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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: digiKam Batch Queue Manager Base Tools 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, batch, queue, manager, tools, color, enhance, transform, effects, decorate 0004 0005 .. metadata-placeholder 0006 0007 :authors: - digiKam Team 0008 0009 :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html) 0010 0011 .. _base_tools: 0012 0013 Base Tools 0014 ========== 0015 0016 .. contents:: 0017 0018 Overview 0019 -------- 0020 0021 The Batch Queue Manager tools are available as plugins loaded dynamically at startup and configurable in :ref:`Setup dialog <plugins_settings>`. Except few ones, mostly all tools share the same functionalities than plugins from :ref:`Image Editor <image_editor>`. The difference with Image Editor tools is that there is no possibility to preview the tool effects over the images. Other tools are more designed to **Convert** to file formats, and to apply the :ref:`Digital Asset Management <asset_management>`. 0022 0023 .. figure:: images/bqm_base_tools_view.webp 0024 :alt: 0025 :align: center 0026 0027 The Batch Queue Manager View to Select Base Tools for Creating a Workflow 0028 0029 .. _bqm_editortools: 0030 0031 Shared Image Editor Tools 0032 ------------------------- 0033 0034 List of tools coming from Image Editor and shared in Batch Queue Manager is given below. This list provide the links to Image Editor chapters from this manual corresponding to the Batch Queue Manager tools. 0035 0036 .. _bqm_colortools: 0037 0038 - Image Color Corrections: 0039 0040 - :ref:`Convert to 8 bits <color_depth>` 0041 0042 - :ref:`Convert to 16 bits <color_depth>` 0043 0044 - :ref:`Color Profile Conversion <color_cm>` 0045 0046 - :ref:`Color Auto-Correction <color_auto>` 0047 0048 - :ref:`BCG Correction <color_bcg>` 0049 0050 - :ref:`HSL Correction <color_hsl>` 0051 0052 - :ref:`Colors Balance <color_balance>` 0053 0054 - :ref:`White Balance <color_wb>` 0055 0056 - :ref:`Curves Adjust <color_curves>` 0057 0058 - :ref:`Channels Mixer <color_mixer>` 0059 0060 - :ref:`Black and White Convert <color_bw>` (including also the :ref:`Simulate Infrared Film <color_infrared>`) 0061 0062 - :ref:`Invert Colors <color_invert>` 0063 0064 .. note:: 0065 0066 **Adjust Levels** and **Simulate Color Negative Film** are not available in Batch Queue Manager. 0067 0068 .. _bqm_enhancetools: 0069 0070 - Image Enhancement: 0071 0072 - :ref:`Sharpen Image (sharpen, unsharp mask, refocus) <enhance_sharpen>` 0073 0074 - :ref:`Blur Image <enhance_blur>` 0075 0076 - :ref:`Red Eyes Correction <enhance_redeyes>` 0077 0078 - :ref:`Local Contrast <enhance_localcontrast>` 0079 0080 - :ref:`Noise Reduction <enhance_nr>` 0081 0082 - :ref:`Hot Pixel Correction <enhance_hotpixels>` 0083 0084 - :ref:`Restoration <enhance_restoration>` 0085 0086 - :ref:`Anti-Vignetting <enhance_vignetting>` 0087 0088 - :ref:`Lens Auto-Correction Tool <enhance_lensauto>` 0089 0090 .. note:: 0091 0092 **Healing Clone Tool** and **Lens Distortion Correction** are not available in Batch Queue Manager. 0093 0094 .. _bqm_transformtools: 0095 0096 - Image Transformation Tools: 0097 0098 - :ref:`Crop Tool <transform_crop>` 0099 0100 - :ref:`Resize <transform_resize>` 0101 0102 - :ref:`Rotate <transform_freerotation>` 0103 0104 - :ref:`Flip <transform_rotationflip>` 0105 0106 **Liquid Rescale**, **Perspective**, **Shearing Tool**, and **Proportional Crop Tool** are not available in Batch Queue Manager. 0107 0108 .. _bqm_decoratetools: 0109 0110 - Image Decoration Tools: 0111 0112 - Add Watermark (more powerful tool than **Insert Text** from Image Editor) 0113 0114 - :ref:`Insert Text <decorate_inserttext>` 0115 0116 - :ref:`Add Texture <decorate_texture>` 0117 0118 .. _bqm_effecttools: 0119 0120 - Special Effect Filters: 0121 0122 - :ref:`Color Effects <effects_color>` 0123 0124 - :ref:`Add Film Grain <effects_filmgrain>` 0125 0126 .. note:: 0127 0128 **Simulate Oil Painting**, **Simulate Charcoal Drawing**, **Emboss Photograph**, **Distortion FX**, **Blur FX**, and **Add Rain Drops** are not available in Batch Queue Manager. 0129 0130 .. _bqm_converttools: 0131 0132 Convert Tools 0133 ------------- 0134 0135 These tools allow to save images to new file formats. These are mostly placed at end of your list of **Assigned Tools** from your **Workflow**. 0136 0137 - :ref:`Convert to TIFF <image_formats>` 0138 0139 - :ref:`Convert to PGF <image_formats>` 0140 0141 - :ref:`Convert to HEIF <image_formats>` 0142 0143 - :ref:`Convert to AVIF <image_formats>` 0144 0145 - :ref:`Convert to PNG <image_formats>` 0146 0147 - :ref:`Convert to JPEG <image_formats>` 0148 0149 - :ref:`Convert to JPEG 2000 <image_formats>` 0150 0151 - :ref:`Convert to WEBP <image_formats>` 0152 0153 - :ref:`Convert RAW to DNG <dng_converter>` (this specific tool must be placed on to top of your list of **Assigned Tools** from your **Workflow**). 0154 0155 .. _bqm_metadatatools: 0156 0157 Metadata Tools 0158 -------------- 0159 0160 - :ref:`Image Quality Sort <bqm_qualitysort>` 0161 0162 - :ref:`Apply Metadata Template <bqm_assigntemplate>` 0163 0164 - :ref:`Translate Metadata <bqm_translatemetadata>` 0165 0166 - :ref:`Assign Captions <bqm_assigncaptions>` 0167 0168 - :ref:`Assign Labels <bqm_assignlabels>` 0169 0170 - :ref:`Remove Metadata <bqm_removemetadata>` 0171 0172 - :ref:`Time Adjust <bqm_timeadjust>` 0173 0174 .. _bqm_customtools: 0175 0176 Custom Tools 0177 ------------ 0178 0179 - :ref:`User Shell Script <custom_script>`