DigiKam is a free advanced digital photo management application for Linux operating systems. It is a very powerful open source media management application built on the KDE framework for Linux desktops. The Free DigiKam Photo Manager can now be ported into Windows & to Mac OSX computers as well.

DigiKam is a photo management application similar to Apple iPhoto or Google’s Picasa that imports photos from a digital camera and makes them available for presentation and manipulation.

You can download the Photo Editor & Photo Manager Software DigiKam for free.

With all the enhancements & the ease of use, DigiKam could easily replace your commercial digital imaging software – it is like a Free Adobe Photoshop!

DigiKam also contacts meta-data support & a native image editor for quick photo editing work along with plug-in interface for third-party applications like exporting photos to Flickr. It does everything from auto-detecting your camera, importing the photos, sorting your collection in useful ways, and does some basic – or even creative – photo editing.

Here are the key highlights & features of the Free Photo Management Software DigiKam:

• KIPI JPEG Lossless Plugin – This will allow you to rotate an image without loss of image quality when doing so
• Tags (or keywords) – Tagging photos is essential, allowing me to easily find photos by names or events I assign
• Auto Rotate using EXIF Information – Digital cameras that record how you were holding the camera allow digiKam to rotate the picture automatically for you (if you enable this option)
• Geo-tagging – With the easy to use interface, you can point/click the exact geographical location an image was taken
• Plays movies – Most digital cameras you purchase can record movies
• Export images to HTML, Flickr, DVD, Gallery or print
• Connect with Gallery, an open source web based photo album
• With the plugins they can also export albums to GoogleEarth’s KML files, Simpleviewer & burn them on CD

DigiKam will import images directly from a wide range of digital cameras, scanners and removable media. Even if yours is not directly listed you may well find it will work. Many low- to mid-range digital cameras connect as a USB mass storage device in much the same way as USB flash keys.

If your camera has removable media, such as Compact Flash, Smart Media or XD cards, you may find it more convenient to use a card reader.

Media connected via one of these USB devices invariably appear as a removable media icon on your KDE desktop. Another benefit of this approach is that it won’t run the batteries down on your camera.

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