Re: [Gimp-user] interface to ufraw -- save options

[Gary Aitken <gimp dreamchaser org>]

On 09/21/12 16:48, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Gary Aitken wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to automate a process, and don't want to have to manually start ufraw.
> > I could start ufraw and use its "gimp" button to transfer
> > control to gimp, but that doesn't do what I want either --
> > if you tell ufraw to "save" to get the .ufraw file saved, it quits;
> > so then you can't transfer control to gimp.
> >
> > Fundamentally, I want to do the following:
> >
> > specify a set of raw file names to process
> > specify a destination directory
> > for each raw file:
> >
> > a.  process in ufraw
> >   a1.    manual crop, etc., if desired
> >   a2.    save a .ufraw file in the source directory
> > b.  process in gimp
> >   b1.    manual manipulation if desired
> >   b2.    automatic resizing and sharpening, etc
> >   b3.    automatically generate a .jpeg file in the destination directory
>
> Is there a reason you can't save .ufraw for each file, then run ufraw
> in batch mode to create TIFF files for further editing with GIMP?
>
> I'm wondering, because it's something I used to do a lot some 4 or 5
> years ago, before darktable was conceived.

Thanks for the suggestion; a variant of that idea may work.

> > On 09/22/2012 12:17 AM, Gerald wrote:
> > As far as I know, UFRaw is mostly a graphical front-end for the command-line
> > utility DCRaw.

On 09/21/12 16:35, Partha Bagchi wrote:
> It is a modified version and so not as up to date as DCRaw which has
> all the options you need. :)

Unfortunately, I need the gui interface to determine what the parameters
should be -- crops and exposure mods, for example.