# The digiKam Image Plugins Handbook

Gilles
Caulier

    caulier_dot_gilles_at_free.fr

Gerhard
Kulzer

    gerhard_at_kulzer.net

2005-11-14
0.8.0
2003
2005
The DigikamImagePlugins developers team
&FDLNotice;

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These are the Image Plugins handbooks for digiKam Image Editor and ShowFoto.

KDE
Digikam
Image
Plugins

## Introduction to Plugins for digiKam Image Editor and ShowFoto

One of the nicest things about the digiKam Image Editor is how easily its functionality can be extended, by using plugins. Plugins can manipulate images in almost any way you can imagine. Their advantage is that it is much easier to add a capability to the Image Editor by writing a small plugin than by modifying the Image Editor core. Many valuable plugins have C++ source code that amounts to 100-200 lines only or so.

A core plugin is included in the main digiKam distribution, and it is installed automatically along with the digiKam Image Editor. It provides some important features like Red Eye Reduction tool and Auto-Levels. The digiKam Image Plugins package adds more functions as new plugins. They add extra menus, shortcuts, and extentions to the image editor with features like new filters, special effects, and advanced tools.

The plugins included in this handbook are:

- Image Filters and Enhancement

  - Adjust Curves

  - Adjust Levels

  - Anti Vignetting Filter

  - Channel Mixer

  - Noise Reduction

  - Hot Pixels Correction

  - Photograph Inpainting

  - Lens Distortion Correction

  - Refocus an Photograph

  - Unsharped Mask

  - Photograph Restoration

  - White Balance

- Image Transformation Tools

  - Blowup Photograph

  - Free Rotation

  - Perspective Adjustment

  - Shearing Tool

- Image Tools

  - Add Border

  - Insert Text

  - Template Superimpose

  - Apply Texture

- Special Effects Plugins

  - Blur FX.

  - Simulate Charcoal Drawing.

  - Distortion FX.

  - Emboss Image.

  - Add Film Grain.

  - Simulate Infrared Film.

  - Simulate Oil Painting

  - Add Rain Drops

  - Solarize Image

&doc-adjustcurves; &doc-adjustlevels; &doc-antivignetting; &doc-channelmixer; &doc-despeckle; &doc-hotpixels; &doc-inpainting; &doc-lensdistortion; &doc-refocus; &doc-restoration; &doc-unsharp; &doc-whitebalance;

&doc-blowup; &doc-freerotation; &doc-perspective; &doc-sheartool;

&doc-border; &doc-inserttext; &doc-superimpose; &doc-texture;

&doc-blurfx; &doc-charcoal; &doc-distortionfx; &doc-emboss; &doc-filmgrain; &doc-infrared; &doc-oilpaint; &doc-raindrops; &doc-solarizeimage;

## Credits and License

Copyrights for each plugin is listed in the applicable chapter.

All Pictures copyrighted 2004-2005 by Gilles Caulier caulier_dot_gilles_at_free.fr and Gerhard Kulzer gerhard_at_kulzer.net.

&underFDL; &underGPL;