RAW Images in Ubuntu
Ξ February 14th, 2010 | → | ∇ Photo |
A while ago, I became aware of the potential of using RAW files after reading some very interesting articles [1][2] on the subject. Since then RAW is the everyday choice unless speed between shoots is important or, more frequently, when the memory card is starting to fill-up.
Using Ubuntu (and GIMP) to setup a workflow, I found a very useful tool to transform RAW files into JPEG. Simply,
sudo aptitude install ufraw gimp-ufraw
and you’ll install a very useful standalone (ufraw) GUI tool, that also can be used to batch process in the command line, and the gimp support to import RAW photos.
If you don’t want to lose post-processing time, most digital cameras have a RAW+JPEG mode in which they store the final JPEG image while retaining the ‘negative’ RAW file. I find this the best compromise… when I have lots of memory space available.
