On 26/08/06, Thomas PARIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat Aug 26 at 14:36 (+0900), you wrote: > > === > > [...] doing minor touchups [...] > > === > > Aha! The time has finally come to clear this up. From the moment I've > seen f-spot and then even more so when I saw Aperture and Lightroom > mentionned on the website, I've been wondering how far f-spot wants to > go, how much functionality it's going to offer. > > Is f-spot only for cataloging pictures or is it more than that, a > "photography workflow" app? > > Yes, I know, I should have written my own take at a mission statement, > but I think my question asks for an answer first. > > And I would be lying if I was saying I don't mind if f-spot never does > more than cataloging... I don't think Gimp is the right tool for most > photograph editing needs. Check out Adobe's Lightroom for an example of > what I'd like to have. (though I'm not suggesting we should blindly copy > Lightroom) > > Cheers, > Thomas "mercen" PARIS, who thinks f-spot will be great even if it > doesn't meet his expectations >
I think that there's a difference between touching up a photo and editing it, even though the line between them is grey. Touching up is fixing camera flaws: dirt or smudge on lens, red eye, blurryness. The content of the photo stays the same- the goal is to bring the picture up to the standard that the photographer had expected when pressing the shutter. Editing a picture is changing the content. This includes adding or removing objects, changing colours (NOT including correcting redeye, which is a fault of the camera), straightening lines, etc. I believe that any photo-managment software (including F-spot) should allow the user to touch up a photo. Editing a photo should be left to the Gimp or another photo _Editing_ program. I could see where a plugin might be allowed to edit phtos, however. Dotan _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
