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   :description: digiKam Right Sidebar Properties View
   :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, sidebar, properties

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   :authors: - digiKam Team

   :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html)

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Properties View
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The properties sidebar shows the essential information about the selected image which are largely self-explanatory. It is grouped into the following sections:

    - **File Properties**: these are file system related information.

    - **Image Properties**: shows the image and format properties like dimension, compression, color-depth, etc.

    - **Photograph Properties**: shows a summary of the most important parameters when taking the photograph. These data are taken from the Exif or XMP data fields if available.

    - **digiKam Properties**: optional view to show a summary of the most important values set in digiKam database.

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|    .. figure:: images/sidebar_propertiesphoto.webp    |    .. figure:: images/sidebar_propertiesvideo.webp   |
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|               File properties for a photo             |              File properties for a video             |
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