[Digikam-users] LightZone

[Gerhard Kulzer]

On Tuesday 05 February 2008 Paul Waldo wrote:
> On Monday 04 February 2008 4:21:16 pm Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > 2008/2/4, Paul Waldo <paul at waldoware.com>:
> > > On Sunday 03 February 2008 9:21:42 am michael hughes wrote:
> > > > I just downloaded and installed LightZone on Kubuntu and wondered if
> > >
> > > anyone
> > >
> > > > else has tried it. I think its very similar to Adobes Lightroom and has
> > > > lots of features which I find useful In particular the IPTC handling
> > >
> > > which
> > >
> > > > is streets ahead of digikam.
> > >
> > > I also am starting to give it a try.  I haven't had a lot of time to work
> > > with
> > > it, but I think Digikam is far superior for image organization.  In
> > > LightZone's favor is the ability to apply a transformation to a selected
> > > area.  I think that it will be good to use as an external editor, just as
> > > gimp is.  I look forward to hearing about your experiences with LZ.
> >
> > digiKam support 16 bits color depth image, gimp no...
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> 
> Hi Gilles,
> 
> My comment was by no means a diminishing of Digikam.  I find the digikam tools 
> work wonderfully for the majority of my photos. I especially like the B&W 
> effects, for which gimp provides no equal.  Most of my images are nails, and 
> digikam is a great hammer.  Sometimes though, I have a screwy image, so I 
> need a screwdriver :-).  In these cases gimp or krita fit the bill.  Digikam 
> lets me use the tool that works best, to its credit.  
> 
> I used to use KPhotoAlbum, but switched to Digikam because it works so much 
> better for me.  I'm still not done retagging my tens of thousands of images, 
> but I feel that it is worth it because of the utility of digikam.  So please 
> don't take my comments negatively, I have the utmost respect for the work 
> that you and everyone else has done!  Please keep up the good work!
> 
> Paul 
> ______

Hi Paul,
if you're tagging your whole collection you might be interested in reading this:
http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=DigikamDAM

It will be in the documentation very soon.

Gerhard




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