I-digiKam sisicelo solawulo lweefoto zedijithali esivulelekileyo esisebenza kwiLinux, Windows, kunye neMacOS. Isicelo sibonelela ngeseti ebanzi yezixhobo zokungenisa, ukulawula, ukuhlela, kunye nokwabelana ngeefoto kunye neefayile ezikrwada.

Unokusebenzisa amandla okungenisa e-digiKam ukuhambisa ngokulula iifoto, iifayile ezikrwada, kunye neevidiyo ngokuthe ngqo kwikhamera yakho kunye nezixhobo zokugcina zangaphandle (amakhadi e-SD, iidiski ze-USB, njl.). Isicelo sikuvumela ukuba uqwalasele imimiselo yokungenisa kunye nemithetho eqhuba kwaye iququzelele izinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kwi-fly.

I-digiKam icwangcisa iifoto, iifayile ezikrwada, kunye neevidiyo kwiialbham. Kodwa isicelo sikwabonisa izixhobo ezinamandla zokuthega ezikuvumela ukuba wabelane ngeethegi, amanqaku, kunye neelebhile kwiifoto kunye neefayile ezikrwada. Emva koko ungasebenzisa umsebenzi wokucoca ukufumana ngokukhawuleza izinto ezihambelana neendlela ezithile.

Ukongeza ekusebenzeni kokucoca, i-digiKam ibonakalisa amandla okukhangela anamandla akuvumela ukuba ukhangele ilayibrari yeefoto ngoluhlu olubanzi lweendlela. Unokukhangela iifoto ngeethegi, iilebhile, ukukala, idatha, indawo, kunye ne-EXIF ethile, i-IPTC, okanye i-XMP metadata. Unokudibanisa iikhrayitheriya ezininzi zophendlo oluphambili. I-digiKam ithembele kwilayibrari ye-Exiv2 ukuphatha imixholo yethegi yemethadatha kwiifayile ukuze igcwalise ilayibrari yeefoto.

I-digiKam inokuphatha iifayile ezikrwada, kwaye usetyenziso lusebenzisa ithala leencwadi leLibRaw eligqwesileyo ukucacisa iifayile ezikrwada. Ithala leencwadi liyagcinwa kwaye lihlaziywa rhoqo ukuze liquke inkxaso yeemodeli zekhamera zamva nje.

I-digiKam inokulawula iifayile zevidiyo ngenjongo yokwenza ikhathalogu, kwaye isicelo sisebenzisa isibini seFFmpeg kunye neelayibrari zeQtAv ukukhupha imethadatha kunye nokudlala imidiya.

Isicelo sibonelela ngeseti ebanzi yezixhobo zokuhlela. Oku kubandakanya izixhobo ezisisiseko zokuhlengahlengisa imibala, ukunqampuna, kunye nokulola kunye nezixhobo eziphambili, uhlengahlengiso lweegophe, ukuthungwa kwepanorama, nokunye okuninzi. Isixhobo esikhethekileyo esisekelwe kwimvume yelayibrari yeLensfun yokufaka izilungiso kwilensi ngokuzenzekelayo kwimifanekiso.

Extended functionality in digiKam is implemented via a set of tools based of plugins mechanism (named DPlugins for digiKam Plugins). Plugins can be written to import and export contents to remote web-services, add new features to edit image, and batch process photo.