gimp
Friday, May 25 2012
Darktable
[06:14:36] matt [wronka.org]/Psi.generay I've apparently lost the last three hours to learning how to use Darktable. Most of the time was spent trying to remove "rolls" that I hadn't wanted to import (hitting delete to remove from the collection is safe--it won't delete the file from disk), and then figuring out what happend to images I had wanted but couldn't see (by default images are rated one star, and if you remove the raiting you'll need to change the filter in the top pane). The UI is, in a word, interesting. In two, interestingly confusing.
I think, now that I'm getting the hang of it, it'll replace The GIMP for my main workflow. RAW conversion is significantly faster and basic operations that I do seem much easier. It's a question whether I'll still need to export to TIFF and finish up in GIMP. I'm also not sure how easy it's going to be to transfer my library to a new machine (it looks like there are directories created under at least .config and .gconf/apps/).
[06:14:36] matt [wronka.org]/Psi.generay I've apparently lost the last three hours to learning how to use Darktable. Most of the time was spent trying to remove "rolls" that I hadn't wanted to import (hitting delete to remove from the collection is safe--it won't delete the file from disk), and then figuring out what happend to images I had wanted but couldn't see (by default images are rated one star, and if you remove the raiting you'll need to change the filter in the top pane). The UI is, in a word, interesting. In two, interestingly confusing.
I think, now that I'm getting the hang of it, it'll replace The GIMP for my main workflow. RAW conversion is significantly faster and basic operations that I do seem much easier. It's a question whether I'll still need to export to TIFF and finish up in GIMP. I'm also not sure how easy it's going to be to transfer my library to a new machine (it looks like there are directories created under at least .config and .gconf/apps/).