Arnd,<br><br>Another Google summer code proposal, outside digiKam, is to have writting mode for PNG file in Exiv2...<br><br>This is very important to handle PNG files like JPEG. If PNG writting mode on the fly is implemented, this will a killer feature into digiKam.<br>
<br>Patch on my computer is just started and very uncomplete. I have no more free time currently to implement it.<br><br>Andreas, I know that you is in the mailling list. What do you think about ?<br><br>Best <br><br>Gilles<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/2/4, Arnd Baecker <<a href="mailto:arnd.baecker@web.de">arnd.baecker@web.de</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>following the discussion on the IRC with Gilles,<br>here is a list of possible projects for the Google Summer of Code<br>(most likely to take place this year again, see<br><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2007/">http://code.google.com/soc/2007/</a> for information for last years run).<br>
<br>I think such projects for digikam should<br>- add something new, exciting/interesting (i.e. not just bug-fixes)<br>- be self-contained and not too big, so that success is "guaranteed"<br> (but expandable ... ;-)<br>
- therefore most likely they should not touch too much<br> in the core of digikam ...<br><br>Some Projects:<br><br>- <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149485">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149485</a><br>
"Advanced image resize for the digikam editor"<br><br>- <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144593">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144593</a><br> "New High Dynamic Range (HDR) plugin"<br>
This could involve<br> - contrast masking<br> - HDR generation and tone-mapping (but we have qtpfsgui for that ...!)<br> - enfuse (see the hugin project, <a href="http://wiki.panotools.org/Enfuse">http://wiki.panotools.org/Enfuse</a> )<br>
<br>- Fulla <a href="http://wiki.panotools.org/Fulla">http://wiki.panotools.org/Fulla</a><br> integration into the JPG and raw workflow.<br><br> This tool addresses: Chromatic aberration, Lens distortion, Vignetting<br>
<br> Specific bugs:<br> - <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98651">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98651</a><br> "imageplugin filter based on clens"<br> - <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143864">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143864</a><br>
"Tool to remove Chromatic Aberration from photos"<br><br> Because of a tight integration into digikam,<br> I am not sure, whether this can still be realized as kipi-plugin.<br> (Also thinking ahead in the direction of the "action lists"<br>
<a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125387">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125387</a>)<br><br>- <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143978">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143978</a><br> "Sync Plugin: New Syncronisation Framework KIPI Plugin"<br>
<br>- KROSS integration for digikam 0.10:<br> <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146866">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146866</a><br> This would be very powerful as it allows to script<br> digikam via python, ruby etc.<br>
(For example realized for krita).<br><br> In the long run I would love to see a way that users<br> can contribute simple scripts to digikam<br> (either for download, or included in the digikam distribution<br> in a scripts directory) which can do all kinds of tasks.<br>
The idea is to get the community (and just people capable of<br> C++ programming) involved in building useful tools for digikam<br> (e.g.: wouldn't it be possible to do something similar as<br> <a href="http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_a118/essay.html">http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_a118/essay.html</a> ?)<br>
<br>- Layers, adjustment layers, smart filters and such:<br> See eg.:<br> <a href="http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_a117/essay.html">http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_a117/essay.html</a><br><br>- <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138290">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138290</a><br>
"GPSSync plugin integration in the side bar"<br> This does not touch digiKam's core; the idea is to use marble from kde4,<br> <a href="http://edu.kde.org/marble/">http://edu.kde.org/marble/</a><br><br> And geo-location stuff is a hot topic... ;-)<br>
<br>- <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146288">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146288</a><br> "Face detection / recognition for digikam"<br><br><br>Well, let's collect all ideas for the moment and<br>
then we have to select some of them...<br>(Presumably it is good to have already a student interested<br>in a specific project, before one starts thinking about<br>the concrete proposal.)<br><br>About the target: KDE3 or KDE4:<br>
In my opinion KDE4, as digikam 0.10 is planned for end of July 2008.<br><br>Best, Arnd<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Digikam-devel mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Digikam-devel@kde.org">Digikam-devel@kde.org</a><br>
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