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Add a Vintage Effect in digiKam

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Jan 16, 2012 2:51 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Want to add a vintage effect to your photos? digiKam has all the tools you need to turn your digital snapshots into vintage masterpieces.

Check and Optimize digiKam's Databases

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Dec 19, 2011 12:03 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
By default, digiKam uses two SQLite databases for storing essential data: digikam4.db and thumbnails-digikam.db. And to make the application run fast and smoothly, it’s a good idea to check and optimize the databases every now and then.

ReText: A Text Editor with Support for reStructuredText and Markdown

  • Productivity Sauce; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Nov 24, 2011 10:20 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
ReText is a nifty text editor for those who appreciate markup systems like reStructuredText and Markdown.

Easy Geotagging with ExifTool

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Nov 23, 2011 5:13 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Need to quickly geotag a bunch of photos taken at a specific location? ExifTool is your friend. Using this powerful command-line tool, you can geotag multiple photos with a single command.

Set up a Lightweight Wiki in a Jiffy with LionWiki

  • Productivity Sauce; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Nov 15, 2011 1:17 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Looking for a lightweight wiki that is easy to install and use? You might want to give LionWiki a try.

Keep Your Data Safe with rsync Backup for Android

  • Productivity Sauce; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Nov 12, 2011 6:15 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Android users who rely on the rsync utility to keep their data safe on Linux will most definitely appreciate the rsync Backup for Android app which endows an Android device with some serious backup powers.

Keep an Eye on Your Server with phpSysInfo

  • Productivity Sauce; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Nov 11, 2011 9:30 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Running a server on a local network opens a whole new world of possibilities. You can access your files and documents from multiple machines, stream media, host your own photo gallery or blog, and much more.

Show Photos on Google Earth and Google Maps with digiKam

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Oct 12, 2011 9:11 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
digiKam offers several ways to showcase your photos. You can view images as a slideshow, push them to a photo sharing service of your choice, and even export them as a static HTML gallery.

Disable Certain File Types in digiKam

  • Scribbles andSnaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Aug 3, 2011 11:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
digiKam supports an impressive range of file formats, so you can use the application to handle RAW files, movies and everything in between. But what if you want to explicitly exclude a specific type of files? digiKam offers a simple solution for that.

A Simple Python Script to Launch digiKam

  • Scribbles andSnaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Jul 25, 2011 8:31 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
I store all my photos on a Linux server and mount the remote directory containing all the photos on my local machine using sshfs (see Manage Photos from Multiple digiKam Installations).

Process Photos with digiKam’s Batch Queue Manager and a Bash Script

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Jul 11, 2011 1:36 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
One of digiKam’s lesser known features is the ability to link scripts to notifications. At first sight, this may seem like a rather obscure functionality, but it can be put to some clever uses.

Command-line Photographic Workflow on Linux

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Jun 30, 2011 12:26 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Most Linux photographers use graphical applications like digiKam, Rawstudio, or darktable as their tools of choice for processing and managing photos. But it is possible to set up a photographic workflow built around command-line tools that can handle a wide range of photographic tasks.

Import Photos in digiKam

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Jun 27, 2011 11:22 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Using the commands tucked under the Import menu, you can offload photos from your camera, storage card, or USB stick directly into the application. What’s more, the Import dialog box offers a few clever features that allow you to configure the import operation.

Submit a digiKam Tip, Win a ZaReason Teo Pro Netbook

WorldLabel has kindly agreed to sponsor a competition for the best digiKam tip, where the winner will bag a cool Ubuntu-based Teo Pro netbook from ZaReason.

Instant Vintage Photo Effects with Google Chrome and Lomo+

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Jun 9, 2011 3:28 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
If you happen to use the Chrome or Chromium browser and you are looking for an easy way to spice up your photos with vintage effects, the Lomo+ web app is right up your alley.

Tethered Shooting with Rawstudio

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on Jun 4, 2011 2:19 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
When it comes to tethered shooting, Rawstudio is by far the easiest and most user-friendly solution on Linux. This powerful RAW processing application sports functionality which allows you to control and monitor the connected camera with a minimum of effort.

Configure the Main Toolbar in digiKam

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on May 31, 2011 1:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
The main toolbar in digiKam provides quick access to several tools and features, and you can tweak it to fit your particular photographic workflow.

Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to Tags in digiKam

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on May 25, 2011 9:42 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
digiKam makes it relatively easy to tag photos. Select one or several photos, expand the Caption/Tags right sidebar, tick the tags you want, and press the Apply button. You can also assign keyboard shortcuts to the often-used tags to speed up the tagging process.

Process RAW Files with Rawstudio

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on May 16, 2011 11:48 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Photo management software like digiKam can help you to process, organize, and manage your photos, but if your photographic workflow is built around RAW files, then you might consider a more specialized application like Rawstudio.

New Features in digiKam 2.0: XMP Sidecar

  • Scribbles and Snaps; By Dmitri Popov (Posted by dmpop on May 12, 2011 5:11 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
In addition to writing tags, ratings, labels, descriptions, etc. directly into the photos, version 2.0 of digiKam can save metadata in a separate .xmp file.

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