[Digikam-users] digiKam 0.9.2 final release available

[Gilles Caulier]

Final DigiKam 0.9.2 Release available

Dear digiKam users,

the digiKam team is happy to announce a new release of the
advanced digital photo management application for linux.

In addition to various bug-fixes and improvements,
several new features have been added.
Some important improvements/changes are:

- a light-table to quickly compare similar images side by side
- Thumbnail size in the album view can be adjusted continuously
- Image Editor: reorganized menu structure
- Image Editor: new pan tool
- Image Editor: new Sharpness Editor (replacing Unsharp Mask, Refocus,
  Sharpen)
- DigikamImagePlugins have been merged into digiKam
- Image Plugins: completely rewritten Red Eyes Correction
- Image Plugins: Color Effects pack: solarize, velvia (new!), neon, edge
- Image Plugins: improved Black & White converter
- Image Plugins : Speed improvements for Restoration, Inpainting and
  Blowup (update of the CImg library to 1.1.9)
- several keyboard shortcuts have changed to comply with KDE guidelines
- New dependency to libkdcraw to decode RAW file (uses dcraw 8.60 inside)

For more information and resolved issues
please consult NEWS.0.9.2 and the Changelog.

The digiKam developer team would like to thank
everyone who has helped by testing, bug reports, bug fixes,
and suggestions for improvements.

Enjoy!

The digiKam team


Download and installation
-------------------------------------

The tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641&package_id=34800

Shared libraries required by digiKam have been updated:

libkexiv2:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641&package_id=34800

libkdcraw:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=149779&package_id=230894


Note, that the formerly separate DigikamImagePlugins
have been merged into digiKam.


Kubuntu packages are already available (thanks to Achim):
http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~ach/kubuntu/feisty/Pkgs.php<http://www.mpe.mpg.de/%7Each/kubuntu/feisty/Pkgs.php>


For new users: What is digiKam?
------------------------------------------------

digiKam is a digital photo management application for KDE, which makes
importing, organizing, and searching 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. digiKam also
includes
an image editor for image corrections and manipulations which can be
extended by plugins.

digiKam supports all camera RAW file formats, 16 bits color depth,
Exif/Makernote/IPTC/GPS metadata, Color management,
tagging/rating/comments pictures, etc.

Showfoto is a stand-alone digiKam image editor version.
It also supports the digiKam image editor plugins framework.

digiKam uses 2 plugin frameworks for additional functionalities:

- KipiPlugins (main interface).
- DigikamImagePlugins (Image Editor and Showfoto).
  Note that these plugins are now integrated in the digikam source.

See the related project pages for more informations:

http://www.digikam.org
http://www.kipi-plugins.org


Online documentation
--------------------------------

http://docs.kde.org/development/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/index.html
http://docs.kde.org/development/en/extragear-graphics/showfoto/index.html
http://docs.kde.org/development/en/extragear-libs/kipi-plugins/index.html


Comments, wishes and bug reports
----------------------------------------------------

Please, use the digiKam mailing-list for all comments:

  digikam-users at kde dot org
  digikam-devel at kde dot org

Please, use KDE Bug Tracking System for Wishes, and Bug reports:

   http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikam
  http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikamimageplugins
   http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=showfoto
  http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=kipiplugins
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