[Digikam-users] Future direction of digikam?

[Arnd Baecker]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Ravi Swamy wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Arnd Baecker wrote:
>
> >> I'm specifically interested in the "workflow" aspects.
> >
> > The workflow aspect is definitively a very important one,
> > and in my opinion in this area a lot of improvements
> > are possible. Getting a  workflow design is non-trivial,
> > so any ideas/suggestions/ (code ;-) is very welcome!
> >
> >>  I'm doing my yearly
> >> reevaluation and I'm thinking of switching from Picasa/UFraw/GIMP to Lightroom
> >> on my Macbook.
> >
> > Lightroom is surely a good product, judging from the reviews
> > (So I am not going to bash it, in particular because I haven't used
> > it ;-).
>
> Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time to code.  Most of the code I write
> at work is command line stuff for engineers with very little user interfaces.
>
> Do any of the developers have access to Windows or OS X?  If I made a donation
> would you consider using it to purchase a copy of Lightroom or Aperture?

I don't use windows at all, but donations to the digikam
project are surely welcome.

> Would you be willing to use it, watch these tutorials:
>
> http://www.whibalhost.com/_Tutorials/Photoshop_LR/08/index.html

These tutorials are already worth watching even without
having the software - thanks for the pointer!

> and then ask questions to users here about how they use a feature or
> why a feature is important so you can understand how to implement an even
> better version in digikam?  Clone was a poor choice of worlds but I think
> Lightroom is a good model that can be improved upon.

Fully agree! However, I think it does not really work
to just shortly try a software, without properly using it over a longer
period, and therefore suggestions by users like you with
experience of other software are of particular importance.

So what are your suggestions for a workflow with digikam?

Best wishes,

Arnd