Am Montag, den 30.05.2011, 18:04 -0700 schrieb Lucas Beeler: > > I'd also understand if shotwell's aim > > was to be an iPhoto class app and > > something like Aperture was beyond > > its aim. Is there any stated long-term > > philosophy on this? > > Shotwell was originally conceived as an iPhoto-class, consumer-level > photo manager. That said, we are acutely aware of the fact that there > is no easy-to-use pro- or even pro-sumer-level photo manager on the > GNOME desktop today. Over the long term, we'd definitely like to > address the needs of these users, but once again, it's a question of > resources. As far as philosophy on the future of Shotwell, check out > the Shotwell Roadmap here: > http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/Shotwell/Roadmap. Clearly, there are some > features in the roadmap that target principally the pro and pro-sumer > space, namely "GEGL or other floating-point photo pipeline." > > Cheers, > Lucas
I just discovered this discussion, and wont to add my two cents. I'm photographer with experience but not doing many on it (so i'm not professional by definition). I also worked with many photomanagers including iPhoto and Aperture, and others. In my experience: - i make many....many photos pro session. - i prefer to use raw. - after work is done: 1 session is done 2. photos are _made_, 3. good photos are chosen, other removed, 4. composition generated by using raw photos (light, colors corrected, ...). 5. raw photos are removed. RAW is a temporal condition in a work flow. So IMHO to do the steps before the end result, speed is important. It's a pain to see how every time the preview for RAWs regenerated. One important thing for me is a capability to choice only RAW. For example: Before start the work, i tag all images as "current work, some event", after work is done i do not need RAW any more. So i choice "current work" and remove raw. End images should be tagged as "current work" too. Shootwell is a collection manager, and i do not see any sense in collecting raw. I also thing, Shotwell should have some work flow in mind, by designing the app. The problem of many apps is, they are set of possibilities, a tool set. But if you do some work flaw, it is a pain in ass. Regards, Alexey _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
