Suse LINUX Professional 9.3 Update 00662644461625 User Manual
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16.6.2
Downloading Pictures from Your Camera
After your camera has been configured correctly, connect to your camera with the
‘Camera’ menu and the name that you gave in the dialog from Section 16.6.1 on
the preceding page. Digikam opens a window and begins to download thumb-
nails and displays them as in Figure 16.2 on the current page. Right-click an im-
age to open a pop-up menu with the options to ‘View’, display some ‘Properties’
and ‘EXIF Information’, ‘Download’, or ‘Delete’ the image. With ‘Advanced »’,
select renaming options and how the camera-provided information (EXIF) should
be handled.
‘Camera’ menu and the name that you gave in the dialog from Section 16.6.1 on
the preceding page. Digikam opens a window and begins to download thumb-
nails and displays them as in Figure 16.2 on the current page. Right-click an im-
age to open a pop-up menu with the options to ‘View’, display some ‘Properties’
and ‘EXIF Information’, ‘Download’, or ‘Delete’ the image. With ‘Advanced »’,
select renaming options and how the camera-provided information (EXIF) should
be handled.
Figure 16.2: Downloading Pictures from Camera
The renaming options can be very convenient if your camera does not use mean-
ingful filenames. You can let Digikam rename your photographs automatically.
Give a unique prefix, and optionally give a date, time, or sequence number. The
rest is done by Digikam.
ingful filenames. You can let Digikam rename your photographs automatically.
Give a unique prefix, and optionally give a date, time, or sequence number. The
rest is done by Digikam.
Select all photographs to download from the camera by pressing the left mouse
button or clicking individual photographs with
button or clicking individual photographs with
Ctrl
pressed. Selected pho-
tographs appear with inverted colors. Click ‘Download’. Select the destination
from the list or by creating a new album with ‘New Album’. This automatically
suggests a filename with the current date. Confirm with ‘Ok’ to start the down-
load process.
from the list or by creating a new album with ‘New Album’. This automatically
suggests a filename with the current date. Confirm with ‘Ok’ to start the down-
load process.
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16.6. Using Digikam