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