[Digikam-users] Re: How to use the RAW converter

[Darren Kirby]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Marie-Noëlle Augendre
<mnaugendre at gmail.com> wrote:

> However, as a complete newbie to raw, I feel very handicapped at not seeing
> immediately the results of every modification. For white balance for
> example, sliding cursors back and forth has no meaning for me if I can't
> preview the resulting effect on the image.
> Lack of documentation is also an issue.
> I'm really willing to switch from jpeg to raw, but I'm still struggling to
> get some result.

That is true, and that is why I am not using digikam to convert raw
files. In addition to the gimp plugin mentioned you may also want to
check out rawtherapee and also ufraw is available as a standalone
program. After trying all three I have settled on rawtherapee for raw
conversions. My workflow is essentially: raw -> rawtherapee -> 16 bit
tiff -> digikam -> 8 bit jpg.

To elaborate: I initially import all raw files into digikam, but use
rawtherapee for conversion and WB/exposure adjustments. I save as 16
bit tiff for further editing within digikam, then export to 8 bit jpg
for publishing to flickr.

Perhaps more work, but I am very happy with the results.

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