gwenview raw support

[Aurélien Gâteau]

Le lundi 21 octobre 2013, 10:37:39 Martin Kyral a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to announce first version of the patch enabling raw support in
> gwenview. It uses KDcraw to extract the embedded jpeg preview (most of the
> raw formats contain it for the purposes of quick viewing the photos on the
> camera display) so it is fast, implementing was quite easy and
> theoretically it enables gwenview to support everything dcraw supports
> (practically we need to test more formats).

Sounds promising!

> The patch does not perform
> demosaicing and I don't think it shall - digikam, darktable or rawtherapee
> are much more suited for developing the 'digital negatives'.

I agree.
 
> It is attached to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158788
> 
> The patch enables support for Nikon NEF and NRW formats, Canon's CR2,
> Pentax PEF, Sony ARW and Adobe DNG. If you want to try another format, just
> adding it's MIME type to the list in lib/mimetypeutils.cpp shall be enough.
> 
> The patch contains just the basic functionality (thumbnails and viewing of
> the raw images), however it is well usable. There is a lot of stuff to do
> (see the commit message in the patch) so I'd appreciate any help.

@others: I asked Martin to post the patch on ReviewBoard so that it's easier 
to discuss.

Aurélien