DigiKam is an advanced digital photo management application. The new version brings new Remove Doubles feature and a lot of bug fixes

digiKam is a powerful and complete photo management tool from KDE. Among its many features is the ability to run batch processes, thanks to the Kipi plugin set. With a few simple clicks, users can manipulate multiple photos simultaneously, without having to remember long command line strings or taking countless hours to edit each file.

Digital photographs can be something of a pain. With the storage capacities available today, it is easy to take thousands of pictures, with no regard for the cost.

I've been using digiKam a bit more to edit images for Web publication. I still find it awkward as hell, I haven't yet figured out the "right" way to sharpen a photo, and I'm puzzled as to why you can't edit an image's metadata and the image itself at the same time.

While F-Spot and digiKam are among the most popular photo management applications, they are not the only fish in the sea. In fact, if you need a lightweight tool that can help you to manage and tweak your photos with a minimum of effort, Fotoxx can do the job just fine.

With point and shoot digital camera's I have owned in the past, both F-spot and Digikam have worked well. Now that I have purchased a new DSLR I am looking into other types of software for photo management (and it will be hard for me to change after using digikam all these years....if I even change at all). With the above being said, I have found blueMarine.

Last week we learned how to sanely organize our vast digital photo archives with Digikam. Today we'll look at Digikam's built-in editing tools. You'll be able to do a surprising amount of your editing work without ever leaving Digikam.