Menu Descriptions
Table of Contents
Go back to the previously visited View using history.
Go forward to the previously visited View using history. You can only go forward if you've just gone back.
Create a new album folder.
Edit the currently selected album title, caption and collection.
Refresh the current view in the Main Window.
Synchronize the metadata between database and the file's metadata of all items of the current Main Window. The images will inherit the database metadata, not the other way around as in this menu.
Open the default file manager with the current Album path.
Delete/Move to trash selected Album and all items in it.
Quit digiKam
Create a new Tag entry in the Albums Database.
Edit the properties of the currently selected Tag.
Remove the currently selected Tag from the Album's Database.
View the selected image.
Puts you back from 'image view' into the main window.
Open the currently selected image in the digiKam image editor.
Inserts selection to the Light Table thumbbar and puts the Light Table into the foreground.
Adds selection to the Light Table thumbbar and puts the Light Table into the foreground.
Manual EXIF Orientation Tag adjustment options of the currently selected image.
Kipi-plugin menu entry to manually activate the auto rotate/flip feature for the currently selected images using the EXIF orientation tag.
See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin menu entry for rotating the currently selected images by 90/180/270 degrees.
See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin menu entry for flipping the currently selected images horizontally or vertically.
See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin menu entry for converting the currently selected images to black & white.
See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin for emailing images with your preferred mail agent.
See the dedicated Send Images manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to handle GPS meta data of the image.
See the dedicated Geolocation manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin for adjusting time and date of the currently selected images.
See the dedicated Time Adjust manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to handle meta data of the image (EXIF, IPTC, captions).
See the dedicated Metadata manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to print Album images.
See the dedicated Print Wizard manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin for setting the currently selected image as the desktop background.
See the dedicated Wall Paper manual for more information.
Rename the currently selected image.
Move to trash (recoverable delete)
Select all images currently shown
Unselect all items in the current view
Invert the current selection
Switch to full screen (same as F11).
Slide Show including RAW files.
Start slide show of all images in current window.
Start slide show on selected images.
Slide show that recurses through the current album tree.
Kipi-plugin for displaying an advanced slide show with Album items.
See the dedicated Advanced Slide Show manual for more information.
Increase preview or the thumbnail size of the currently selected Album.
Decrease preview or the thumbnail size of the currently selected Album.
Will show the image 1:1 (meaning 1 image pixel is mapped exactly to 1 screen pixel) in preview mode.
Will size the image as to fit snug into the window.
Sort all digiKam Albums by Folder, by Collection, or by Date.
Sort all images in current Album by Name, Path, Date, File Size or by Rating.
If a hierarchical album structure exists, the currently selected branch will be displayed in full depth.
If a hierarchical tag structure exists, the currently selected branch will be displayed in full depth.
Launch the simple search items dialog.
Launch the advanced search items dialog.
Switches to the Light Table window.
Kipi-plugin to find duplicate images in Albums Database.
See the dedicated Find Duplicate Images manual for more information.
Rescan the library for images not yet in the database (see also start-up option).
Launch rebuild of all thumbnails (that can take a long time if you have many images).
Launch synchronization of all metadata between database and files for all files (not just current view as with this menu). Database metadata will be overwritten with the file's metadata in case of discrepancy. The opposite you can do from the Album menu.
Kipi-plugin for creating a calendar with Album items.
See the dedicated Calendar manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin OpenGL full screen image viewer with the selected image.
See the dedicated OpenGL viewer manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to set up a list of remote galleries for exporting.
See the dedicated Remote galleries manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin for converting a single RAW image.
See the dedicated RAW Converter manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin menu entries for performing batch Processes on currently selected images.
See the dedicated manuals for more information:
Any configured digital camera will be listed here. You can use the "Add Camera" menu entry to add a new camera to the list. Please, read the Setup Camera Section for more information.
Browsing attached media devices like card readers, DVDs or memory sticks.
Interactively add a new camera.
Navigate to a folder and select images
Navigate to a folder and import it entirely
Opens a Kipi-plugin scanner dialog
See the dedicated Acquire Images manual for more information.
Opens a Kipi-plugin screenshot tool
See the dedicated Acquire Images manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to archive Albums to CD or DVD using K3b.
See the dedicated CD Archiving manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin that exports the images series into a KML structure. KML files can then be opened and displayed with GoogleEarth.
See the dedicated KML Export manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to upload or update images to Flickr server.
See the dedicated Flickr Export manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin for creating an MPEG Slideshow with Album items.
See the dedicated MPEG Encoder manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to upload or update images to web galleries.
See the dedicated Gallery Export manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin upload or update images to Googles Picasaweb galleries.
See the dedicated Picasaweb export manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to create a HTML gallery with Albums.
See the dedicated Images Gallery manual for more information.
Kipi-plugin to create a HTML gallery with Albums.
See the dedicated Images Gallery manual for more information.
Enable or disable the main digiKam toolbar.
Enable or disable the main digiKam status bar.
Configure the digiKam shortcuts.
Configure the digiKam toolbars.
Launch digiKam configure dialog.
