* Michael Mol <[email protected]> [120304 15:12]: > So I take a lot of pictures. A *lot* of pictures. Sometimes around > 500/month, sometimes twice that if I manage to get out more. I've got > a large number of 'DCIM' directories from different cameras, different > camera models, etc, going back ten years. Sometimes in JPG, sometimes > RAW, sometimes both. > > And I've never really managed them well. > > Does anyone have any photo management tool they like? I've got bits of > Qt and Gtk installed already, and while I'd prefer to avoid pulling in > a full desktop environment, I might--if the tool is good enough. It > would have to: > > * Handle RAW (via libraw or dcraw is fine), JPEG, PNG[1] and TIFF[1] > content and metadata > * Index by metadata, including things like the recording camera's > serial number[2] > * Not be destructive, or ambiguous about being destructive, on image > import. I tried using Amarok to organize my music, which is in similar > disarray, and I was never sure if it was being destructive about the > source files/folders. So I made copies. Which ultimately added to the > disarray. > > > [1] My postprocessing occasionally winds up in lossless formats like these. > [2] My fiancee and I have the same model camera, and occasionally need > to share memory cards, so I'd like to be able to use serial number to > distinguish whose is whose. > > -- > :wq
I like Digikam a lot. There's some rough edges, but part of that is because a lot of development is being done all the time on it with lots of new features added. Obviously sticking to a non-bleeding edge build would reduce that a lot. The developers are all quite responsive and the Gentoo packager (Andreas) is very active too. I run it from the command line without KDE running though it's a KDE app (so you'll have to pull in bits of KDE.) Try it though. It may not be the kind of managing you're looking for (though I think it can do everything you've mentioned above with a recent enough version.) Todd
