Camera raw plugins dcraw or ufraw

[zaen]

it would be swell if Salix can include camera raw applications in the future. I used ufraw, for example, in another distro. Ufraw can also work as a plugin of Gimp. I used ufraw for viewing and editing my .NEF Nikon image files.

Thanks.

[zaen]

I just found a workaround. I installed Picasa through Gslapt. My NEF files showed up! I can export or save them as jpeg in Picasa and edit them in Gimp as such.

Not bad, hehe

[maximus]

You might be interested in "Raw Studio" (link) which is now available on the repo through gslapt/slapt-get

[jbs1136]

I tried Picasa awhile back and didn't care for it. My taste only, it was just the gui. I use geegie, also in the repos and it shows my .NEF files with no problems. Just to mention another option.

john

[maximus]

Great suggestion, although I think the original poster was looking for something he could use to edit the RAW photo itself, which can be done with ufraw and/or dcraw and Gimp plugins, as well as with the software I mentioned earlier.

I used to use Picasa all the time when running 32bit, but I switched to 64bit and am not interested in running multilib so that was out of the window. I found there aren't so many choices when it comes to photo management on 64bit, you can use gthumb or geeqie which are both great (especially geeqie!) but I consider them more as photo viewers as opposed to photo managers. Even though I don't use KDE I compiled and ran Digikam for a while which, although great software, wasn't as responsive as I would like and also didn't quite fit in with the rest of my GTK environment. Which is why I compiled "Shotwell" (link) which is in the earlier stages of development but runs quick and does what I need right now.

[jbs1136]

You're right, I wasn't thinking about a manager. It has been so long since I used Picasa I didn't even think about what all it did. I use digicam for a while also and switched to geegie recently. I don't really use a manager, I have my own file system which works well for me and I know where everything is (sort of ). Any editing that I do I use GIMP.

I am going to check out your link, looks interesting.

I did check it out but I have 2 problems. One is that it stores in home folder and I see no way to change that. The other is that it seems to only import jpg, not png or svg.

john

[maximus]

I did check it out but I have 2 problems. One is that it stores in home folder and I see no way to change that. The other is that it seems to only import jpg, not png or svg.

I have my photos stored on a separate partition which is symbolically linked via ~/Pictures. When you import photos in Shotwell you'll notice in the import dialog itself at the bottom left corner there is a checkbox with "Copy files to Pictures photo library". I think just unchecking the box should be enough to prevent photos from being copied over - is that what you meant?

As for png/svg, the main reason I use photo management software is to view my fairly extensive collection of photography (I shoot in jpeg), and publish a few here and there for family/friends to Picasa web albums, which this allows me to do easily. To be honest I prefer that all the other image files I have lying around aren't indexed, which Picasa had the annoying habit of doing. The software is in the earlier stages of development as I said so I guess we'll have to see where it goes, I just enjoy the fact that I don't have to run Digikam to have a photo manager on 64bit.

[jbs1136]

Thanks, that answers the question for me. I didn't see the check box, I'll take another look.

john