Re: ufraw integration and raw file version management

["Thomas Van Machelen" <thomas vanmachelen gmail com>]

Hi Chriss

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:46 AM, chris <ruppie30 yahoo com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am a new f-spot user and i'm trying to see where it will fit into my workflow.  my process goes something like this:
>
> 1) take pictures (raw)
> 2) copy them to the computer
> 3) put them in a folder organized by date and description (i.e. 2008.06.24-yellowstone_np)
> 4) open files in ufraw, make adjustments
> 5) save the image's .ufraw file (next to the raw file)
> 6) run a perl script that executes ufraw-batch on the photos using the .ufraw file that was created in step 5 to create jpgs and then publishes the photos to a custom web site
>
> i would like to be able to open the photos from f-spot in ufraw (possible with a right click in f-spot currently) and have ufraw save only the .ufraw config file for the photo when i hit 'save' in the ufraw window.  in ufraw this is possible by passing the '--create-id=only' option at the command line.
>
> also, is it possbile to run an external script from f-spot, in my case for developing and publishing the photos, on a the selected photos?  if this is possible my workflow might look like this:
>
> 1) take pictures
> 2) copy them to computer
> 3) import them to f-spot
> 4) review/edit/develop them in f-spot/ufraw
> 5) from f-spot run my script on a group of selected photos to publish them (pusing the date and possibly description and tags from ufraw as meta data)
>
> it's only one less step than my current process, but would be a huge improvement in usability for me.

I think the UFRaw extension could help you:

http://f-spot.org/Extensions

Regards,
Thomas

>
> for versioning of the raw files, the .ufraw files could be used - ufraw has the ability to specify which conf file is used to open an image (--conf=...).  this would allow for a very lightweight database: a user would need a large raw file and each version of that photo would require only a .ufraw which is <10k (compared to .cr2 files which are 10-13m).
>
> has something like this been done?  is it possible to configure the options used when opening ufraw from f-spot?  how much mono knowledge is required to write an extension that would allow a user to run an external script (i have only developed in php and visual basic)?
>
> thanks!
>
>
>
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