ty_mixon Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Canon Rebel xSI with kit lens as well as the 70-300IS. In the mean time, I was hoping to find a few suggetions for Linux based software for saving/sorting/labeling images. I'm used to photoshop (my ex-wife has a Rebel XT & I used to use it), but I hate having to either dual boot or run a virtualized Windows system. The Gimp is great, if not as polished as CS3, but I have no idea what would be good for keeping track of photos in Linux. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_e Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Are you running the Gnome or KDE desktop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ty_mixon Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Niether & both. I run XFCE (Linux Mint disto), but have both Gnome & KDE libs installed. I tend to prefer Gnome apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltflanagan Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 digikam (KDE), f-spot (GNOME), Picasa uses a bundled version of wine but it's actually my favorite organizer. Install the ufraw plugin for GIMP. After trying Adobe Lightroom on my Mac I decided to buy Bibble Lite for Linux. The time saved from having a better workflow was definitely worth the ~$70. Workflow tools like Bibble, Lightroom, and Apple's Aperture are far more useful and save more time. You can do 90% of your work in them and only go to Photoshop/GIMP when you really need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_e Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 What Walt wrote. I've used f-spot, but it was awhile ago. It had promise, but was still alpha when I used it. For Gnome take a look at gphotocoll. Also, a friend of mine has LR working under Linux. He didn't use Wine and I would have to ask what he did. I do know he installed XP and LR in a part after installing Linux -- the latest Ubuntu distro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltflanagan Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 There are many virtual machines such as VM Ware that let you run Windows on Linux or run Linux on a native Windows machine. Within those you could install Lightroom, Photoshop, MS Office, or any other software. It really depends on if you are a JPEG or RAW shooter. For JPEG I was quite happy with Picasa + GIMP. I now shoot RAW 95% of the time. I tried Picasa + GIMP+UF-RAW but I've finally settled on Bibble. It just saves so much time. You could also take a look at Raw Therapee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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