[Digikam-users] How do you generate good quality jpegs from raws quickly, automatically ?

[Linuxguy123]

On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 20:34 +0100, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> In digiKam 1.0.0, use Batch Queue Manager. Set a queue with RAW files
> and, set Tool to convert to JPEG, and take a coffee.
> 
> In this case, RAW will be converted in 8 bits color depth using auto
> gamma adjustement. Result are not too bad. At least you can try... The
> RAW decoding settings used is set on digiKam setup panel.
> 
> With digiKam 0.10.0, there is no BQM. Use RAW Batch Converter
> kipi-plugins... It do the same.

I understand the workflow, thanks.  

The problem is the quality.  The workflow is excellent.  If the results
were high quality, digiKam would be totally unbeatable.   Raw conversion
quality is its weakness and ironically, its what I need most.