On 13 May 2013, at 20:29, Jim Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah -- something I didn't notice earlier: you're using an old version of > Shotwell. The latest version (0.14.1) fixes numerous problems with RAW > support, including this issue. I highly recommend upgrading from Yorba's > PPA: https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa
Thanks, Jim. That worked! But it seems to be important to shut down Shotwell before deleting the Shotwell-generated JPGs, as images tend to be shoved into Missing Files. One feature I didn't expect - the generation of replacement Shotwell-generated JPGs still occurs after Shotwell has been shut down. I had the Nautilus window open on a directory whose JPGs I'd just deleted, and was surprised to find it was being populated with new JPGs as I watched. Michael > > -- Jim > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Michael Hendry <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On 13 May 2013, at 18:53, Jim Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Those extra files are generated by Shotwell because decoding the .NEF file >>> (or any RAW file) takes a lot of CPU power and time. Also, there's two >>> ways Shotwell can "develop" a RAW file: by decoding the file or using one >>> of its internal JPEG files. Generally the internal JPEG file looks better >>> because the camera has tweaked it using various parameters (white point, >>> exposure, etc.) >>> >>> If you delete those files, Shotwell will regenerate them when you next view >>> that file in Shotwell. Note that the latest version of Shotwell (0.14) >>> will not generate so many of them; it's an old bug that caused all those >>> different versions to appear. >>> >>> -- Jim >>> >> >> Thanks, Jim. >> >> I tried deleting the three JPG files accompanying DSC_8937.NEF, and the >> result was that DSC_8937.NEF became a "Missing File", according to Shotwell, >> and it disappeared from its event. >> >> After half a minute or so, it appeared to move from Missing FIle to its >> event again, but double-clicking on it in its event window (to view it) >> resulting in its going back into the "Missing FIle" slot. >> >> I tried dragging and dropping the file from its folder in the file system >> into Shotwell, and opted to leave it in place. The image duly reappeared in >> the relevant event, but no JPG file has been generated, and every time I >> double-click on it, it bounces back into the "Missing File" box. >> >> At no time since I deleted the JPG files has a new one been generated in the >> relevant directory. >> >> This is obviously not going to be as easy as I thought! >> >> Could my difficulty have something to do with the fact that the images I'm >> dealing with were shot entirely in RAW mode (i.e. not RAW+JPG) on my Nikon >> D70? >> >> Michael >> >> >>> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:14 AM, Michael Hendry <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Earlier this year I retired my elderly Dell PC running Ubuntu 12.04 in >>>> favour of a new iMac 27". >>>> >>>> Virtually every application I was using on the Dell can be replaced with a >>>> Mac-compiled version, but I'm still running Shotwell in a virtual Ubuntu >>>> machine, storing all the images in a shared directory on the Mac. >>>> >>>> I've found that I've got a number of JPG versions of NEF files I'd >>>> previously uploaded to the Ubuntu machine, and the migrated to the Mac, >>>> for example: >>>> >>>> DSC_8937.NEF is accompanied by >>>> DSC_8937_NEF_embedded.jpg >>>> DSC_8937_NEF_shotwell_1.jpg and >>>> DSC_8937_NEF_shotwell.jpg >>>> >>>> I'm currently using Shotwell 0.12.3 with Ubuntu 12.04 in a Parallels VM. >>>> >>>> Is it safe to delete any or all of these Shotwell-generated JPGs? >>>> >>>> Will Shotwell generate a new JPG version if all that's left in a directory >>>> is the raw NEF file? Or does it only generate this on the initial import? >>>> >>>> I don't _need_ the extra space at the moment, but I'd like to dispose of >>>> an unnecessary overhead and reduce back-up requirements if I can. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Shotwell mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell >> _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
