Dear all,

Then we would need to have a fork for RawTherapee, one for LightZone (which I both prefer to Darktable for RAF file editing) and so on .... would it not be better to have a mechanism to use the preferred editor?

Best Regards

Quoting Andrey Goreev :

I agree 100% but digikam devs have their own point of view on how the program should look like and we need to respect it. This is how fork projects appear. If it is not too complicated to replace libraw with darktable a fork could be not a bad idea. Someone will have to maintain it though, new versions of both digikam and darktable come out pretty frequently.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Juan Jose Casafranca Date: 2017-01-13 8:29 AM (GMT-07:00) To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source Cc:
gimp-user-list@gnome.org, darktable-user Subject: Re: Digikam raw files
and darktable
Thanks Albrecht, that's exactly my opinion and the reason I want to develop this module :-)
2017-01-12 15:15 GMT+01:00 J Albrecht :

On 07 Jan 2017, at 09:41, Juan Jose Casafranca wrote: They need a way to organize 
their library, which DK is good at, and a way to process raw files, which DT is 
good at (DK is not a good raw processor and DT is not good for library  management).
For the Developer’s benefit, I’d like to reiterate the above statement: digiKam is a brilliant program but please, let’s maintain the focus on where it is brilliant rather than trying to craft it into an all-singing-all-dancing piece of bloatware comprising relatively mediocre modules just for the sake of doing so. In the FOSS realm, digikam is an excellent Digital Asset Management program, darktable is, IMHO, the best Raw editor and GIMP is unparalleled for post-processing. It’s folly and perhaps a bit arrogant to assume that Users would willingly be hobbled by using only one program simply because they are “loyal” to that program. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just all get along….

And that is my intentionm not replacing the raw editoe but calling the external one to receive the edited image

El 13 ene. 2017 5:01 PM, "cerp" escribió:

Dear all,

Then we would need to have a fork for RawTherapee, one for LightZone (which I both prefer to Darktable for RAF file editing) and so on .... would it not be better to have a mechanism to use the preferred editor?

Best Regards

Quoting Andrey Goreev :

I agree 100% but digikam devs have their own point of view on how the

program should look like and we need to respect it. This is how fork projects appear. If it is not too complicated to replace libraw with darktable a fork could be not a bad idea. Someone will have to maintain it though, new versions of both digikam and darktable come out pretty frequently.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Juan Jose Casafranca < jjcasmar@gmail.com> Date: 2017-01-13 8:29 AM (GMT-07:00) To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source Cc: gimp-user-list@gnome.org, darktable-user Subject: Re: Digikam raw files and darktable
Thanks Albrecht, that's exactly my opinion and the reason I want to develop this module :-)
2017-01-12 15:15 GMT+01:00 J Albrecht :

On 07 Jan 2017, at 09:41, Juan Jose Casafranca wrote:
They need a way to organize
their library, which DK is good at, and a way to process raw files, which DT is
good at (DK is not a good raw processor and DT is not good for library management).
For the Developer’s benefit, I’d like to reiterate the above statement: digiKam is a brilliant program but please, let’s maintain the focus on where it is brilliant rather than trying to craft it into an all-singing-all-dancing piece of bloatware comprising relatively mediocre modules just for the sake of doing so. In the FOSS realm, digikam is an excellent Digital Asset Management program, darktable is, IMHO, the best Raw editor and GIMP is unparalleled for post-processing. It’s folly and perhaps a bit arrogant to assume that Users would willingly be hobbled by using only one program simply because they are “loyal” to that program. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just all get along….

Dear Juan Jose,

I think it is an interesting concept particularly if the plugin allowed to chose every time from a series of possible RAW editors.

Best,

Quoting Juan Jose Casafranca :

And that is my intentionm not replacing the raw editoe but calling the external one to receive the edited image

El 13 ene. 2017 5:01 PM, "cerp" escribió:

Dear all,

Then we would need to have a fork for RawTherapee, one for LightZone (which I both prefer to Darktable for RAF file editing) and so on .... would it not be better to have a mechanism to use the preferred editor?

Best Regards

Quoting Andrey Goreev :

I agree 100% but digikam devs have their own point of view on how the

program should look like and we need to respect it. This is how fork projects appear. If it is not too complicated to replace libraw with darktable a fork could be not a bad idea. Someone will have to maintain it though, new versions of both digikam and darktable come out pretty frequently.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Juan Jose Casafranca < jjcasmar@gmail.com> Date: 2017-01-13 8:29 AM (GMT-07:00) To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source Cc: gimp-user-list@gnome.org, darktable-user Subject: Re: Digikam raw files and darktable
Thanks Albrecht, that's exactly my opinion and the reason I want to develop this module :-)
2017-01-12 15:15 GMT+01:00 J Albrecht :

On 07 Jan 2017, at 09:41, Juan Jose Casafranca wrote:
They need a way to organize
their library, which DK is good at, and a way to process raw files, which DT is
good at (DK is not a good raw processor and DT is not good for library management).
For the Developer’s benefit, I’d like to reiterate the above statement: digiKam is a brilliant program but please, let’s maintain the focus on where it is brilliant rather than trying to craft it into an all-singing-all-dancing piece of bloatware comprising relatively mediocre modules just for the sake of doing so. In the FOSS realm, digikam is an excellent Digital Asset Management program, darktable is, IMHO, the best Raw editor and GIMP is unparalleled for post-processing. It’s folly and perhaps a bit arrogant to assume that Users would willingly be hobbled by using only one program simply because they are “loyal” to that program. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just all get along….