Useful Tools

If you suspect your collection to contain a number of duplicates, use this option to find and delete them. First, determine which album or tag to include in the scope of your search. Click OK to initiate the search. If your collection contains any duplicates, you get a split screen showing both images and can select one of them for deletion to eliminate the duplicate.

Create a simple calendar using a standard layout by just selecting the images to use and by selecting paper size and fonts.

digiKam supports converting images from various vendor-specific RAW formats to common image formats such as JPEG or PNG. Using this option, convert single images. If you need to convert several images, consider using a batch conversion (Tools+Batch Processes+RAW Images Converter (Batch)). To find out whether your camera's RAW format is supported by digiKam converter plug-in, check http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/.