digiKam 1.4.0 released...

"Dear all digiKam fans and users! digiKam team is proud to announce digiKam 1.4.0 release!

"digiKam tarball can be downloaded from SourceForge at this url

"See the list of new features below and bug-fixes coming with this release since 1.3.0

"Enjoy digiKam.

"NEW FEATURES:

"AdvancedRename : New modifier "Remove Doubles".

"BUGFIXES FROM KDE BUGZILLA:

001 ==> 238285 : Nikkor 18-200mm not detected by lens autocorrection.
002 ==> 232233 : Databaseext-branch does not compile on Windows with mingw4.
003 ==> 241782 : Tags, comments, author, etc. not written to metadata.
004 ==> 232792 : digiKam crash when opening configuration.
005 ==> 242863 : Caption field layout can be confused by pasted text.
006 ==> 242937 : When using raw import tool, showfoto cannot export the processed image.
007 ==> 243696 : digiKam didn't detect my local collection anymore after replacing internal harddisk.
008 ==> 243747 : Comment which is stored in database can't be accessed via digiKam.
009 ==> 216273 : digiKam exif gps not in xmp."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Aug. 19, 1839: Photography Goes Open Source(Aug 22, 2010)
• Resizing images with correct gamma using PHP and GD(Jul 23, 2010)
• Batch processing in Aperture and Digikam(Jul 23, 2010)
• Classy Stickers for digiKam Lovers Giveaway(Jul 12, 2010)
• Exposure Blending with digiKam(May 25, 2010)
• Searching and Filtering Photos in digiKam — Part 2(Jan 11, 2010)