Suse LINUX Professional 9.3 Update 00662644461625 User Manual
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16.6.3
Getting Information
Getting information about the photograph is not difficult. A short summary is
displayed as a tool tip if you point with the mouse cursor at the thumbnail. For
longer information, right-click the photograph and choose ‘Properties’ from the
menu. A dialog box opens with three tabs, ‘General’, ‘EXIF’, and ‘Histogram’.
displayed as a tool tip if you point with the mouse cursor at the thumbnail. For
longer information, right-click the photograph and choose ‘Properties’ from the
menu. A dialog box opens with three tabs, ‘General’, ‘EXIF’, and ‘Histogram’.
‘General’ lists the name, type, owner, and some other basic information. The
more interesting part is the ‘EXIF’ tab. The camera stores some metadata for each
photograph. Digikam reads these properties and displays them in this list. Find
the exposure time, pixel dimensions, and others. To get more information for the
selected list entry, press
more interesting part is the ‘EXIF’ tab. The camera stores some metadata for each
photograph. Digikam reads these properties and displays them in this list. Find
the exposure time, pixel dimensions, and others. To get more information for the
selected list entry, press
Shift
-
F1
. This shows a small tool tip. The last tab, ‘His-
togram’, shows some statistical information.
16.6.4
Managing Albums
Digikam inserts a ‘My Albums’ folder by default, which collects all your pho-
tographs. You can store these into subfolders later. The albums can be sorted
by their directory layout, by the collection name that has been set in the album
properties or by the date that the albums were first created (this date can also be
changed in the properties of each album).
tographs. You can store these into subfolders later. The albums can be sorted
by their directory layout, by the collection name that has been set in the album
properties or by the date that the albums were first created (this date can also be
changed in the properties of each album).
To create a new album, you have some possibilities:
Uploading new photographs from the camera
Creating a new album by clicking the ‘New Album’ button in the toolbar
Importing an existing folder of photographs from your hard disk (select
‘Album’ ➝ ‘Import’ ➝ ‘Import Folders’)
‘Album’ ➝ ‘Import’ ➝ ‘Import Folders’)
Right-clicking ‘My Albums’ and selecting ‘New Album’
After selecting to create and album in your preferred way, a dialog box appears.
Give your album a title. Optionally, choose a collection, insert some comments,
and select an album date. The collection is a way of organizing your albums by a
common label. This label is used when you select ‘View’ ➝ ‘Sort Albums’ ➝ ‘By
Collection’. The comment is shown in the banner at the top of the main window.
The album date is used when you select ‘View’ ➝ ‘Albums’ ➝ ‘By Date’.
Give your album a title. Optionally, choose a collection, insert some comments,
and select an album date. The collection is a way of organizing your albums by a
common label. This label is used when you select ‘View’ ➝ ‘Sort Albums’ ➝ ‘By
Collection’. The comment is shown in the banner at the top of the main window.
The album date is used when you select ‘View’ ➝ ‘Albums’ ➝ ‘By Date’.
Digikam uses the first photograph in the album as the preview icon in the ‘My
Albums’ list. To select a different one, right-click the respective photograph and
select ‘Set as Album Thumbnail’ from the context menu.
Albums’ list. To select a different one, right-click the respective photograph and
select ‘Set as Album Thumbnail’ from the context menu.
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