Cool, I'm excited to hear about this... Keep me posted.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Camilo Polymeris <cpolyme...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > I asked on Gnome's GSoC list and, yes, f-spot falls under the scope of > Gnome GSoC, at least in principle, since it is a gnome application. The > alternative would be to implement this feature for the gnome "photos" app, > but I don't know if, at this point, that app is mature enough for that. I > have CC'd this mail to them and while we see if there feedback about this > from the Gnome side, I will start working on a formal proposal, if that is > ok with you, and looking at the code to see how the technical aspects of > this idea would work. > > Thanks, > Camilo > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stephen Shaw <ss...@decriptor.com> > Date: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:51 PM > Subject: Re: GSoC Idea: Integration of external RAW developer software > To: Camilo Polymeris <cpolyme...@gmail.com> > Cc: f-spot-list@gnome.org > > > I think it would be great to have someone work on f-spot and would be > happy to mentor anyone that is willing to work on it. However, the only > issue I can see with this is that I don't know if f-spot is part of any > GSOC group. There was a try to get monkey space/square as an organization, > but it was turned down. F-Spot is an app on gnome and if its a project > they are willing to support with GSOC, I'd be more than happy to have you > work on it. > > Thanks, > Stephen Shaw > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Camilo Polymeris <cpolyme...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello f-spot devs and users, >> >> my name is Camilo, I am a student and amateur photographer. For my photo >> organization needs, I use shotwell, but there is one thing that I miss from >> that software: a way of seamlessly exporting photos to be developed in >> external RAW software like rawstudio, ufraw, darktable, etc. I think this >> should happen as transparently as possible to the user, in a way that does >> not affect the photo manager's database. The developed jpeg should then be >> linked to the original RAW, as a version of the original, in f-spot >> parlance. >> >> Last year I submitted a patch to rawstudio for it to work in a >> "client-mode", that is, emulating ufraw, including accepting the same >> command line options. The purpose of this being, that the manager software >> can specify a target file (jpeg) it wants the development to be saved on >> exit. >> >> My idea was to integrate this with Shotwell during this year's Google >> Summer of Code under the umbrella of GNOME, and for this purpose I >> submitted a proposal. Sadly, while they were very enthusiastic about the >> project, there is no developer available at this point of time to mentor me. >> >> So, because this is something I'd very much like to see in at least one >> free software photo manager, I am submitting the proposal to you. >> >> Here is more info about the proposal: >> http://polymeris.github.io/shotwell-wiki/Home >> >> Including my GNOME application: >> http://polymeris.github.io/shotwell-wiki/GNOME-Application >> >> Now, this would needs, of course, to be adapted to f-spot, and I must >> admit I am not familiar with its codebase, while to Shotwell I had already >> contributed. I am willing to study it, though, and, during the pre-gsoc >> time, contribute a few bug fixes or minor features to help me understand it >> better. >> >> What do you think is the feasibility of and interest in this feature for >> f-spot? Is there a mentor available? >> >> Any comments are welcome. >> Regards, >> Camilo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> f-spot-list mailing list >> f-spot-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list >> >> > >
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