[Digikam-devel] list of possible GSoC projects for digikam

[Gilles Caulier]

Arnd,

Another Google summer code proposal, outside digiKam, is to have writting
mode for PNG file in Exiv2...

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.

Patch on my computer is just started and very uncomplete. I have no more
free time currently to implement it.

Andreas, I know that you is in the mailling list. What do you think about ?

Best

Gilles

2008/2/4, Arnd Baecker <arnd.baecker at web.de>:
>
> Hi,
>
> following the discussion on the IRC with Gilles,
> here is a list of possible projects for the Google Summer of Code
> (most likely to take place this year again, see
> http://code.google.com/soc/2007/ for information for last years run).
>
> I think such projects for digikam should
> - add something new, exciting/interesting (i.e. not just bug-fixes)
> - be self-contained and not too big, so that success is "guaranteed"
>   (but expandable ... ;-)
> - therefore most likely they should not touch too much
>   in the core of digikam ...
>
> Some Projects:
>
> - http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149485
>   "Advanced image resize for the digikam editor"
>
> - http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144593
>   "New High Dynamic Range (HDR) plugin"
>   This could involve
>   - contrast masking
>   - HDR generation and tone-mapping (but we have qtpfsgui for that ...!)
>   - enfuse (see the hugin project, http://wiki.panotools.org/Enfuse )
>
> - Fulla http://wiki.panotools.org/Fulla
>   integration into the JPG and raw workflow.
>
>   This tool addresses: Chromatic aberration, Lens distortion, Vignetting
>
>   Specific bugs:
>   - http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98651
>     "imageplugin filter based on clens"
>   - http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143864
>     "Tool to remove Chromatic Aberration from photos"
>
>   Because of a tight integration into digikam,
>   I am not sure, whether this can still be realized as kipi-plugin.
>   (Also thinking ahead in the direction of the "action lists"
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125387)
>
> - http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143978
>   "Sync Plugin: New Syncronisation Framework KIPI Plugin"
>
> - KROSS integration for digikam 0.10:
>   http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146866
>   This would be very powerful as it allows to script
>   digikam via python, ruby etc.
>   (For example realized for krita).
>
>   In the long run I would love to see a way that users
>   can contribute simple scripts to digikam
>   (either for download, or included in the digikam distribution
>    in a scripts directory) which can do all kinds of tasks.
>   The idea is to get the community (and just people capable of
>   C++ programming) involved in building useful tools for digikam
>   (e.g.: wouldn't it be possible to do something similar as
>    http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_a118/essay.html ?)
>
> - Layers, adjustment layers, smart filters and such:
>   See eg.:
>   http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_a117/essay.html
>
> - http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138290
>    "GPSSync plugin integration in the side bar"
>   This does not touch digiKam's core; the idea is to use marble from kde4,
>   http://edu.kde.org/marble/
>
>   And geo-location stuff is a hot topic... ;-)
>
> - http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146288
>   "Face detection / recognition for digikam"
>
>
> Well, let's collect all ideas for the moment and
> then we have to select some of them...
> (Presumably it is good to have already a student interested
> in a specific project, before one starts thinking about
> the concrete proposal.)
>
> About the target: KDE3 or KDE4:
> In my opinion KDE4, as digikam 0.10 is planned for end of July 2008.
>
> Best, Arnd
>
>
>
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