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Samuel Gilbert
Hello,

  I want to make a slideshow of about 200 pictures out of over 13000 pictures
contained in at least 4 different albums.  The order in which I present images
is important.  Given the amount of work involved in the selection and ordering
of the pictures, it's clear that I won't be able to do this in just one
evening.

The Advanced slideshow does offer ordering and the ability to add pictures from
different albums, but I found no way to save the slideshow.  Furthermore, the
interface is not too convenient.  Why do I have to select files when the main
DK window presents a nice logical view?

Is there way achieve what I wan to do?

Cheers,

Samuel
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Hello Samuel,

never worked with slideshows before, but perhaps my findings can help
you in some way. You can export a slideshow by Extras -> Export to
Video Slide Show. There you can choose the pictures to be shown, set
effects and so on. Using the video settings you can specify type and
file name of the video and afterwards can export it by pressing "Convert".

The advanced slideshow seems indeed to be for display only. Would be
cool to export this to a video file, I agree...

To further improve your workflow easier you should choose you 200
pictures in the main DK window instead within the slideshow window:

- search for the pictures and mark them, e.g. by a color or flag
filter or by giving them a tag
- you can then filter your Database for your desired (marked) pictures
- Ctrl+A to choose them
- "Extras -> Export to Video Slide Show" will put only the chosen ones
to the slideshow
- change the order, effects and so on and then convert them to a video

For me that worked fine with a little Ogg test video with 50 pictures
from 7 different albums.
Hope that helped a bit.

Greetings,
Den


Am 03.04.2013 05:48, schrieb Samuel Gilbert:

> Hello,
>
>    I want to make a slideshow of about 200 pictures out of over 13000 pictures
> contained in at least 4 different albums.  The order in which I present images
> is important.  Given the amount of work involved in the selection and ordering
> of the pictures, it's clear that I won't be able to do this in just one
> evening.
>
> The Advanced slideshow does offer ordering and the ability to add pictures from
> different albums, but I found no way to save the slideshow.  Furthermore, the
> interface is not too convenient.  Why do I have to select files when the main
> DK window presents a nice logical view?
>
> Is there way achieve what I wan to do?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Samuel
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>
>

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Samuel Gilbert
Hello Den,

Thank you for the information.  I am running DK 3.1.0 on Archlinux, but I can
not find the "Extras".  Checked that all the kipi-plugins are indeed active,
and yet, I can not find "Extras" or "Export to Video Slide Show".  Where can it
be found?  Is it possible that this is a compile time option?

Best regards,
Samuel

On 2013-04-08 19:26:20 Den wrote:

> Hello Samuel,
>
> never worked with slideshows before, but perhaps my findings can help
> you in some way. You can export a slideshow by Extras -> Export to
> Video Slide Show. There you can choose the pictures to be shown, set
> effects and so on. Using the video settings you can specify type and
> file name of the video and afterwards can export it by pressing "Convert".
>
> The advanced slideshow seems indeed to be for display only. Would be
> cool to export this to a video file, I agree...
>
> To further improve your workflow easier you should choose you 200
> pictures in the main DK window instead within the slideshow window:
>
> - search for the pictures and mark them, e.g. by a color or flag
> filter or by giving them a tag
> - you can then filter your Database for your desired (marked) pictures
> - Ctrl+A to choose them
> - "Extras -> Export to Video Slide Show" will put only the chosen ones
> to the slideshow
> - change the order, effects and so on and then convert them to a video
>
> For me that worked fine with a little Ogg test video with 50 pictures
> from 7 different albums.
> Hope that helped a bit.
>
> Greetings,
> Den
>
> Am 03.04.2013 05:48, schrieb Samuel Gilbert:
> > Hello,
> >
> >    I want to make a slideshow of about 200 pictures out of over 13000
> >    pictures
> >
> > contained in at least 4 different albums.  The order in which I present
> > images is important.  Given the amount of work involved in the selection
> > and ordering of the pictures, it's clear that I won't be able to do this
> > in just one evening.
> >
> > The Advanced slideshow does offer ordering and the ability to add pictures
> > from different albums, but I found no way to save the slideshow.
> > Furthermore, the interface is not too convenient.  Why do I have to
> > select files when the main DK window presents a nice logical view?
> >
> > Is there way achieve what I wan to do?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Samuel
> > _______________________________________________
> > Digikam-users mailing list
> > [hidden email]
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
>
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Samuel Gilbert wrote
Hello Den,

Thank you for the information.  I am running DK 3.1.0 on Archlinux, but I can
not find the "Extras".  Checked that all the kipi-plugins are indeed active,
and yet, I can not find "Extras" or "Export to Video Slide Show".  Where can it
be found?  Is it possible that this is a compile time option?

Best regards,
Samuel
Hi Samual,
Here, in DK 3.1.0, it is under 'Tools>Export to Video Slide Show'.
Jagdeesh Deshpande.
Registered Linux user #492893
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Am 09.04.2013 12:03, schrieb jag59:

> Samuel Gilbert wrote
>> Hello Den,
>>
>> Thank you for the information.  I am running DK 3.1.0 on Archlinux, but I
>> can
>> not find the "Extras".  Checked that all the kipi-plugins are indeed
>> active,
>> and yet, I can not find "Extras" or "Export to Video Slide Show".  Where
>> can it
>> be found?  Is it possible that this is a compile time option?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Samuel
> Hi Samual,
> Here, in DK 3.1.0, it is under 'Tools>Export to Video Slide Show'.
>
>
>
>
> -----
> Jagdeesh Deshpande.
> Registered Linux user #492893
>

Oh, my mistake - "Extras" it is called in the German translation
(which literally would be translated as "extras" in English, "Tools"
would be translated as "Werkzeuge"). The menu entry "Export to Video
Slide Show" isn't translated to German, so at least this should be the
same in the english version of DK ;-)

@Digikam Developers: can anyone give me a hint how to contribute to
the DK and Kipi translation? Tried to understand the KDE Localization
page, but failed at a first glance...

Best regards,
Den

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Teemu Rytilahti
Den wrote:

Hi,

> @Digikam Developers: can anyone give me a hint how to contribute to
> the DK and Kipi translation? Tried to understand the KDE Localization
> page, but failed at a first glance...

You should contact the i18n/l10n group for your language. Looks like there's
even some traffic on their mailinglist
(https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-i18n-de), so I think the easiest
way would be to ask from them or locate their homepage somehow.

--
Best Regards,
Teemu Rytilahti


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