[Digikam-users] Open Source Rocks - a big tick to digiKam!

[Gilles Caulier]

Thanks Simon...

Gilles Caulier

2012/8/10 Simon Cropper <simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I have had the need to review the variety of packages available to a
> professional photographer for RAW manipulation and JPG creation for
> submission to a professional image library.
>
> From the commercial side Lightbox and Photoshop rank high on the list. Well
> in fact they are considered to be the industry standard from the "other
> side".
>
> Aside from metadata coding being slightly different (everything was there
> but certain fields were called different things in each packages), I was
> able to do everything I could do and more (and I would say easier) on the
> open source alternatives.
>
> I am currently using digiKam + UFRaw with GIMP in certain situations. This
> combination gave me more functionality for what I needed than Photoshop +
> Lightbox. Unbelievable.
>
> I would like to congratulate the digiKam group on a sensational piece of
> software because although I use UFRaw and GIMP, I can do everything they do
> in digiKam. It is just I am familiar with these packages and find doing some
> tasks in them easier / familiar.
>
> --
> Cheers Simon
>
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