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    KDE provides a wide variety of applications to suit your graphics and imaging needs, from a multi-format document viewer to a very handy screenshot utility.
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    == Graphics & Imaging == <!--T:1-->


    ==Okular==
    </translate>[[Image:Applications-graphics.png|left|64px]] <translate><!--T:22-->
    {|
    KDE provides a wide variety of applications to suit your graphics and imaging needs. View documents of different formats. Browse through your pictures. Manage your photo collection and digital camera. Or even create your own artistic masterpiece. Bring images to life with KDE.</translate>
    |[[Image:Okular.png|left|128px|Okular]] || '''Okular''' is KDE's universal document viewer. It is able to display different document formats such as PDF, DjVu, CHM, and even Comicbook archives (CBR). [[Okular|Read more...]]
     
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    === Viewers === <!--T:4-->
    </translate>
    :{|
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Gwenview|<translate><!--T:87-->
    Gwenview</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Gwenview-logo.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Gwenview]]||<translate><!--T:25-->
    A fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Okular|<translate><!--T:88-->
    Okular</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Okular.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Okular]]||<translate><!--T:28-->
    KDE's universal document viewer.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KuickShow|<translate><!--T:89-->
    Kuickshow</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kuickshow.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Kuickshow]]||<translate><!--T:31-->
    A very fast and comfortable imageviewer, somewhat inspired by ACDSee.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KFax|<translate><!--T:90-->
    KFax</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kfax.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KFax]]||<translate><!--T:34-->
    Fax file viewer for KDE, supporting all page sizes.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KGraphviewer|<translate><!--T:91-->
    KGraphviewer</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Applications-graphics.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KGraphviewer]]||<translate><!--T:37-->
    GraphViz dot graph viewer for KDE.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Koko|<translate>
    <!--T:120-->
    Koko</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Koko.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Koko]]||<translate>
    <!--T:121-->
    A simple image viewer and sharer for KDE.</translate>
    |}
    |}


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    === Photo Management === <!--T:6-->
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    :{|
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KPhotoAlbum|<translate><!--T:92-->
    KPhotoAlbum</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kphotoalbum.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KPhotoAlbum]]||<translate><!--T:40-->
    A tool which you can use to easily sort and view your images.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto|<translate><!--T:93-->
    Showfoto</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Logo-showfoto.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Showfoto]]||<translate><!--T:43-->
    An lighter-weight digital photo viewing and management application.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Digikam|<translate><!--T:94-->
    Digikam</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Digikam-logo.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Digikam]]||<translate><!--T:46-->
    An advanced digital photo management application.</translate>
    |}


    ==KPhotoAlbum==
    <translate>
    {|
    === Image Creation === <!--T:8-->
    |[[Image:Kphotoalbum-logo.jpg|left|128px|KPhotoAlbum]] || '''KPhotoAlbum''' is a tool which you can use to easily sort your images. It provides many capabilities to make sorting and viewing images easy. [[KPhotoAlbum|Read more...]]
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    :{|
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[https://docs.krita.org/en/ Krita]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Krita.png|48px|link=https://docs.krita.org/en/]]||<translate><!--T:49-->
    A professional digital painting application.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Karbon14|<translate><!--T:96-->
    Karbon</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Karbon.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Karbon]]||<translate><!--T:52-->
    The scalable vector drawing application in KDE.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KolourPaint|<translate><!--T:97-->
    KolourPaint</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kolourpaint.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KolourPaint]]||<translate><!--T:55-->
    A free, easy-to-use paint program targeted at average users.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KIconEdit|<translate><!--T:98-->
    KIconEdit</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kiconedit.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KIconEdit]]||<translate><!--T:58-->
    A basic icon editor for KDE. {{KDE4}}</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KXStitch|<translate>
    <!--T:116-->
    KXStitch</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kxstitch_icon.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KXStitch]]||<translate>
    <!--T:117-->
    Cross stitch pattern editor.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/SymbolEditor|<translate><!--T:118-->
    SymbolEditor</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:SymbolEditor_icon.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/SymbolEditor]]||<translate><!--T:119-->
    A cross stitch symbol editor.</translate>
    |}
    |}


    <translate>
    === Scanning === <!--T:10-->
    </translate>
    :{|
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Skanlite|<translate><!--T:100-->
    Skanlite</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Hi48-app-Kooka.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Skanlite]]||<translate><!--T:64-->
    A scanning application for KDE4. Simple interface and easy to use.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Kooka|<translate><!--T:101-->
    Kooka</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Hi48-app-Kooka.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Kooka]]||<translate><!--T:67-->
    A scanning application for KDE3 incl. gallery management</translate>
    |}


    ==Digikam==
    <translate>
    {|
    === Utilities === <!--T:12-->
    |[[Image:Digikam-logo.png|left|128px|Digikam]] || '''Digikam''' is an advanced digital photo management application, capable of working directly with many makes of camera and many file types. [[Digikam|Read more...]]
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    :{|
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Spectacle|<translate>
    <!--T:122-->
    Spectacle</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Spectacle.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Spectacle]]||<translate><!--T:123-->
    A very handy utility for taking screenshots of desktops, windows, or regions of the screen.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KSnapshot|<translate><!--T:102-->
    KSnapshot</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Ksnapshot.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KSnapshot]]||<translate><!--T:70-->
    A very handy utility for taking screenshots of desktops, windows, or regions of the screen.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KColorChooser|<translate><!--T:103-->
    KColorChooser</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kcolorchooser.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KColorChooser]]||<translate><!--T:73-->
    KDE color and palette chooser, featuring mixing of colors, saving to palettes, and an eyedropper function.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KColorEdit|<translate><!--T:104-->
    KColorEdit</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Applications-graphics.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KColorEdit]]||
    <translate><!--T:76-->
    A palette files editor, for editing color palettes and for color choosing and naming. {{KDE4}}</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KRuler|<translate><!--T:105-->
    KRuler</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kruler.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KRuler]]||<translate><!--T:79-->
    An onscreen ruler that allows you to measure objects on the screen.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/Kbarcode|<translate><!--T:106-->
    Kbarcode</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kbarcode.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/Kbarcode]]||<translate><!--T:82-->
    A utility to create barcodes.</translate>
    |-
    |colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/KIPI|<translate><!--T:107-->
    KIPI</translate>]]</h4>
    |-
    |[[Image:Kipi.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/KIPI]]||<translate><!--T:85-->
    A collection of plugins that can be shared across different graphics programs.</translate>
    |}
    |}


    <translate>==Photo Editing Tutorials are also available:== <!--T:14-->
    <!--T:15-->
    :*[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Levels_Adjust|Photo KDE Tutorial 1-1 Levels Adjust]]
    <!--T:16-->
    :*[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Curves_Adjust|Photo KDE Tutorial 1-2 Curves Adjust]]
    <!--T:17-->
    :*[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/White_Balance|Photo KDE Tutorial 1-3: White balance]]
    <!--T:18-->
    :*[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Brightness|Photo KDE Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness]]
    <!--T:19-->
    :*[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Perspective|Photo KDE Tutorial 1-5: Perspective Adjustment]]
    <!--T:113-->
    :*In addition, a great many tutorials are available for Digikam.  Please see the page [[Special:myLanguage/Digikam/Tutorials|Digikam Tutorials]] for details.
    ==Color Management== <!--T:114-->
    <!--T:115-->
    The first color management implementation comes with KDE 4.10, but it will not impact the graphics applications directly for the time being. This will change in the future. See the [[Special:myLanguage/Color_Management|corresponding page]] on how to enable color management.
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    ==KDE Wayland for Artists and Graphic professionals==
    With the transition to wayland ocurring in the linux world Artists and graphic professional may need additional guidance as well as documentation about what is supported and what is not under wayland. This [[Special:myLanguage/kde_wayland_for_artists| page]] will help us document things and have a central place for all things related to artistic workflows and requirement under KDE wayland.


    ==Krita==
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    {|
    [[Category:Applications]]
    |[[Image:Krita-logo.png|left|128px|Digikam]] || '''Krita''' is KDE's premiere painting and image editing application. It is part of the KOffice productivity suite. [[Krita|Read more...]]
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    |}

    Latest revision as of 10:16, 13 December 2023

    Graphics & Imaging

    KDE provides a wide variety of applications to suit your graphics and imaging needs. View documents of different formats. Browse through your pictures. Manage your photo collection and digital camera. Or even create your own artistic masterpiece. Bring images to life with KDE.

    Viewers

    Gwenview

    A fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE.

    Okular

    KDE's universal document viewer.

    Kuickshow

    A very fast and comfortable imageviewer, somewhat inspired by ACDSee.

    KFax

    Fax file viewer for KDE, supporting all page sizes.

    KGraphviewer

    GraphViz dot graph viewer for KDE.

    Koko

    A simple image viewer and sharer for KDE.


    Photo Management

    KPhotoAlbum

    A tool which you can use to easily sort and view your images.

    Showfoto

    An lighter-weight digital photo viewing and management application.

    Digikam

    An advanced digital photo management application.

    Image Creation

    Krita

    A professional digital painting application.

    Karbon

    The scalable vector drawing application in KDE.

    KolourPaint

    A free, easy-to-use paint program targeted at average users.

    KIconEdit

    A basic icon editor for KDE.

    KXStitch

    Cross stitch pattern editor.

    SymbolEditor

    A cross stitch symbol editor.


    Scanning

    Skanlite

    A scanning application for KDE4. Simple interface and easy to use.

    Kooka

    A scanning application for KDE3 incl. gallery management

    Utilities

    Spectacle

    A very handy utility for taking screenshots of desktops, windows, or regions of the screen.

    KSnapshot

    A very handy utility for taking screenshots of desktops, windows, or regions of the screen.

    KColorChooser

    KDE color and palette chooser, featuring mixing of colors, saving to palettes, and an eyedropper function.

    KColorEdit

    A palette files editor, for editing color palettes and for color choosing and naming.

    KRuler

    An onscreen ruler that allows you to measure objects on the screen.

    Kbarcode

    A utility to create barcodes.

    KIPI

    A collection of plugins that can be shared across different graphics programs.

    Photo Editing Tutorials are also available:

    • In addition, a great many tutorials are available for Digikam. Please see the page Digikam Tutorials for details.

    Color Management

    The first color management implementation comes with KDE 4.10, but it will not impact the graphics applications directly for the time being. This will change in the future. See the corresponding page on how to enable color management.


    KDE Wayland for Artists and Graphic professionals

    With the transition to wayland ocurring in the linux world Artists and graphic professional may need additional guidance as well as documentation about what is supported and what is not under wayland. This page will help us document things and have a central place for all things related to artistic workflows and requirement under KDE wayland.