Re: [opensuse] linux native photo processing, was: Display of raw files in Gwenview

Am 21.09.2014 um 20:28 schrieb John M Andersen:

On Sunday, September 21, 2014 12:53:50 PM Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Daniel Bauer [09-21-14 12:28]: [...]

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However I personally havn't found a really satisfying raw processing solution on Linux (I confess, it's a while since I tested....), so I still use manufacturers programs or a commercial one in virtualbox/w.

Take a good look at darktable. I went to it from bibble5/AfterShotPro about 15 months ago and haven't looked back.

(one line) zypper ar -fr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/toganm:/photography/openSUSE _Factory/home:toganm:photography.repo

(one line) zypper -v up -r "Photography related packages (openSUSE-Factory)" darktable

Togan Muftuoglu graciously provides latest git builds. I have been using them for > a year with *very* little problems. And during soccer seasons I work > 2500/wk and I am running Factory.

I've always thought that Darktable was in a competition with Gimp to see who could come up with the LEAST intuitive interface. The Principal of Least Astonishment apparently never crossed their mind.

:-) Interfaces are something one can get used to if you use it often (although I really searched a lot in darktable...). What I miss, and why I use manufacturers programs (except Sony: one should prohibit their programmers any access to computers!) is the simplicity and the analogy to camera settings, respectively the possibility to directly apply what I have set in the camera, at least as a base to start... DxO, which is commercial, can do that. Maybe because they can pay, no idea... I use DxO for the Sony raw's. These /for me/ important features I haven’t found in any OS/Linux software. Or maybe it is indeed an interface problem and I just didn't know where to click? -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com google+: https://plus.google.com/109534388657020287386 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org