batching dng to jpg conversions

[Rei Shinozuka]

a real fan of digikam writing in over here.  using it on
fedora 5 linux for a year or so now.  camera is an M8.

is there a way to process a number of dng (raw file) images
into jpgs?  i realize that there are potentially many controls
such as contrast range and curves which would have to be
automatically set, but generally, for example, then i see how
digikam renders the dng on the screen without modification, i
think it's doing a pretty good job adjusting the photos.

if digikam is not the tool, maybe imagik or the like?  oh yes,
the reason is making jpgs to send to snapfish or the like for
making into prints, or for displaying on our playstation 3 at
1920x1080 (1080p) resolution.

thanks much,

-rei


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On Monday 01 September 2008 04:43:28 Rei Shinozuka wrote:

> is there a way to process a number of dng (raw file) images

> into jpgs? i realize that there are potentially many controls

> such as contrast range and curves which would have to be

> automatically set, but generally, for example, then i see how

> digikam renders the dng on the screen without modification, i

> think it's doing a pretty good job adjusting the photos.

>

Actually, you reminded me of "Proofs" feature I was used on BreezeBrowser, when I was still managing the photos on Windows:

http://www.breezesys.com/BreezeBrowser/prohelp/index.html?proofs.htm

I have used "Proofs" all the time for quickly generating pictures for various "export" purposes (send by e-mail, photos for VideoCD, XBOX...).

I do not use DNG, but for the rest I use some simple scripts around ufraw-match and graphicsmagick

After the fast pace of editor improvements currently going on in SVN (pay attention to next digikam release!), I would not be surprised to see batch processing coming into digikam too. ;-)

Regards,

Luka

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[Gilles Caulier-4]

2008/9/1 Luka Renko <[hidden email]>

On Monday 01 September 2008 04:43:28 Rei Shinozuka wrote:

> is there a way to process a number of dng (raw file) images

> into jpgs? i realize that there are potentially many controls

> such as contrast range and curves which would have to be

> automatically set, but generally, for example, then i see how

> digikam renders the dng on the screen without modification, i

> think it's doing a pretty good job adjusting the photos.

>

Actually, you reminded me of "Proofs" feature I was used on BreezeBrowser, when I was still managing the photos on Windows:

http://www.breezesys.com/BreezeBrowser/prohelp/index.html?proofs.htm

I have used "Proofs" all the time for quickly generating pictures for various "export" purposes (send by e-mail, photos for VideoCD, XBOX...).

I do not use DNG, but for the rest I use some simple scripts around ufraw-match and graphicsmagick

After the fast pace of editor improvements currently going on in SVN (pay attention to next digikam release!), I would not be surprised to see batch processing coming into digikam too. ;-)

But it already exist thrue Batch Raw converter kipi plugin !

http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/344

DNG to jpeg is possible without problem...

Gilles Caulier

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On Monday 01 September 2008 22:44:14 Gilles Caulier wrote:

> > Actually, you reminded me of "Proofs" feature I was used on

> > BreezeBrowser, when I was still managing the photos on Windows:

> >

> > http://www.breezesys.com/BreezeBrowser/prohelp/index.html?proofs.htm

> >

> > I have used "Proofs" all the time for quickly generating pictures for

> > various "export" purposes (send by e-mail, photos for VideoCD, XBOX...).

> >

> > I do not use DNG, but for the rest I use some simple scripts around

> > ufraw-match and graphicsmagick

> >

> > After the fast pace of editor improvements currently going on in SVN (pay

> > attention to next digikam release!), I would not be surprised to see

> > batch processing coming into digikam too. ;-)

>

> But it already exist thrue Batch Raw converter kipi plugin !

>

> http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/344

>

> DNG to jpeg is possible without problem...

Gilles, I think the main difference is that this is one batch tool for one purpose (raw conversion), while Proofs groups lot's of useful photo processing (including raw conversion) into a single action. I think the main feature is "convenience" how you can do it in one step.

Regards,

Luka

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[Rei Shinozuka]

>
>    > But it already exist thrue Batch Raw converter kipi plugin !
>
>    >
>
>    > http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/344
>
>    >
>
>    > DNG to jpeg is possible without problem...

i'd love to give it a try but i don't know how to get the plugin.
the above link goes to a screenshot but no source tarball or anything.
at the risk of being naive, how do i get raw converter?

can i use it with my digikam (0.9.3)? thanks,

-rei




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[Stefan Grosse-2]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:02:01 -0400 Rei Shinozuka wrote:

RS>  i'd love to give it a try but i don't know how to get the plugin.
RS>  the above link goes to a screenshot but no source tarball or anything.
RS>  at the risk of being naive, how do i get raw converter?
RS>  
RS>  can i use it with my digikam (0.9.3)? thanks,

Which Linux do you use? On my fedora 9 digikam 0.9.3/0.9.4 already had the plugins integrated. So I believe the screenshot was a pointer to where to find the converter in the menu.

Cheers
Stefan
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