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Chapter 15. Managing photos
clicking on Events in the left hand pane. A single photo representing all the photos taken on each date
will appear in the main pane. Double-click on a specific date to see all the photos taken on that date.
You can rename each event to something more appropriate by right-clicking on the date in either pane
- for example, 'Fri 25 Dec 2009' can become 'Christmas Day'. You can also merge events into longer
timeframes - for example, 'Christmas Eve', 'Christmas Day' and 'Boxing Day' can be merged into a
single event called 'Christmas'.
15.2.1.2. Categorizing by Tag
You can add tags to your photos by selecting them in the main pane and choosing Tags → Add
Tags.... To add more than one tag at once, enter them as a comma-separated list, without spaces.
Once you have added your tags, a new menu option called Tags will appear in the left hand pane.
Click on a tag name to see all the photos under that tag. You can modify, rename and remove tags by
selecting the appropriate option in the Tags menu.
15.2.1.3. Publishing Photos to the Web
You can publish your photos to Facebook, Flickr or Picassa Web Albums from within Shotwell. Select
the photos you want to publish in the main pane and click Publish in the bottom bar, or choose File
→ Publish... in the top menu bar. A dialog box will appear in which you can select the service you
want to publish to, and log in if you are not already logged in.
When you log in via Shotwell for the first time, you must allow Shotwell Connect to be enabled on
your account. Once this has been set up, you will be given options regarding the size and viewing
permissions of the uploaded photos. Select your desired options and choose Publish. Your photos will
now be uploaded to your online account.
15.3. Managing photos on the KDE desktop
The KDE desktop uses digiKam to import and organize your photos. DigiKam also provides image
editing features through the showFoto program.
When you turn on a camera connected to your computer, or plug in device containing photos such
as a USB flash drive, Fedora will notify you by opening a window from the Device Notifier located at
the left of the KDE panel. If you do not see a window, click the Device Notifier to open the window
manually. You should see the camera or other storage device listed in the window. Click on the device,
and a dialog box will open to ask What do you want to do?. Click Download Photos with digiKam
and OK.
15.3.1. Importing photos with digiKam
When you first start digiKam, it prompts you for a default location in which to store your photos, and
will suggest the Pictures folder inside your Home folder. It will also ask for a location to store a
database that it will create to store information about your photos. DigiKam will use this database
to help you organise and manage your photos and will again suggest the Pictures folder as the
location for this database. For both the default picture location and the database location, you can type
in the name of a folder on your computer, browse to a folder by clicking on the folder icon, or accept
the defaults. When you have made your choices, click OK and the main digiKam window will open,
together with a separate window to show you the files on the camera or storage device.
In this dialog, you can select or deselect photos to import by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail.
To select all photos, click any photo and then press the key combination Ctrl+A. To deselect all
photos, press Ctrl+Shift+A. Once you have selected all the photos that you want to import, click
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