On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 04:34:21PM -0600, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > Considering we've been trending a tiny bit OT lately, here is a blatant > attempt to try to bring back a semi Linux related subject...
Thank you! :) > I just got a new camera body (Nikon D5100). Since I'm an Adobe employee, using > Lightroom makes sense from a "company fanboi" perspective (which I totally > am). Rather than enumerate why I think Lr is worthwhile, let's just say I > really like the marriage of the 5100 and Lr for its blazing fast work flow. > I'm biased anyway. Since I acknowledge my bias, I'm curious what FOSS > alternatives people are using. Is http://f-spot.org/ where its at, or is there > something better? Anyone out there managing 10,000+ images with FOSS tools? > How and what do you use? Lightroom's workflow is great, and I don't think you'll find anything FOSS that's quite as good. However, there are a few projects that are making great progress. I'll try to give a quick answer, but I have a question for you. Are you mostly interested in tagging, editing, and organizing pictures, or is raw processing also part of your workflow? I think the best all-around program is Digikam. Its interface is a bit quirky (not bad, but it could use some improvement), and it has a decent feature list. Unlike almost all other similar programs, it can be configured to put its metadata into your JPEG files instead of just in one big program-specific database. From a Linux user's perspective, this gives you more control over your data. I think they're soon adding support for XMP sidecar files, which will be even better. I've tried F-Spot and Google's Picasa, and I don't like them because I feel like they lock you in. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
