Re: F-Spot mission statement

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen gmail com>]

On 26/08/06, Thomas PARIS <mercen mercen org> wrote:
> On Sat Aug 26 at 14:36 (+0900), you wrote:
> > ===
> > [...] doing minor touchups [...]
> > ===
>
> Aha! The time has finally come to clear this up. From the moment I've
> seen f-spot and then even more so when I saw Aperture and Lightroom
> mentionned on the website, I've been wondering how far f-spot wants to
> go, how much functionality it's going to offer.
>
> Is f-spot only for cataloging pictures or is it more than that, a
> "photography workflow" app?
>
> Yes, I know, I should have written my own take at a mission statement,
> but I think my question asks for an answer first.
>
> And I would be lying if I was saying I don't mind if f-spot never does
> more than cataloging... I don't think Gimp is the right tool for most
> photograph editing needs. Check out Adobe's Lightroom for an example of
> what I'd like to have. (though I'm not suggesting we should blindly copy
> Lightroom)
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas "mercen" PARIS, who thinks f-spot will be great even if it
> doesn't meet his expectations

I think that there's a difference between touching up a photo and
editing it, even though the line between them is grey.

Touching up is fixing camera flaws: dirt or smudge on lens, red eye,
blurryness. The content of the photo stays the same- the goal is to
bring the picture up to the standard that the photographer had
expected when pressing the shutter.

Editing a picture is changing the content. This includes adding or
removing objects, changing colours (NOT including correcting redeye,
which is a fault of the camera), straightening lines, etc.

I believe that any photo-managment software (including F-spot) should
allow the user to touch up a photo. Editing a photo should be left to
the Gimp or another photo _Editing_ program. I could see where a
plugin might be allowed to edit phtos, however.

Dotan