[Digikam-users] Re: Processing RAW images to get to the look of the jpg preview

[Martin (KDE)]

Am 20.06.2011 10:27, schrieb Yngve Inntjore Levinsen:
> Søndag 19 juni 2011 16.40.26 skrev Martin (KDE) :
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>> For raw processing I use a specialist in this area (ufraw in the past, 
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>> darktable since about a half a year). These programs have much more 
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>> options to get a pleasing photo. All the other stuff (organizing and 
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>> tagging) I do with digikam.
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> Hello,
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> I also have been using ufraw to convert my raw images before organizing
> in Digikam. This command works pretty well for me:
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> ufraw-batch --wb=camera --rotate=camera --out-type=jpeg --out-path=jpeg/
> nef/*.NEF
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> I then have one folder nef for the raw images and one jpeg for my
> converted images. Afterwards I go through the jpeg's and
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> if some did not have a pleasing conversion I try to improve manually
> using the GUI of ufraw.
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> Did not know about darktable, I'll have a look.

Darktable has more powerfull options than ufraw but it is different.
Best to take a look at the darktable homepage and follow the links to
the screencasts from Pascal where many of the darktable details are
explained. And darktable has a very active developer community. If you
don't mind compiling, try the git version of it.

Martin

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> Cheers,
> 
> Yngve
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