Bug 146869

Summary: Allow to print CD/DVD/BR cover including thumbnails and metadata for photo archiving
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach>
Component: Plugin-Generic-PrintCreatorAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: anaselli, caulier.gilles
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Mikolaj Machowski 2007-06-16 15:28:02 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

It would be great to have some CD/DVD cover generetor.
It should not only create thumbnails but use extensively metadata.

Eg. not only usual thumbnail plus some data (size, weight) but also comments (even without thumbnail!).
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2007-11-06 14:38:13 UTC 
Mik, sound like a job fr a new kipi-plugin...

Gilles
Comment 2 Angelo Naselli 2007-11-06 17:58:29 UTC 
> Mik, sound like a job fr a new kipi-plugin...

hmm, why new? I should check it, but it could be added
as a new page layout on printwizard... wdyt?
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2007-11-06 18:19:39 UTC 
Angelo,

Fine for me if you think than it's possible easily...

Gilles
Comment 4 Angelo Naselli 2007-11-06 18:48:28 UTC 
> Fine for me if you think than it's possible easily...

A silly (not smart) solution could be added soon, just need to 
find time to work on pw again :/

PW by now can print filename or date, the problem is in how many 
photos can be added on the layout, if too many it (as it is by now) 
adds a ney page....
And i can manage ony one side page by now, but it's a start point.

Angelo
Comment 5 Mikolaj Machowski 2007-11-13 09:17:18 UTC 
I think Angelo is right. Better extend possibilities of printwizard.
Comment 6 Mikolaj Machowski 2008-08-21 19:55:12 UTC 
Some additional comments:

This doesn't have to be very sophisticated. You need to configure params:

- number of columns
- number of rows
- size in pixels (height, width)
- margin between images
- margin top, bottom, left, right
- caption with "entities" (eg. name, name-without-extension, size-in-kB,
  size-in-MB, maybe some exif ones)
- font
- background color
Comment 7 Angelo Naselli 2009-11-15 17:55:01 UTC 
you can now add your own template in printassistant by following TEMPLATE_HOWTO file instructions.
What is missed a caption per page and background color. If you add a logo it's the same task as into bug#164750 (about contact prints).
Comment 8 Angelo Naselli 2010-01-18 23:51:26 UTC 
Now you can choose your own page layout by grid size or grid photo size.
I'm thinking to a square cd sized page template though... will see
Comment 9 caulier.gilles 2011-12-22 22:41:50 UTC 
Mik,

This file still valid using kipi-plugins 2.4 ?

Gilles Caulier