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I am just an amateur photograph (and amateur user of Digikam and
Xubuntu 17.04). My main use for a photo manager is to build a
presentation to show my friends. For example, a presentation of our
latest Africa trip. I may also need to doctor up some of my photos
a little. In addition, I would like my presentations NOT to be
complete copies of my original photos, but just a list of photos
taken from my photo database. I picked DigiKam, because it was
recommended as the best photo manager for Linux, and it allows
creating a list of photos to be included in a presentation without
copying the photo. However, I am finding that the "work flow" to
creating a presentation list is incredibly awkward. I am hoping
somebody can tell me of a different "work flow" that will be less
awkward.<br>
<br>
To add a photo to my Presentation List I go through the following
steps:<br>
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<li>Scan thru photos using Preview mode until I find a photo I
want to include.</li>
<li>Click on Image Editor to see if I want to doctor up the photo
a little. I often use Color>Auto Correction.</li>
<li>Maybe go to Light Table and compared the doctored image to the
original to see if I want to keep it.</li>
<li>If in Light Table go back to Image Editor.<br>
</li>
<li>Click on OK. <br>
</li>
<li>Click on "Save as New Version".</li>
<li>Click on the DigiKam main window to go back to Preview mode.<br>
</li>
<li>Put my cursor on the Thumbnail in Preview mode and wait 3 or 4
seconds for the Properties window to pop up so I can find the
file name of the photo I want to add to the presentation list.
For some reason file names, while listed in Thumbnail mode are
not listed in Preview mode, and putting my cursor on the large
selected image won't bring up the Properties window.<br>
</li>
<li>Pull down the View menu and select Presentation. A thumbnail
of the photo I want to add is now in the Presentation window.<br>
</li>
<li>Click "Load a Saved List" to bring up a window that allows me
to select the file, which contains the Presentation List I am
building.</li>
<li>Double click on the Presentation List file name. The old
list, plus the photo I am adding, is now in the Presentation
window.</li>
<li>Click on the "Save List" button in the Presentation window.</li>
<li>Select the same Presentation List file that I am building.</li>
<li>Click Save.</li>
<li>Click on "Yes", when the message "Another test presentation
already exists. Do you want to replace it?"</li>
<li>Click the Close button to close the Presentation Window.</li>
<li>Repeat the 16 steps above for the next photo that I want to
put in the Presentation List.</li>
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Does anybody have a better "Work Flow" for building a Presentation
List. If so I would appreciate you describing it!!!!<br>
<br>
As a side note I figured out how to use
"Gwenview>Plugins>Export>Export to remote storage" to
create a folder containing all the photos in my Digikam
presentation, in case I want to give it to a friend. <br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
Ralph<br>
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