Kipi-Plugins 0.2.0-beta4

Gilles Caulier caulier.gilles at gmail.com
Mon Dec 1 21:21:49 CET 2008


Name: Kipi-Plugins
Version: 0.2.0-beta4
Type: KDE Graphic Tool
Depend: KDE 4.x
License: GPL
Homepage: http://www.kipi-plugins.org
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=16061

Description:
 Kipi-Plugins is an effort to develop a common
plug in structure for host application as
[b]digiKam[/b], [b]KPhotoAlbum[/b], or
[b]GwenView[/b]. Its aim is to be able to share
image plugins among graphic applications. 

Nota : Kipi-plugins are based on the old
digiKam-plugins (0.6.x series) implementation. 

Current plugins ported to Qt4/KDE4:

SlideShow          : A tool to Slide images with
2D and 3D effects using OpenGL.
ImageViewer        : A tool to preview images
using OpenGL.
JpegLossLess       : A tool to rotate/flip images
without losing quality.
AcquireImages      : A tool to acquire images
using flat scanner.
SendImages         : A tool to send images by
e-mail, allowing resizing and recompressing before
sending.
TimeAdjust         : A tool to adjust date and
time.
GalleryExport      : A tool to export images to a
remote Gallery (and Gallery 2) server
(http://gallery.sf.net).
FlickrExport       : A tool to export images to a
remote Flickr web service (http://www.flickr.com).
PicasaWebExport    : A tool to export images to a
remote Picasa web service
(http://www.picasaweb.com).
HTMLExport         : A tool to export images
collections into a static XHTML page.
SimpleViewerExport : A tool to export images to
Flash using SimpleViewer
(http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer).
GPSSync            : A tool to geolocalize
pictures.
MetadataEdit       : A tool to edit EXIF, IPTC and
XMP metadata.
RawConverter       : A tool to convert Raw Image
to JPEG/PNG/TIFF.
DngConverter       : A tool to convert Raw Image
to Digital NeGative (DNG -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Negative_(file_format)).
WallPaper          : A tool to set image to KDE
Desktop.

Plugins not yet ported to Qt4/KDE4:

IpodExport         : A tool to export pictures to
an Ipod device.
MpegEncoder        : A tool to create an MPEG
slideshow with a set of images.
PrintWizard        : A wizard to print images in
various format.
CDArchiving        : A tool to archive your image
collections to a CD or DVD.
Calendar           : A tool to create calendars.
BatchProcess       : A collection of tools to
batch process images (convert, resize, rename,
etc.)

Online documentations : 
 
[url]http://docs.kde.org/development/en/extragear-libs/kipi-plugins/index.html[/url]

NOTE:  

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

[b]kde-imaging at kde dot org[/b]

- Please, use KDE Bug Tracking System for Wishes,
and Bugs report:

[url]http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=kipiplugins[/url]


You can contact developpers on Freenode IRC
channel [b]#kde-imaging[/b]

Changelog:
 v 0.2.0 - beta4
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kipi-plugins NEW FEATURES:

RemoveRedEyes : New plugin to remove red eyes in
batch. Tool is based on OpenCV library.
Calendar      : Ported to QT4/KDE4.
Calendar : Support RAW images.
AcquireImages : Under Windows, TWAIN interface is
used to scan image using flat scanner.
SlideShow     : Normal effects are back.
SlideShow     : New effect "Cubism".
SlideShow     : Added support for RAW images.
DNGConverter  : plugin is now available as a stand
alone application.
SlideShow     : New effect "Mosaic".
PrintWizard   : Ported to QT4/KDE4.
PrintWizard   : Added a new option to skip
cropping, the image is scaled automatically.

Kipi-plugins BUG FIXING from B.K.O
(http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 172910 : GalleryExport : Gallery crash
(letting crash digiKam) with valid data and url.
002 ==> 161855 : GalleryExport : Remote Gallery
Sync loses password.
003 ==> 154752 : GalleryExport : Export to
Gallery2 seems to fail, but in fact works.
004 ==> 157285 : SlideShow : digiKam advanced
slideshow not working with Canon RAWs.
005 ==> 175316 : GPSSync : digiKam crashes when
trying to enter gps data.

v 0.2.0 - beta3
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kipi-plugins NEW FEATURES:

General        : all plugins can be compiled
natively under Microsoft Windows.

Kipi-plugins BUG FIXING from B.K.O
(http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 172283 : SlideShow          : SlideShow
crashes host application.
002 ==> 172337 : SlideShow          : Slideshow
enhancements by ken-burns effects.
003 ==> 173276 : SlideShow          : digikam
crashs after closing.

v 0.2.0 - beta2
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kipi-plugins NEW FEATURES:

DNGConverter   : New plugin to convert RAW camera
image to Digital NeGative (DNG)
SlideShow      : Now you can play your favourite
music during slideshow.

Kipi-plugins BUG FIXING from B.K.O
(http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 150076 : SlideShow          : Playing
music during a slideshow  

v 0.2.0 - beta1
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kipi-plugins NEW FEATURES:

General        : Port to CMake/KDE4/QT4. 
JPEGLossLess   : XMP metadata support. 
RAWConverter   : XMP metadata support. 
TimeAdjust     : XMP metadata support. 
MetadataEdit   : XMP metadata support with EXIF,
IPTC, and Comments editor to sync XMP tags.
MetadataEdit   : IPTC Editor dialog is more
compliant with IPTC.org recommendations.
MetadataEdit   : IPTC Editor add the capability to
set multiple values for a tag.
SendImages     : Complete re-write of emailing
tool.
GPSSync        : New tool to edit GPS track list
using googlemaps.
RAWConverter   : Raw files are decoded in 16 bits
color depth using same auto-gamma and auto-white 
                 methods provided by dcraw with 8
bits color depth RAW image decoding. 
SlideShow      : Now filenames, captions and
progress indicators can have transparent
                 backgrounds with OpenGL SlideShow
as well.
SlideShow      : Added thumbnails into image list.

Kipi-plugins BUG FIXING from B.K.O
(http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 135451 : GPSSync            : Improve the
gui of the gpssync plugin.
002 ==> 135386 : GPSSync            : Show track
on the google map.
003 ==> 149497 : GPSSync            :
Geolocalization kipi plugin does not work with
non-jpeg file types.
004 ==> 145746 : GPSSync            : Do not
recreate thumbs when geolocalizing images.
005 ==> 134299 : SimpleViewerExport : Read
orientation of image from EXIF.
006 ==> 158792 : GPSsync            : Plugin do
not working with Canon RAW CR2.
007 ==> 165078 : GPSSync            : GPS
correlator does not show thumbnails.
008 ==> 165278 : GPSSync            : Geotagging
dialog doesn't display all thumbnails.

v 0.1.6 - beta1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kipi-plugins NEW FEATURES:

FlickrExport   : dialog layout re-written to be
more suitable.
FlickrExport   : list of item to upload is now
display in dialog.
FlickrExport   : Support RAW files format to
upload as JPEG preview.
PicasaWebExport: Support RAW files format to
upload as JPEG preview.

Kipi-plugins BUG FIXING from B.K.O
(http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 149890 : TimeAdjust         : Adjust date
and time from Exif does not work.
002 ==> 154273 : RAWConverter       : Quality
setting for jpegs saved by raw converter is
insanely high.
003 ==> 157190 : GPSSync            : Misleading
description for geotagging images.
004 ==> 154289 : FlickrExport       : Cannot
upload RAW images.
005 ==> 153758 : FlickrExport       :
FlickrUploader fails to upload photos whose
caption contains 
                                      accented
characters or a trailing space.
006 ==> 128211 : FlickrExport       : "Ok" Button
in "Add Photos" shouldn't fire upload directly.
007 ==> 159081 : FlickrExport       : Upload to
Flickr not working.
008 ==> 162096 : FlickrExport       : When
selecting all photos reverses the order.
009 ==> 158483 : PicasaWebExport    : Plugin cause
Digikam crash.
010 ==> 160453 : PicasaWebExport    : Crashes when
exporting to Picasaweb.
011 ==> 155270 : FlickrExport       : Tags with
non-Latin characters dropped during image export.
012 ==> 153207 : FlickrExport       : Without
using application tags: Flickr still reads
embedded metadata into tags.
013 ==> 153206 : FlickrExport       : Provide
option to remove spaces in tags during export.
014 ==> 145149 : FlickrExport       : Flickr
uploading from DigiKam does not cache auth data.

v 0.1.5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kipi-plugins NEW FEATURES:

SimpleViewerExport : plugin is now compatible with
SimpleViewer version 1.8.x.
SimpleViewerExport : plugin now support RAW files
format.

Kipi-plugins BUG FIXING from B.K.O
(http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 155231 : GPSSync            : Timezones
are assumed to be only in hourly
increments/decrements of GMT.
002 ==> 154849 : GPSSync            : Updates
first find only, does not match other than GMT
camera time.
003 ==> 144070 : GPSSync            : Typing
coordinates doesn't update the map.
004 ==> 152526 : GPSSync            : Remember
last display options like zoom and
map/sattelite/hybrid view.
005 ==> 158176 : SlideShow          : Linking
errors in slideshow plugin (missing -lXrandr).
006 ==> 150393 : SimpleViewerExport : XML file is
corrupted if exif comment contains a "


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