digiKam support multiple collections hosted from different media, as local, removable, or from the network;
All collections are scanned to populate a database with most importants information from your items, as camera settings, geolocation, lens, copyright, captions, etc;
digiKam include also many tools dedicated to import and export contents to remote web-services, as Flickr, GPhoto, Imgur, Facebook, etc;
Import module supports the following actions:
Delete images,
Upload images,
Lock images,
Auto-rename pictures during import,
Auto-rotate pictures during import,
Auto-creation of albums during import,
Lossless conversion during import,
RAW to DNG conversion during import,
Run customized scripts during import,
Identification of already downloaded items,
Show camera information;
Organize:
Albums are directories to host images, raw files, and videos;
Albums use hierarchies on disk with sub-albums;
Tags are virtual albums stored on database but using same properties than physical albums;
Tags hierarchies and properties can be organized by a special tool named Tags Manager;
Labels are special tags to mark items for your workflow (rating, color, pick);
Group items together by file-name, by date, time-lapse;
Add tags, comments, and advanced textual properties to items;
Sort albums by folder, category, and creation date;
Sort items in albums by name, path, date, file size, or manually;
Separate icon-view items as flat list, by file format, by album, or by month;
Filter album items by rating, filename, file type, tags, and labels;
Search. digiKam provide plenty of tools to search items in your collections using simple criteria based on items properties as:
By Tags;
By Labels (rating, color marks, flags);
By Dates using calendar;
By Time Range using timeline histogram;
By Geolocation using world maps;
By Similarity to find duplicates or by drawing a sketch to find items with specific shapes;
By faces (detection and recognition);
Finally, if these methods are not enough to complete a search on your collections, an ultimate very powerful tool can process complex queries on the database using multiple criteria at the same time. All items properties stored in database can be used to compose a search;
View. Central view can use multiple visualization modes:
Icon view to display items as thumbnails;
Item preview to display items in full size;
Map view with items position show as overlay;
Table view to display item with a list as a file manager;
Video support as photo: thumbnails, preview, and metadata;
Support of RAW pictures using LibRaw included in digiKam core. More than 1000 proprietary RAW camera formats are supported;
Easy comparing similar pictures using Light Table:
Files displayed side by side;
Properties displayed side by side;
Synchronized panning and zooming;
Navigation by pair;
Raw files support;
Sidebar used everywhere to display:
Item information;
Item Metadata;
Colors information: histogram and ICC profile;
Geolocation information;
Captions/tags/labels/date;
Item versioning information;
Tag filter information;
Quick access to post-processing tools;
Image Editor:
Free cropping;
Rotation;
Flipping;
Photo editing without losing metadata;
Histogram viewer;
Under and Over Exposure indicator on the canvas;
Color Management support;
Export to another image format;
Zooming and panning;
Printing images;
Multiple editor tool preview to compare side by side results;
16 bits image color depth support;
RAW camera image support;
Plugin support:
Image editor plugins;
Geolocation editor;
Share items with DLNA/Upnp compatible devices;
Print creator;
Creating a calendar, slideshow, and panorama;
Editing images/photos;
Export;
and many others.
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Installation
The software digiKam is available for installation on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Installation method
OS
PPA
Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
Deb
Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
RPM
openSUSE, Rosa Linux, Mageia, ALT Linux, Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and others
GNOME/KDE Software Center
Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
Snap
Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Flatpak
Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
AppImage
Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint and others
Open Discover Software Center and use the search bar to enter digiKam, click on the “Install” button, enter the password, and the installation process has started.
Install Software on GNOME Software Center
Open GNOME Software Center and use the search bar to enter digiKam, click on the “Install” button, enter the password, and the installation process has started.
