[Kde-imaging] Adding kipi plugin, do I need to become KDE developer

[Kevin Dalley]

Gilles (and others),

I now have my developer account. Should I just create a branch so that 
the new code can be reviewed?

On 07/03/2013 06:01 AM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> I propose to take a developer account and to put your code in a
> dedicated kipi-plugins branch to review it and prepare for production.
>
> Current photivo plugin is disabled at compilation time...
>
> Also, i would to know the viewpoint of Benjamin Girault (in this room)
> who have follow student last year about this project.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2013/7/3 Kevin Dalley <kevin at kelphead.org>:
>> I looked at photivointegration. However, that plugin didn't really get very
>> far. The name is good. I took the icon, and followed the lead for using the
>> tools menu. However, the more important part of the work I did was to add an
>> option to photivo which uses digikam sidecars. Once that was in place, the
>> digikam plugin was fairly simple.
>>
>> Screenshots wouldn't show much here. Just choose an image, send it to
>> photivo. There isn't a separate window. Actually, if more than one image is
>> chosen, there is an sorry message which appears.
>>
>> The important part of this feature is that all digikam information is passed
>> to photivo. Any image generated by photivo will show the information.
>>
>> There is a discussion here:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/groups/photivo/discuss/72157633972312139/
>>
>> Here is my README:
>>
>> This is a kipi plugin which calls photivo, using digikam sidecars
>>
>>
>> This plugin calls photivo using arguments of the image file,
>> and a sidecar, if the sidecar exists.
>>
>> Photivo requirements:
>> This plugin requires a version of photivo which supports the
>> "--sidecar" option.
>>
>> Digikam settings:
>> The following digikam setting should be set.
>> Go to this setting:
>> Settings=>Configure digikam...
>> Select:
>> Under the setting:
>>        Write this Information to the Metadata:
>>        Select all data which should be passed to photivo. I select
>>        everything except Face Tags; Face Rectangles do not seem
>>        to be copied correctly.
>>
>> Under the setting:
>>        Write to sidecar files
>> choose:
>>        Write to XMP sidecar for read-only image only
>>
>> Under digikam:
>> Choose Image=>Photivo
>>
>> Note:
>> Rating in sidecar takes precedence over pts file
>> The rating in the pts file will be ignored if there is a rating in the
>> sidecar
>>
>> Workflow
>>
>> Here is my workflow.
>>
>> Load photos from camera into digikam
>>
>> Use digikam to select preferred photos
>> I use PickLabel and Rating, mostly.
>> In the process, I may use digikam to make the decision, saving a pts
>> file during this process.
>>
>> Image=>Metadata=>Edit all Metadata...
>> Modify:
>> EXIF Caption=>Description (this becomes Title in flickr)
>>       alternatively, edit IPTC Content=>Headline or XMP Content=>Headline
>> EXIF Caption (this becomes Description in flickr)
>>       alternatively, edit IPTC Content=>Caption or XMP Content=>Caption
>>
>> Edit GPS data
>> Perhaps Use Image=>Geo-location
>>
>> Run photivo by choosing Tools=>Photivo...
>> This will load sidecar data
>> Load pts file, if it exists
>>
>>
>> On 07/02/2013 10:21 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Yes, typically it's the best way to work.
>>>
>>> Not that we have already a tool for photivo, which have not been completed
>>> :
>>>
>>>
>>> https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/kipi-plugins/repository/revisions/master/show/photivointegration
>>>
>>> Do you have based your implementation to this tool ? Or it's a new one ?
>>>
>>> Which feature do you have implemented in this tool ? Do you have any
>>> screenshots ?
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> 2013/7/3 Kevin Dalley <kevin at kelphead.org>:
>>>>
>>>> I have a photivo kipi plugin which I want to upload to a git branch.
>>>>
>>>> Do I need to become a KDE developer to do this.
>>>>
>>>> This plugin also requires a photivo modification, which I am working on.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is at:
>>>>
>>>> https://code.google.com/r/nereocystiskevin-digikam/source/checkout
>>>>
>>>> The goal is to integrate digikam tags, etc, into photivo.
>>>>
>>>> For me, this allows a useful workflow.
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