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koffiejunkie
Executive Member
There are a few options. Most applications use the dcraw back-end for the decoding, so if one application supports your camera, most will.
The two applications that I've poked around with are RawStudio and RawTherapee. Another one that I know of is UFRaw.
If you're just after viewing pics while on the go (thinking of getting a netbook?), the usual stuff that ships with most distros will work as long as dcraw is installed. gPhoto2, digiKam and f-spot comes to mind.
There's a good blog at http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/ about photography on Linux.
The two applications that I've poked around with are RawStudio and RawTherapee. Another one that I know of is UFRaw.
If you're just after viewing pics while on the go (thinking of getting a netbook?), the usual stuff that ships with most distros will work as long as dcraw is installed. gPhoto2, digiKam and f-spot comes to mind.
There's a good blog at http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/ about photography on Linux.
Small, light, and therefore very portable - why not?
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Small, light, and therefore very portable - why not?
Apparently OSX will run on the Acer One. I'm not sure if Aperture would though.
Something else you might think of, depending on how small and light you want to go. The new MacBook is quite a bit lighter than the white/black ones. From 2.27kg down to 2kg, if I'm not mistaken.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
you could also add a virtualbox and run windows in it - that's what I do
On a netbook?
That's pushing the limits somewhat!No mention of netbook anywhereOn a netbook?
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Small, light, and therefore very portable - why not?
I very much doubt that bwana wants to load Linux on his MacBook Pro. I'm not to keen on that either - I have a six figure number of Linux machines at work to get my geeky kicks from
I very much doubt that bwana wants to load Linux on his MacBook Pro. I'm not to keen on that either - I have a six figure number of Linux machines at work to get my geeky kicks from
This is like being in a chat room
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
This is like being in a chat room
Hehe - reminds me of my IRC days. But I'm giong to /quit now - long day tomorrow and an 8 hour exam the next.
Good luck!
I thought I'd give Linux a shot before going the hackintosh route - there's got to be something along the lines of Apple's Image Capture to suck the photos in and then preview to view them? I dont want to change the original RAWs at all - I'd be doing that when they get onto my Mac.
Small and light is nice but not for the price and I'm not giving up my MBP just yet.
What about wine and canon's utilities? Any thoughts?In addition to what koffie said, if you're just looking for a viewer, try xnview. AFAIK, it also uses dcraw as a backend. Of course, you could also add a virtualbox and run windows in it - that's what I do
And my MBP doesnt it in my camera bag.
Thanks for the assistance thus far.
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You have a hundred thousand plus linux machines at work!I'm not to keen on that either - I have a six figure number of Linux machines at work to get my geeky kicks from
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koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Card reader works just the same. Most applications has an import function and can keep your images organised on the hard drive or leave them where you put them, same as iPhoto or Aperture.
I think that's generally understood. RAW is just a base to work off - changes get saved to a separate location.
Wine is bad, Canon's utilities are bad.
No, to be fair, Wine is very useful, but it doesn't support all applications equally. I haven't tried the Canon Utilities with it, but from what I've read they mostly work. But not 100% (layout issues mostly).
You have a hundred thousand plus linux machines at work!
I work for a hosting company. You don't want me to tell you how much bandwidth I have access to
I was thinking of something just a little more automated - with image capture I just have to slot the card into the reader and it knows what to do with it. I wonder if there is software to access my gps . . .
Not really a base - I'd be happy to just look at the embedded jpgs in the raw file.
BTW - whats wrong with the canon utilities - I havent used DPP much but I've found the other stuff included to be more than useful at times.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Should be possible.
Probably.
I find DDP a bit awkward to use. Maybe it's just because I'm used to Aperture
I haven't bothered with much of the other stuff. I tried the pano app, which didn't give me good results.
Picasa? http://picasa.google.com/linux/
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Yeah, that works too.
Under Wine.
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koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Well, yes. But, Google did some heavy work on it and built it into the package. It doesn't run on regular, system-wide Wine.
I'm not complaining - it seems to work pretty well which surprised me after your earlier remarks.