<chapter id="effectimages"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Gilles</firstname><surname>Caulier</surname> <affiliation><address><email>caulier dot gilles at gmail dot com</email></address></affiliation> </author> </authorgroup> <abstract> <para> The Kipi Effect Images plugin is a tool for to add a special effect to the images. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>Kipi</keyword> </keywordset> </chapterinfo> <title>Effect Images</title> <para> This plugin can be used for batch FX transforming images in an Album. It uses the <command>convert</command> program from the <application>ImageMagick</application> package. An image effect preview (partial or full) is also available. Eleven FX filter types have been implemented: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><guilabel>Adaptive threshold</guilabel>: perform local adaptive thresholding.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Charcoal</guilabel>: simulate a charcoal drawing.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Detect edges</guilabel>: detect edges within an image.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Emboss</guilabel>: returns a grayscale image with a three-dimensional effect.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Implode</guilabel>: implode image pixels about the center.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Paint</guilabel>: applies a special effect filter that simulates an oil painting.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Shade light</guilabel>: shines a distant light on an image to create a three-dimensional effect.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Solarize</guilabel>: negate all pixels above the threshold level.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Spread</guilabel>: this is a special effects method that randomly displaces each pixel in a block defined by the radius parameter.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Swirl</guilabel>: swirls the pixels about the center of the image.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Wave</guilabel>: creates a ripple effect in the image by shifting the pixels vertically along a sine wave.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> <ulink url="http://digikamplugins.free.fr/ImagesGallerySamples/MultipleAlbums/EffectImages/index.html"> You can see some samples built with this plugin at this &URL;</ulink> </para> </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t End: -->