[Kde-imaging] [Bug 153249] wish List--Photo arranging and printing plugin

[Ted Hansen]

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------- Additional Comments From tedhansen sasktel net  2007-12-02 17:41 -------


The application would be aimed at users who want to produce a scrapbook-like page of photos. see http://www.photorecord.com/v2/en/usingphotorecord.html for an example.
Main screen would be a page layout. User would add photos from an open files dialog box...the standard kde open files dialog box would do. User could then arrange, crop, rotate or resize the photos directly from a right-click menu. Access to Showfoto or Gimp could take care of any other editing needed but user should not have to use these applications for cropping or resizing...maintain easy WYSWYG for these operations. User could also add frames to the photos. For multi-page layout a screen showing all pages would be available and photos could be freely drag'n'dropped between pages...no "anchor to page / anchor to paragraph" confusion such as Openoffice requires. 
Captions, text boxes ("balloons") & clipart would be added in a similar manners to adding photos. Templates for specialty uses such as calenders or CD covers could also be incorporated.
Projects should be saveable, and any editing done on a photo from this application would not change the original photo so a separate copy of the photo must be created for this app.
In response to Arnd Baecker; yes, some of this functionality is discussed in the bugs listed but this wish goes beyond what is discussed there so I don't think it should be dismissed as a duplicate. What I am wishing for is at least a kipi plug-in...it could actually be a separate application.  
Print Wizard is not the solution. It is neither easy to find, easy to use nor does it have the features desired. A better analogy for this application would be that it is a "photo-processor" for creating an image page in the same sense that a word-processor creates a text page. It would not be appropriate to use a step-by-step printing process for a word processor. My version of print wizard (0.9.2-beta 3) will not import more than one image. 
Simple, intuitive operation for unskilled users is paramount, which is why I use Canon PhotoRecord as an example, this is one of it's best features.