Differences with Image Editor

One main difference between Showfoto and the digiKam Image Editor is the lack of support for any database. Showfoto deals directly with the file-metadata for all loaded files. Since Showfoto is just an editor that does not support all the capabilities of a photo management program, such as a powerful search tool, it’s not necessary to cache file information in a database.

Important

As Showfoto does not use a database, the application lacks image versioning support.

Other differences with the digiKam Image Editor is the Left Sidebar. In Showfoto all photo management is delegated to the Main Window and the left sidebar hosts two tabs to navigate through your file system:

  • The Folders tab allows you to navigate through directory hierarchies like a standard file manager. You can see the image thumbnails and the current path. Clicking on a thumbnail will load the contents to the canvas.

  • The Stack tab hosts your preferred items previously selected in the Folders tab.

The Right Sidebar is exactly the same as in the Image Editor, except for the tabs that depend exclusively on the database - Captions and Versions are not available in Showfoto. Look in this section of this manual to find information about the tabs presented in Showfoto.

Another difference with the digiKam Image Editor are two new entries in the File menu:

  • Open: can load files into the canvas. A standard open file dialog allows you to choose the items from the disk.

  • Open folder: can specify the folder to parse all items to load into the canvas.