Comments on: RAW Photo processing under Linux

By: Michael Dean

Michael Dean — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:51:18 +0000

UFRaw is terrible. Get Raw Therapee, it’s much better. Raw Therapee doesn’t do everything, but when you combine it with gimp you have all the tools you need. The only thing missing compared with photoshop, I think, is the virtual filters you can put on images (like Orage filters, etc) in photoshop. Raw Therapee makes UFRaw look like a toy. It’s free, but it’s not opensource :/

By: Benjamin Jackson

Benjamin Jackson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:04:06 +0000

Thanks for your article. I am contemplating a switch to Linux from Mac OS X and am worried about RAW support and photo editing. I like OS X and have enjoyed using Lightroom and Photoshop CS2 but I can’t afford to upgrade on Apple hardware (graduate school!). I have used Bibble in its version 3 days and I am very glad to see they have released in Linux. Thanks again for the reviews.

By: Lóránd Somogyi

Lóránd Somogyi — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:38:50 +0000

Jon, Tim thanks for the links and tips! I'm about to take a look at Raw Therapee soon, and some other software like RawStudio, F-Spot, etc. to see if they could fit my needs. - I hope I'll be back with a new review. And yes, Tim, you're wright about KIPI plug-ins. I've used to them so much, that I've forgot to mention it... but that's because of the nice integration: feels like a part of DigiKam.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:41:48 +0000

don’t forget to add kipi-plugins when using digikam, it adds about 30 plugins, some of them are very useful. also, you might want to look at rawtherapee to see if you like it. also, keep in mind you can open a raw file from within digikam by right-clicking and choosing Open With, so you can stay in your management tool and still use whatever raw tool you like.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:47:15 +0000

Thanks for the article. I just wanted to share two other articles that have also helped when researching raw processors for Linux. Raw Studio Review and Ubuntu Linux raw processors experiment Thanks again for the thorough review.