KIPIPLUGINS

Note : Most of the LibKipiPlugins have previously been Digikamplugins

Please visit this url: http://extragear.kde.org/apps/kipi.php

Summary:
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Libkipi allows image applications to use a plugin architecture for additional functionality.
Currently implemented plugins are:

 1) RawConverter       : A Raw Image Converter for digital cameras 
                         (by Renchi Raju).

 2) SlideShow          : Slideshow with effects ripped out from kslideshow and 3D effect using OpenGL 
                         (by Renchi Raju).

 3) MpegEncoder        : An images to MPEG flux encoder for build a video file with many images 
                         (by Gilles Caulier).

 4) ImagesGallery      : An Album to HTML gallery export 
                         (by Gilles Caulier and Gregory Kokanosky).

 5) PrintWizard        : A print images wizard 
                         (by Todd Shoemaker).

 6) JpegLossLess       : Batch images processing without losing meta information embedded in the image
                         and without recompression of the jpeg data.
                         (by Renchi Raju).

 7) CdArchiving        : Albums CD archiving via K3b cd burning program 
                         (by Gilles Caulier).

 8) AcquireImages      : Digikam acquire images interface 
                         (by Gilles Caulier).
                         This plugin include these parts:
                            ScanImages (scanner management using Kooka).
                            ScreenshotImages (Snap Screen based on KSnapshot and adapted to Digikam).

 9) Calendar           : A Calendar construction plugin using Digikam Album images 
                         (by Renchi Raju)

10) SendImages         : A plugin to send images by email, allowing resizing and recompressing before sending.
                         (by Gilles Caulier).

11) BatchProcessImages : A batch process images plugin.
                         (by Gilles Caulier).
                         This plugin includes these parts:
                            RenameImages (Image file names renaming).
                            ConvertImages (Image files format converting).
                            BorderImages (Add border to images).
                            FilterImages (Image enhancements using digital filters).
                            ColorImages (Image color enhancement).
                            EffectImages (Image transformation effects).
                            ResizeImages (Basic and Prepare to print images resizing).
                            RecompressImages (Recompress JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and TGA images).

12) TimeAdjust         : Adjust image file Time and Date.
                         (by Jesper K. Pedersen).

13) WallPaper          : Image to KDE Desktop.
                         (by Gregory Kokanosky and Gilles Caulier).

14) FindImages         : Find dupplicate images in albums
                         (by Richard Grould and Gilles Caulier).

15) HelloWorld         : Tutorial plugin implementation 
                         (by Renchi Raju, Gilles Caulier, and Achim Bohnet).


Contact :
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If you have questions, comments, suggestions to make do email at :

kde-imaging.kde.org


IMPORTANT : the bugreports and wishlist are hosted by the KDE bugs report 
system who can be contacted by the standard Kde help menu of plugins dialog. 
A mail will be automaticly sent to the Kipi mailing list.
There is no need to contact directly the Kipi mailing list for a bug report 
or a devel wish.

The current Kipi bugs and devel wish reported to the Kde bugs report can be see 
at this url :

http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=kipiplugins&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED


Depencies :
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AutoConf >= 2.5
AutoMake >= 1.7.0
KDE 3.x
gphoto2 2.x
imlib2 >= 1.1.0
libexif >= 0.5.7
ImageMagick >= 5.5.4
MJPEGTools >= 1.6.0
dcRAW >= 5.02


Notes :
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- More specific compilation and installation options can be used with the 'configure' script.
Check this with './configure --help' command line.

- The slideshow plugin needs OpenGL support to compile. If OpenGL support is not
available or you don't want to compile the slideshow plugin use 
'./configure --without-opengl'.

- Some plugins can be disabled during the build process. Check the end of 'configure.in.in' file
and decomment the plugin lines corresponding. Then start the installation procedure.


