# The Kipi Plugins Handbook

## Introduction to Kipi Plugins

One of the nicest things about &kde; photo management programs like &digikam;, KPhotoAlbum, Gwenview and ShowImg is how easily their functionality can be extended, by using plugins. The Kde Image Plugins Interface (KIPI) project can manipulate image files in almost any way that users can. Their advantage is that it is much easier to add capabiltiies to the host application by writing a small plugin rather than by modifying the host application's core. Many valuable plugins have C++ source code that only amounts to 100-200 lines or so.

Kipi plugins are additional functions for the &kde; Image Managment Host Programs. They can add extra menus and shortcuts, and extend the host program's features. You can install as many or as few as you like, from within host programs.

More information on using and enabling the plugins you want is available in the host program's handbook.

The plugins available in this handbook are:

- Acquire Images plugin

- The Calendar plugin is a tool to create calendar from image collections

- Color Images plugin

- Convert Images plugin

- Effect Images plugin

- Filter Images plugin

- The Find Duplicate Images plugin is a tool for find duplicate photograph on your image collections

- Remote Flickr Export plugin

- The Gallery Export plugin is a tool for export image collections to a remote Gallery server

- Geolocation plugin

- Images Gallery plugin

- OpenGL Imageviewer plugin

- JPEG Loss Less plugin

- Metadata Editor plugin

- Print Wizard plugin

- Raw Converter plugin

- Recompress Images plugin

- Rename Images plugin

- Resize Images plugin

- Send Images plugin

- Slide Show plugin

- The Time Adjust plugin is a tool for adjusting image files timestamp

A lot of Kipi plugins currently have no documentation. If you are interested in rectifying that situation, please contact the Kipi team mailing list at kde-imaging@kde.org.

&doc-acquireimages; &doc-colorimages; &doc-convertimages; &doc-effectimages; &doc-filterimages; &doc-flickrexport; &doc-geolocation; &doc-imagesgallery; &doc-imageviewer; &doc-jpeglossless; &doc-metadataeditor; &doc-printwizard; &doc-rawconverter; &doc-recompressimages; &doc-renameimages; &doc-resizeimages; &doc-sendimages; &doc-slideshow;

## Credits and License

Copyrights for each plugin are listed in the applicable chapter.

All Pictures copyrighted 2004-2007 by Gilles Caulier caulier dot gilles at gmail dot com and Gerhard Kulzer gerhard_at_kulzer.net.

&underFDL; &underGPL;