using digiKam
Work with Photo Metadata in digiKam tells you how to view and edit the metadata stored with your images.
How to create panoramas in digiKam 2.1 - stitch your photos together to make a great panorama.

New features in 2.0

New Features in digiKam 2: Color Labels and Picks
Versioning in digiKam 2 - save modified versions of an image while keeping the original untouched.
Face Recognition in digiKam 2
Using XMP Sidecar support in digiKam 2 beta 3 - Write metadata into a linked file
Geotagging in digiKam 2.0 - the new interface, with Reverse Geotagging.

Searching and Sorting

Batch Renaming of Photos suggests ways to automate naming your photos that improve cataloging them.
Face Detection In digiKam
Performing Fuzzy Searches In digiKam - lost a picture because you can't remember its name or where you filed it? You need a fuzzy search.
Using the Advanced Search Tool In digiKam

Advanced Features

Watermark Photos tells how to use batch processing to add watermarks to your images.
Install digiKam on Windows explaining the use of the Windows installer and providing a link to a tutorial for those who prefer to compile the latest version.
Sieve through Photos with digiKam’s Light Table Tool is perfect for comparing a series of photographs to find the best one for your purpose.
Geotag Photos with Open GPS Tracker and digiKam tells how to get GPS data into your images' metadata.
Batch Process Photos in digiKam improves your Batch Processing skills, including using the Batch Queue Manager.
Manage Photos from Multiple digiKam Installations - if you have photos on more than one computer, this is for you.
Using digiKam with MySQL - how to migrate your data to MySQL so that you can use a server for your photos.
Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to Tags in digiKam
Optimise digiKam’s Performance..and increase productivity
How to enable fast thumbnail loading in digiKam
Check and Optimize digiKam’s Databases helps you improve performance.

Working with cameras and RAW files

Process Raw Files in digiKam
Convert RAW Files to DNG with DNGConverter will be of interest to users of high-end cameras.
Batch Convert Your RAW Files Using digiKam…. shows how to convert RAW files to other formats, using the wizard.
Writing Meta Data To Raw Files In digiKam
Lens Corrections Using digiKam - No lens is perfect.

A collection of PDF's of Mohamed Malik's Digikam tutorials is available from this site.

Dmitri Popov's eBook "digiKam Tricks" is available from his web site