Some (basic) questions regarding Digikam 1.1.0 (Kde 4.4 SC on Kubuntu 9.10)

[So Lixo]

I almost left Picasa for Digikam, but there are some items that I find a bit
"annoying", so if somebody can help me/clarify (I'm a total newbie, so bear with
me):

1) Sometimes I want to crop photos for printing on 4x6i/10x15cm photo paper. The
Aspect Ratio Crop, doesn't offer a direct way to crop but according to paper
formats... I have to choose custom. I'm doing something wrong/missing something
or is there a way that I'm missing?

2) Is there any way of "clean" a photo (like a clone/stamp) tool inside the
Image Editor? Or do I have to use an external editor?


3) Is there any way to set the default print settings? My printer needs to print
in Landscape mode, and I need to change always for *every* photo that I print
the settings to Landscape mode.

Thanks for a great program!

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[Johannes Wienke-3]

Hi,

Am 26.02.2010 23:58 schrieb So Lixo:
> 1) Sometimes I want to crop photos for printing on 4x6i/10x15cm photo paper. The
> Aspect Ratio Crop, doesn't offer a direct way to crop but according to paper
> formats... I have to choose custom. I'm doing something wrong/missing something
> or is there a way that I'm missing?

There is 3:2, which is the same if you switch from landscape to portrait.

> 2) Is there any way of "clean" a photo (like a clone/stamp) tool inside the
> Image Editor? Or do I have to use an external editor?

No, not yet. You could file a bug report about this at bugs.kde.org.

Regards,
Johannes



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[jim junk]

> To: [hidden email]
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> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:58:30 +0000
> Subject: [Digikam-users] Some (basic) questions regarding Digikam 1.1.0 (Kde 4.4 SC on Kubuntu 9.10)
>
> I almost left Picasa for Digikam, but there are some items that I find a bit
> "annoying", so if somebody can help me/clarify (I'm a total newbie, so bear with
> me):

I also moved form Picassa to Microsoft Live photo organizer to Digikam.  Digikam is a very powerful program and it takes a while to learn how to use it.  Your going about it I believe in the right way.  Take you time and just weather the learning curve.
 
> 1) Sometimes I want to crop photos for printing on 4x6i/10x15cm photo paper. The
> Aspect Ratio Crop, doesn't offer a direct way to crop but according to paper
> formats... I have to choose custom. I'm doing something wrong/missing something
> or is there a way that I'm missing?

the 3:2 is the same as 4:6 and 10:15.  You can just rotate it if you need to.


> 2) Is there any way of "clean" a photo (like a clone/stamp) tool inside the
> Image Editor? Or do I have to use an external editor?


I haven't seen any.  There are lots of full image manipulation tools like you would expect for a digital asset management program but not a lot of heavy in image editing tools also what you would expect from a digital asset management program.  I usually right click and open the image in Gimp.


> 3) Is there any way to set the default print settings? My printer needs to print
> in Landscape mode, and I need to change always for *every* photo that I print
> the settings to Landscape mode.


I use Kubuntu and have a HP 812C Deskjet and can go to the Applications>system settings>Printer configuration>job options and select the default orientation.  It does pretty good if I leave it on automatic rotation.


>
> Thanks for a great program!
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