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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: Overview to digiKam Image Editor 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, image, editor 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 .. _editor_overview: 0012 0013 Overview 0014 ======== 0015 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. 0019 0020 The Image Editor provides a number of powerful tools that use you to adjust a photograph. 0021 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: 0029 0030 - A status bar at the bottom which shows the filename, the current file number, the current zoom level, and the current image size. 0031 0032 - A menu bar across the top and below that a tool bar that provides quick access to some commonly used functions. 0033 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. 0035 0036 .. figure:: videos/editor_thumbbar.webp 0037 :width: 500px 0038 :alt: 0039 :align: center 0040 0041 Screencast of Image Editor Thumbbar Placed at Different Canvas Sides 0042 0043 From left to right, the Image Editor Toolbar includes these actions: 0044 0045 1. Close image editor Window. 0046 0047 2. Open original image from the versioning stack. 0048 0049 3. Export image to a new file format. 0050 0051 4. Save changes in versioning stack using default format. 0052 0053 5. Save the modified image in a new version using specific format. 0054 0055 6. Cancel all modifications done on image. 0056 0057 7. Undoing last action. 0058 0059 8. Redoing previous action. 0060 0061 .. figure:: images/editor_toolbar.webp 0062 :alt: 0063 :align: center 0064 0065 The digiKam Image Editor Toolbar