[CREATE] Re: raw processing

[Gilles Caulier]

Le Jeudi 16 Mars 2006 21:27, vous avez écrit :
> On 3/16/06, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > > Those who have experience of work with Windows software for processing
> > > RAW know that each and every application has its own way to store
> > > changes introduced to originals.
> >
> > If you want mean image data or image metadata ? It's not the same...
>
> Initially I was talking about image data only - changes like WB, EV
> etc. But since XMP can handle both image data and metadata, why not
> discuss both? :)
>
> > not initial : it's complete and support 16 bits color depth ! Forget
> > digiKam 0.8.1 that only support 8 bits/color/pixels. The next 0.9.0
> > release will be available like beta1 during May will support all RAW
> > files in 16 bits to edit in Image editor and Showfoto. The image data
> > after decoding need to be saved in TIFF or PNG file format to preserve 16
> > bits color depth.
> >
> > In the future, DNG file format will be supported in read/write. I have
> > planed later than 0.9.0 release to provide a RAW file converter in the
> > fly dirrectly in camera interface with metadata support !
> >
> > In the same way, a new tool will be created to batch convert RAW files
> > from HDD in other file formats : TIFF/PNG/DNG.
>
> I wonder if you could collaborate with Krita team then. It does need a
> good RAW loader. You could make a perfect pair similar to {Aperture +
> Photoshop}.

sure (:=)))... But Krita developpers are ready to do it ?

>
> > Actually, digikam 0.9.0 use Exiv2 library to manage metadata + an
> > internal class named DMetadata, for example to manage Exif/Iptc raw file
> > profiles generated by Imagemagick during file conversion.
>
> Err, I recently exchanged with Exiv2's author on different formats and
> he wrote me that CRW metadata is supported right now only, which is
> kinda sad for me since I deal with .cr2 only and there are lots of
> other formats out there (NEF, MRW etc.) :)

yes, and this is why i will contrib to Exiv2 lib later to have released 
digikam 0.9.0 in beta1 (planed to may). I very interressed to support MRW 
file because i have a minolta Dynax 5D

Gilles