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Friday, October 9, 2009

Digikam

I'm a long-time user of Linux, and one of the minor annoyances I put up with in photography is the need to use Windows for an efficient workflow with good post-processing control. I've been dual-booting with Ubuntu for about a year now, and had frankly stopped really using it because of a few problems I was never able to resolve. I've always been more of a Gentoo guy, and what with their tenth anniversary this month, I decided to switch back. Except for this past year, I've used it as my primary OS since 2002, so even though it's a lot more DIY, I'm quite comfortable with it.

Anyhow, I've been looking more seriously into Linux RAW processing software. I know there are some really powerful options out there, but I honestly find a lot of that power is more than I need. I've currently got the latest beta of Digikam installed and I think it's about 95% of what I want, but there's still a lot I need to learn about it.

I'll be looking closely at its output later, and hopefully it'll turn out to be a good alternative to Lightroom or even DPP.

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