[Digikam-users] Building a better raw conversion tool for digiKam ?

[Linuxguy123]

On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 13:40 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 13:34 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> > This thread is a continuation of the "How do you generate good quality
> > jpegs from raws, quickly, automatically ?" thread I started earlier
> > today.
> > 
> > I was surprised to hear just about everyone reply that it was not
> > possible to get jpegs from raws that rivaled the jpg embedded in the raw
> > without a lot of manual tweaking.
> > 
> > I am interested in improving the raw conversion tool in digiKam.
> 
> A lot of linux users seem to think that ufraw is about the best.
> 
> Some people appear to be running DPP using WINE.
> 
> http://photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00UV22
> 
> What if we wrote a raw converter plugin that allowed users to call their
> favorite command line raw converter ?  Make it generic enough that
> people could use the converters that Nikon, Canon, etc. all ship ?

DPP in ubuntu.
http://panospace.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/canon-digital-photo-professional-in-ubuntu-linux/