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

[Gilles Caulier]

yes, exactly. Use a branch name explicit. Take a care that a lots of
branches have been created by GSoC students. You branch must be
created from git/master of course.

Gilles Caulier

2013/7/5 Kevin Dalley <kevin at kelphead.org>:
> 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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