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

[Ted Hansen]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153249





--- Comment #12 from Ted Hansen <tedhansen sasktel net>  2009-06-19 03:44:54 ---
I tested using Digikam 0.10.0 on Ubuntu 9.04 on an Acer netbook. This is a
Gnome system....I have been extremely disappointed with KDE4 so have switched
to Gnome....therefore only the bits of KDE necessary to run Digikam are
installed but this should not affect the testing.

Sorry Angelo but Print Assistant doesn't even begin to answer this wish.

Unless I'm just not using it right, all I can get Print Assistant to do is to
print images full page on separate sheets....if it is capable of more than this
then I'm afraid the capabilities are too well hidden for it to qualify as "easy
to use". 

I don't know it I can post an example picture here.....I will try to send you a
PM if I can't....but I don't think this wish is ever going to be satisfied with
a variation of Print Assistant. It is the wrong approach. With Print Assistant
the aim is to print a few pre-selected images each on separate sheets of paper
with some very limited image manipulation at the printing stage. 

This Wish is for an application capable of arranging several images on a single
page, adding or removing images as desired (without being limited to a
preselected few), resizing, masking or manipulating the images to create a
"photo montage" page, adding some text or clipart and then printing the result. 

I have recently discovered an app called Xara Extreme which does the basics of
what I am seeking. Have a look at it, this wish is for a Digikam plugin of
something similar.

I created the example image attached in only a few minutes using the following
steps:

1. Import the jpegs.
2. Resize images to fit on page
3. Arrange images on page. Move some to back or front so they overlap. Rotate
some images. 
4. Add a ballon shape and some text.
5. Save the image or send to printer.

Note that the application displays a "page preview" starting with a blank page
and all adding, editing, arranging, resizing etc are done graphically whereas
Print Assistant starts by locking you in to an image selection.

Ted

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