A-foto (afoto)

A-foto (afoto) is a theme (desktop widget) that shows slide-shows of framed miniatures of your favorite pictures on your desktop.

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- Drag files, folders, WebCam or internet image URLs directly into the A-foto window.
- Choose one of 15+ beautiful frame styles.
- Control picture size and slideshow frequency.
- See A-foto in your language. (English, Spanish, French and Russian)
- Contribute your own frame styles.
- Extend functionality with your own plug-ins.

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Visit http://code.google.com/p/a-foto/wiki/Welcome

Talk to us at #superkaramba channel on IRC.

Search for a-foto on kde-look.org - Get more frames.

Minimum Requirements:
http://code.google.com/p/a-foto/wiki/Requirements
- Python version 2.3.5
- SuperKaramba 0.41 (KDE 3.5.5)


Known Remaining Issues:
http://code.google.com/p/a-foto/wiki/GettingHelp
- Flickr plugin is NOT STABLE. It may delete all your files and burn the computer down. Make sure you have backups before dropping Flickr links onto A-Foto.

Thank you for helping improve a-foto by running afoto in console ('superkaramba afoto-1.6.skz') and sending ALL output to one of the authors.

1.6 (June, 2007)
- Fixed minor issues for users using file-based locking and signalling.
- Gave up trying to make DCOP-based locking and signalling work for everyone. Created LITE version that does checks on simple level, with hope of avoiding "Trying DCOP" hangs. If main package does not work for you, try LITE version.

1.6RC versions (February - April, 2007)
- added status message to startup procedure for easier bug-tracking.
- changed the "status" and "error" images to be more appealing.
- new feature: Edge-guard. Keeps photos from sliding beyond the edges of the screen.
- allow to use fractions of minutes.
- Plug-in support
- Internet (http-based) image and WebCam file plugin.
- Now, no "already running" message under Beryl/Compiz.
- Improved ordering mechanism. No more broken disorder when SK.quit()

1.5 (January 20, 2007)
- Added support for Unicode paths.
- bumped the required SK version to 0.41

1.5.rc (December 17, 2006)
- Starting a second instance of A-foto from SuperKaramba interface no longer breaks afoto. (As an unfortunate side effect, starting additional afoto instances by other means is not safe, hence the warning message inclusion.)
- A-foto settings now try to keep "historical priority." The last afoto closed will the the first opened.
- Introduced optimizations to skip unneeded image rotation / manipulation when not needed.
- Fixed problem with occasional improper EXIF-based orientation.
- Prepared the ground for enabling plug-in support for Flickr, webcam and other photo source variations.

1.5 beta versions (May - Jul 06)
- Enabled EXIF-based auto-rotation
- Added "Pile" frame style
- Enabled Unicode, Gettext-based translations
- Added Spanish and Russian translations.
- "recursive" scanning of dropped folders for images.
- Implemented centering of photos relative to the applet origin.
- This is an extensive rewrite with the goals of: simplification of photo sources management, and removal of visual and procedural imperfections.
- Now, there are 2 viewing modes: single photo (One photo stays forever.) and slide show (Shows photos from the dropped folder.)
- Picture frames now live in ~/.superkaramba/afoto/temas. Put YOUR custom themes there.
- Three new themes by Christian Kreibich

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v1 (December 4, 2004)