>On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 03:58:14PM +0200, Carusoswi wrote: >> Anyhow, out of curiosity, I did boot up Ubuntu just now, tried Gimp, and it >> appears that, somehow, I or my system has installed UFRaw so that when I try >> to open a RAW photo, instead of the error message I used to receive, UFRaw >> opens the image for me, and I can make adjustments or just click ok after >> which the photo is loaded into GIMP. >> >> My problem is that all photos thus loaded are extrememely fuzzy, as though I >> had hit the entire image with a strong dose of Gaussian. So, can someone tell >> me what I am doing wrong? > >What are you comparing to? JPEGs produced by the same camera? If you use >RAW, many enhancements that your camera normally does are not done, >among them sharpening. Depending on your camera you might have a setting >in your camera to select how much sharpening is done on processed >images. > >You can use either the Sharpen filter or Unsharp mask to sharpen your >imported RAW photo in GIMP. > >-- >Ville Patsi > > I am comparing to my very similar workflow from within XP (as compared to Ubuntu). The difference in XP is that I first open my imaging using Sony's Image Data Converter that came with the camera. That application does a beautiful job of minimizing noise (even from ISO 6400 images). Then, I either use CS4 or Gimp to open the file as a tiff. I never shoot using anything other than RAW.
In Linux, my only converter options are UFRAW or Lightzone (which I have stopped using of late). I cannot even find the noise reduction tool in the Linux version of UFRaw (not certain there is one). I've used UFRaw in Windows, and there is most definitely a noise reduction tool, and I was, frankly, surprised at what a good job it did. I know I must have changed some setting that persists in UFRaw from one session to the next, but doggone if I can figure out what it is. Any additional suggestions most welcome. Thanks for the replies. Caruso -- Carusoswi _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
