Setup

Overview

Showfoto has a limited configuration entries compared to digiKam, but you will found mostly the same views for the shared features between both applications. Also, this section will presents the slight differences and supplemental features available in Showfoto. To access these settings select Settings ‣ Configure Showfoto… from the menu-bar.

The Showfoto Stand-Alone Editor Setup Dialog

Editor Window

The Showfoto Editor Window settings page is the same than digiKam Image Editor. Look this section from the manual for details.

Metadata

The Showfoto Metadata settings page only includes few common options that you can found into this section from the digiKam manual.

The Showfoto Stand-Alone Editor Setup Metadata Page

Tool Tip

The Showfoto Tooltip settings page is similar than digiKam. The main difference with digiKam is the non support of extra information stored in database and the video metadata. Tooltips are displayed over the Thumbbar items and the list-view thumbnails (eg. Folders tab, Stack tab, and plugins).

The Showfoto Stand-Alone Editor Setup Tooltip Page

RAW Decoding

The Showfoto RAW Decoding settings page is the same than digiKam Image Editor. Look this section from the manual for details.

Color Management

The Showfoto Color Management settings page is the same than digiKam Image Editor. Look this section from the manual for details.

Save Images

The Showfoto Save Images settings page is the same than digiKam Image Editor. Look this section from the manual for details.

Plugins

The Showfoto Plugins settings page is mostly the same than digiKam Image Editor. Look this section from the manual for details.

Note

Showfoto does not support the Batch Queue Manager plugins. This tab does not exist in this view compared to digiKam.

Miscellaneous

The Showfoto Miscellaneous settings page is less complex than digiKam, but SpellCheck and Localize tabs are exactly the same. The Grouping tab present in digiKam does not exist in Showfoto due to the lack of database support. The differences are located mostly in tabs listed below:

  • In Behaviour tab, Showfoto propose some options to Sort Order the icon-views as the Thumbbar and list-view available in Folders and Stack tabs from left sidebar. Information show as overlay with Thumbbar can be also customized. The Updates view to checkout new program version is exactly the same than digiKam.

The Showfoto Stand-Alone Editor Setup Misc Behaviour Page

  • The Appearance tab is a reduced version than digiKam. Less options are presented here, but fundamentally, it’s the same. See this section for details.

The Showfoto Stand-Alone Editor Setup Misc Appearance Page

  • As Appearance, the System tab is also a reduced version than digiKam one. See this section for details.

The Showfoto Stand-Alone Editor Setup Misc System Page