Joined: Aug 13, 2004 Posts: 344 Location: Maysville, KY
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:58 am Post subject: The Ultimate Linux Guide to Digital Photography Software
I wanted to start this thread because I have begun working on the topic. Before I get too far along in writing the articles, let me know what you want to see....or software suggestions.
I have currently finished the Intro and began work on the digiKam article.
Joined: Aug 13, 2004 Posts: 344 Location: Maysville, KY
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:40 am Post subject:
I am already running into a problem writing these reviews on Linux software due to the newness of the Canon XSi / 450D camera. The problem seems to be well documented on all operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Mac.
Importing raw CR2 images in some post-processing software renders the image with pink tones. This is caused by the Digic III processor that is new to the 450D. The post-processing software needs updated to support the 450D.
Here are a few threads with discussions regarding this:
Oddly enough, the commercial software doesn't seem to suffer these problems....only some of the free open-source software (at least the versions I currently have installed).
The newest version of raw therapee v2.3, digikam (pink cast), blueMarine (dark blue cast)
Digikam Quick Fix
A quick fix for digikam (that will work until a newer version of libkdcraw comes out) is to link kdcraw to dcraw. On my system, it was simply moving /usr/lib64/libkdcraw3/kdcraw to /usr/lib64/libkdcraw3/kdcraw.bak and then ln -s /usr/bin/dcraw /usr/lib64/libkdcraw3/kdcraw
Joined: Aug 13, 2004 Posts: 344 Location: Maysville, KY
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:47 am Post subject:
software affected is any software that relies on dcraw less than version 8.86 including libkdcraw less than 0.14 and ufraw (which opens up kipi-plugins and digikam)
Software not affected, currently includes current versions of:
lightzone, bibble, f-spot (possibly others)
I posted a bug report / feature request on gentoo and also on upstream libkdcraw (what can I say, I love digikam because it is what I am most familiar to using).
Joined: Aug 13, 2004 Posts: 344 Location: Maysville, KY
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:59 am Post subject:
Slight delay in June Ultimate Linux Guide to Digital Photography article ...several setbacks
I am working on several articles at once and the article I had planned on publishing June 1 is not completed (I have been busy taking thousands of pictures and playing with software).
At any rate, I have five major articles in the works right now with more being planned. They are: Workflow Terms, bibble pro (commercial), digikam, f-spot, blueMarine.
Joined: Aug 13, 2004 Posts: 344 Location: Maysville, KY
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject:
wow, the summer flew by and school is back in session, however, this article led to something else.
March 2009 through April 2009 - I will be teaching a community education course on Photography at MCTC. The entire class will cover open-source software in the digital workflow.
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