[Digikam-users] RAW editing

[Dr. Martin Senftleben]

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Hi Martin,

Am 20.01.2012 07:25, schrieb Martin (KDE):
> Am 20.01.2012 07:02, schrieb Dr. Martin Senftleben:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> After the long discussion about jpg lossiness, I have tried some 
>> editing on the raw files, but I do not seem to be the person for
>> that ;-) Ijust can't find the settings which are best to work on,
>> or most helpful to improve an image. Is there some place where a
>> workflow description can be found on improving an image based on
>> the RAW data? I believe that would help me a lot.
> 
> May be it is a good idea to tell us what went wrong with your
> settings. Is the result to dark? is the contrast to low/high? Are
> the colours wrong?

Well, I can't really say - it's just not satisfactory. I want an image
with more vivid colours, but I really don't know how to go about it or
what to adjust (brightness, contrast, ...)

> If you want to edit your raw files in a more detailed way, may be
> you want to try a dedicated raw development tool like darktable
> (or rawtherapee - runs on linux and widows). At least I had some
> photos digikam was not able to develop in a way that fit my needs.

What about the tags, descriptions etc, when I save an image in a
different format using those softwares?

Kind regards

Martin
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