kipi-plugins 0.2.0-beta4 release for KDE4...

[Gilles Caulier-4]

Dear all digiKam fans and users!

The Kipi development team is happy to release the 4th KDE4 beta
version of plugins for digiKam. The tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=149779&package_id=165761

To compile this KDE4 version, you need libkexiv2, libkdcraw, and libkipi for KDE4. These libraries are now included in KDE core with kdegraphic component.

A new plugin have been added to batch convert RAW camera images to Adobe DNG container (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Negative_(file_format) for details). To be able to compile this plugin, you need last libkdcraw from svn trunk (will be released with KDE 4.2). To extract libraries source code from svn, look at bottom of this page for details :

http://www.digikam.org/drupal/download?q=download/svn

Another tool have been added to batch remove red eyes automatically. it's based on OpenCV library.

For others depencies, consult the README file. There are also optional depencies to enable some plugins as libxml2 for HTLMExport or OpenGL for SlideShow tool.

With this new release, Kipi-plugins is now compilable under Windows using MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++. Precompiled packages are available with KDE-Windows installer. See http://windows.kde.org/ for details.

NEW FEATURES:

General                 : Port to CMake/KDE4/QT4.
General                 : all plugins can be compiled natively under Microsoft Windows.
JPEGLossLess     : XMP metadata support.
RAWConverter      : XMP metadata support.
TimeAdjust           : XMP metadata support.
MetadataEdit        : XMP metadata support with EXIF, IPTC, and Comments editor to sync XMP tags.
MetadataEdit        : IPTC Editor dialog is more compliant with IPTC.org recommendations.
MetadataEdit        : IPTC Editor add the capability to set multiple values for a tag.
SendImages         : Complete re-write of emailing tool.
GPSSync             : New tool to edit GPS track list using googlemaps.
RAWConverter      : Raw files are decoded in 16 bits color depth using same auto-gamma and auto-white methods provided by dcraw with 8 bits color depth RAW image decoding.
SlideShow            : Now filenames, captions and progress indicators can have transparent backgrounds with OpenGL SlideShow as well.
SlideShow            : Added thumbnails into image list.
SlideShow            : Now you can play your favourite music during slideshow.
DNGConverter      : New plugin to convert RAW camera image to Digital NeGative (DNG)
RemoveRedEyes  : New plugin to remove red eyes in batch. Tool is based on OpenCV library.
Calendar              : Ported to QT4/KDE4.
Calendar              : Support RAW images.
AcquireImages     : Under Windows, TWAIN interface is used to scan image using flat scanner.
SlideShow           : Normal effects are back.
SlideShow           : New effect "Cubism".
SlideShow           : Added support for RAW images.
DNGConverter     : plugin is now available as a stand alone application.
SlideShow           : New effect "Mosaic"
PrintWizard         : Ported to QT4/KDE4
PrintWizard         : Added a new option to skip cropping, the image is scaled automatically.

Kipi-plugins BUG FIXING from B.K.O (http://bugs.kde.org):

001 ==> 135451 : GPSSync            : Improve the gui of the gpssync plugin.
002 ==> 135386 : GPSSync            : Show track on the google map.
003 ==> 149497 : GPSSync            : Geolocalization kipi plugin does not work with non-jpeg file types.
004 ==> 145746 : GPSSync            : Do not recreate thumbs when geolocalizing images.
005 ==> 134299 : SimpleViewer   : Read orientation of image from EXIF.
006 ==> 158792 : GPSsync             : Plugin do not working with Canon RAW CR2.
007 ==> 165078 : GPSSync            : GPS correlator does not show thumbnails.
008 ==> 165278 : GPSSync            : Geotagging dialog doesn't display all thumbnails.
009 ==> 150076 : SlideShow          : Playing music during a slideshow
010 ==> 172283 : SlideShow          : SlideShow crashes host application
011 ==> 172337 : SlideShow          : Slideshow enhancements by ken-burns effects.
012 ==> 173276 : SlideShow          : digikam crashs after closing
013 ==> 172910 : GalleryExport      : Gallery crash (letting crash digiKam) with valid data and url.
014 ==> 161855 : GalleryExport      : Remote Gallery Sync loses password.
015 ==> 154752 : GalleryExport      : Export to Gallery2 seems to fail, but in fact works.
016 ==> 157285 : SlideShow          : digiKam advanced slideshow not working with Canon RAWs.
017 ==> 175316 : GPSSync            : digiKam crashes when trying to enter gps data.

For more informations, please consult www.digikam.org and kipi-plugins.org web sites.

Best Regards

Gilles Caulier
digiKam team
http://www.digikam.org

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