digikam 0.9.0-rc2 and digikamimageplugins 0.9.0-rc2 has been released:
Announcing the second release candidate of digiKam 0.9.0 and digiKamimageplugins 0.9.0.
The 0.9 series has been under heavy development since November 2005. After having released three beta version and a first release candidate, we are now entering the last phase of fixing critical bugs and testing.
The source for digikam and digikamimageplugins 0.9.0-rc2 is available from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641
Features in digikam 0.9-rc2
==========================
http://www.digikam.org/?q=about/features09x
New features and bug fixes since beta3
=====================================
115125 : White Balance tool: remaining endianess issue on PowerPC.
137495 : showfoto crashes when doing any modification to a loaded directory.
137845 : Album Header cut off (squeezed) when entering two or more lines in
Album comment.
137886 : When a tag is moved in the left panel it's position is not updated
in the right panel.
135834 : Lowercasing camera filenames only works for first imported file.
134391 : digiKam camera gui dialog crashes if there is a filename without
extension.
131947 : digiKam complains about invalid ICC profiles path.
130176 : Typos in digiKam.po and one plugin.
138252 : Display is not updates when switching color managed view on/off.
138253 : Keyboard shortcut for turning color managed display on/off.
Digikam Movie Tour
=================
There are four demonstration videos (Flash format) available highlighting some of the new features.
How to import a RAW file in 16 bits color depth into digiKam image editor using Color Management:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/124
On the usage of the camera interface and how to add IPTC information to an image file:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/125
On the new fast RAW file preview mode, the use of color profiles, image plugins supporting 16 bit and user interface improvements for all image plugins:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/126
How to use the black and white converter and the add border image plugin, again demonstrating user interface improvements and full 16 bit support:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/127
How to help us
=============
This release is a beta release, which means that we ask users to test this version of digiKam and report bugs. If you have found a bug, please report it to the bug tracking system at bugs.kde.org. In a first step, confirm that there is not already a bug report for your problem. A list of open bug reports for digikam can be found at
http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikam&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
and for digikamimageplugins at
http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikamimageplugins&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
General information on digikam and digikamimageplugins
=====================================================
digiKam is a digital photo management application for KDE, focussed on importing, organizing and editing digital photos, aimed at all types of users.
digiKam imageplugins enhance digiKam's image editor with more than 2 dozen plugins that make correcting your photos easier.
WWW: www.digikam.org
IRC: irc.freenode.net - #digikam
MAIL: digikam-users@kde.org digikam-devel@kde.org
The digiKam team
Announcing the second release candidate of digiKam 0.9.0 and digiKamimageplugins 0.9.0.
The 0.9 series has been under heavy development since November 2005. After having released three beta version and a first release candidate, we are now entering the last phase of fixing critical bugs and testing.
The source for digikam and digikamimageplugins 0.9.0-rc2 is available from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641
Features in digikam 0.9-rc2
==========================
http://www.digikam.org/?q=about/features09x
New features and bug fixes since beta3
=====================================
115125 : White Balance tool: remaining endianess issue on PowerPC.
137495 : showfoto crashes when doing any modification to a loaded directory.
137845 : Album Header cut off (squeezed) when entering two or more lines in
Album comment.
137886 : When a tag is moved in the left panel it's position is not updated
in the right panel.
135834 : Lowercasing camera filenames only works for first imported file.
134391 : digiKam camera gui dialog crashes if there is a filename without
extension.
131947 : digiKam complains about invalid ICC profiles path.
130176 : Typos in digiKam.po and one plugin.
138252 : Display is not updates when switching color managed view on/off.
138253 : Keyboard shortcut for turning color managed display on/off.
Digikam Movie Tour
=================
There are four demonstration videos (Flash format) available highlighting some of the new features.
How to import a RAW file in 16 bits color depth into digiKam image editor using Color Management:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/124
On the usage of the camera interface and how to add IPTC information to an image file:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/125
On the new fast RAW file preview mode, the use of color profiles, image plugins supporting 16 bit and user interface improvements for all image plugins:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/126
How to use the black and white converter and the add border image plugin, again demonstrating user interface improvements and full 16 bit support:
http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/127
How to help us
=============
This release is a beta release, which means that we ask users to test this version of digiKam and report bugs. If you have found a bug, please report it to the bug tracking system at bugs.kde.org. In a first step, confirm that there is not already a bug report for your problem. A list of open bug reports for digikam can be found at
http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikam&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
and for digikamimageplugins at
http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikamimageplugins&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED
General information on digikam and digikamimageplugins
=====================================================
digiKam is a digital photo management application for KDE, focussed on importing, organizing and editing digital photos, aimed at all types of users.
digiKam imageplugins enhance digiKam's image editor with more than 2 dozen plugins that make correcting your photos easier.
WWW: www.digikam.org
IRC: irc.freenode.net - #digikam
MAIL: digikam-users@kde.org digikam-devel@kde.org
The digiKam team