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General lists the name, type, owner, and some other basic information. The more inter-
esting part is the EXIF tab. The camera stores some metadata for each photograph.
Digikam reads these properties and displays them in this list. Find the exposure time,
pixel dimensions, and others. To get more information for the selected list entry, press
+
. This shows a small tool tip. The last tab, Histogram, shows some statistical
Shift
F1
information.
18.3.4 Managing Albums
Digikam inserts a My Albums folder by default, which collects all your photographs.
You can store these into subfolders later. The albums can be sorted by their directory
layout, by the collection name that has been set in the album properties or by the date
that the albums were first created (this date can also be changed in the properties of
each album).
To create a new album, you have some possibilities:
• Uploading new photographs from the camera
• Creating a new album by clicking the New Album button in the toolbar
• Importing an existing folder of photographs from your hard disk (select Album →
Import → Import Folders)
• Right-clicking My Albums and selecting New Album
After selecting to create an album in your preferred way, a dialog box appears. Give
your album a title. Optionally, choose a collection, insert some comments, and select
an album date. The collection is a way of organizing your albums by a common label.
This label is used when you select View → Sort Albums → By Collection. The comment
is shown in the banner at the top of the main window. The album date is used when
you select View → Albums → By Date.
Digikam uses the first photograph in the album as the preview icon in the My Albums
list. To select a different one, right-click the respective photograph and select Set as
Album Thumbnail from the context menu.
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