[Digikam-users] digiKam and digikamimageplugins 0.8.0 released

[Reuben]

Hello, I upgraded using the Ubuntu binary; when I try to open digikam, I 
now get an error dialog which says:  "Failed to update old database to 
new database format". Is there anything I can do to recover other than 
delete the old database file?

Joern Ahrens wrote:

>digiKam is a simple digital photo management application for KDE, which makes 
>importing and organizing digital photos a "snap". The photos can be organized 
>in albums which can be sorted chronologically, by directory layout or by 
>custom collections. An easy to use interface is provided that enables you to 
>connect to your camera and preview, download and/or delete your images.
>
>The digiKam team is pleased to bring to you the next generation of the 
>user-friendly digital photo management software and its image plugins. The 
>primary focus for this release is new ways of photo organization and 
>searching. We hope it will be as much fun for you to use it as we had 
>developing it.
>
>The noteworthy features in this release:
>
>* Albums and Tags have been separated out into different views and these views 
>are collapsible.
>
>* PHOTO DATES AND COMMENTS: Photos are now scanned for their metadata which is 
>then stored in the database. The EXIF timestamp (if available) is used for 
>sorting and searching
>
> * DATE BASED VIRTUAL FOLDERS: Each corresponding to the month in which the 
>pictures were taken. Its also possible to filter this view to show photos 
>from single or multiple day(s) and week(s)
>
>* SEARCHING: Two interfaces have been implemented for searching on photos:
>   o QUICK SEARCH: a keyword based search which also allows date based lookups
>   o ADVANCED SEARCH: build rules and groups of rules to do very precise 
>searches
>   o LIVE FEEDBACK: Both searches show instant results based on the current 
>search criteria
>
>* SEARCH BASED VIRTUAL FOLDERS: The searches can be saved as virtual folders 
>and its possible to edit the search criterion later.
>
>* TAG FILTERING: A new view has been added to the right side which allows 
>quick drag and drop tag assignments and also filtering of photos in the 
>current view. This view is again collapsible
>
>* ALBUM LOCATION INDICATOR: When photos are shown from a virtual folder (tag, 
>date or search), the photos are grouped together based on album locations
>
>* MEMORY OPTIMIZATION: Thumbnails are now loaded on demand and only a fixed 
>cache of thumbnails is kept in memory
>
>* NEW THEMES: Dark, Sandy and Orange Crush
>
>* BACKEND CHANGES: - Database upgraded to sqlite3 - New kioslaves for handling 
>date, search, tag, album listing
>
>* SHOWFOTO : new slide show tool
>
>* IMAGE PLUGIN CHANGES
>   o Plugin dialogs have been revamped for better usability and easier 
>comparison of filter effects.
>   o Plugin computations are now threaded
>   o Plugin preview is now resizable
>   o BigEndian fixes
>
>* NEW IMAGE PLUGIN FEATURES :
>   o Aspect Ratio Crop : new photograph composition guide tool based on 
>Fibonacci series (golden mean)
>   o New Color AutoCorrection tool with preview (Normalize, Autolevels, 
>Equalize, and Stretch Contrast)
>   o Free Rotation : Auto crop and antialiasing options
>   o Shear Tool : Antialiasing option
>
>* NEW IMAGE PLUGINS :
>   o Refocus : An advanced sharpness editor
>   o HotPixels : An hot pixels removal tool to fix bad pixels from camera CCD
>
><< Where to get it >>
>
>You can download both from digiKam's SourceForge area:
>  http://sourceforge.net/projects/digikam/
>
><< How to install >>
>http://www.digikam.org/?q=download
>
>Joern Ahrens
>digiKam team
>http://www.digikam.org/
>
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