KPhotoAlbum (previously known as KimDaBa) is an
image viewer
An image viewer or image browser is a computer program that can display stored graphical images; it can often handle various graphics file formats. Such software usually renders the image according to properties of the display such as color depth, ...
and
organizer for Unix-like systems created and maintained by Jesper K. Pedersen. The core philosophy behind its creation was that it should be easy for users to annotate images and videos taken with a
digital camera. Users can search for images based on those annotations (also called categories) and use the results in a variety of ways. Features include slideshows, annotation,
KIPI
KDE Image Plugin Interface (usually abbreviated to Kipi or KIPI) is an API that allows creation of application-independent image processing plugins in the KDE project.
Host applications
* Digikam
* KPhotoAlbum (previously named KimDaBa)
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plugin support for
manipulating images, and
Boolean
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Related to this, "Boolean" may refer to:
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searches.
KPhotoAlbum is licensed under the
GPL-2.0-or-later license.
History
Jesper K. Pedersen created the project in December 2002 under the name KimDaBa (K image Data Base). The project was released on December 2, 2004. KimDaBa was renamed to KPhotoAlbum on May 9, 2006. Also on 2006,
Google Summer of Code sponsored Tuomas Suutari to create a SQL database back-end for KPhotoAlbum, that although functional, wasn't ready to be included in version 3.0, released December 31. This version improved existing functionalities and added support for viewing video files. Version 4.0 supported KD4 and added "stacking" of images belonging together (like for HDR or panorama images).Version 4.6.0
included face detection.
See also
*
DigiKam
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Comparison of image viewers
This article presents a comparison of image viewers and image organizers which can be used for image viewing.
Functionality overview and licensing
Supported file formats
Commonly used vendor-independent formats
Camera raw formats
Support ...
*
KDE Applications
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List of KDE applications
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References
External links
KPhotoalbum official website
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Extragear
Free image viewers
Free photo software
Free software programmed in C++
Graphics software that uses Qt
Image organizers
KDE Applications
Linux image viewers