digikam-doc/image_editor/editor_overview.rst

0001 .. meta::
0002    :description: Overview to digiKam Image Editor
0003    :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, image, editor
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0007    :authors: - digiKam Team
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0009    :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html)
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0011 .. _editor_overview:
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0013 Overview
0014 ========
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0016 .. contents::
0017
0018 digiKam incorporates a fast Image Editor with a few basic yet powerful image editing tools. You can use the Image Editor to view your photographs and to make corrections and alterations. The Image Editor can be accessed either by clicking on a thumbnail in the Image Window or by clicking with the right mouse button over a thumbnail and selecting **Edit** from the context menu.
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0020 The Image Editor provides a number of powerful tools that use you to adjust a photograph.
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0022 .. figure:: images/editor_mainwindow.webp
0023     :alt:
0024     :align: center
0025
0026     The digiKam Image Editor Main Window
0027
0028 The image editor has just one main window with:
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0030     - A status bar at the bottom which shows the filename, the current file number, the current zoom level, and the current image size.
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0032     - A menu bar across the top and below that a tool bar that provides quick access to some commonly used functions.
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0034     - A thumb bar located on left of canvas (optional - see :menuselection:`Settings --> Show Thumbbar` menu entry) can be relocated on top, right, or bottom side. An anchor on the left side of thumb bar allows to move it with the mouse at the wanted place.
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0036     .. figure:: videos/editor_thumbbar.webp
0037         :width: 500px
0038         :alt:
0039         :align: center
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0041         Screencast of Image Editor Thumbbar Placed at Different Canvas Sides
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0043 From left to right, the Image Editor Toolbar includes these actions:
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0045     1. Close image editor Window.
0046
0047     2. Open original image from the versioning stack.
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0049     3. Export image to a new file format.
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0051     4. Save changes in versioning stack using default format.
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0053     5. Save the modified image in a new version using specific format.
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0055     6. Cancel all modifications done on image.
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0057     7. Undoing last action.
0058
0059     8. Redoing previous action.
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0061 .. figure:: images/editor_toolbar.webp
0062     :alt:
0063     :align: center
0064
0065     The digiKam Image Editor Toolbar