Sounds like you're a KDE user, otherwise I'd recommend taking a look at gThumb - http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/features.html
Owen On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 07:13:12PM -0500, T. Bryan wrote: > I'm looking for some recommendations... > > Short question > ============== > > I'm looking at moving from "big directory of photos" to KPhotoAlbum or > digiKam. Does anyone have experience with one or both applications that > they'd like to share? > > Right now, I use Gimp when I need to edit photos. I download photos with > gphoto2. I use KDE, and it looks like KPhotoAlbum does everything I need. > Before I take the plunge with one tool, I was wondering whether digiKam (or > some other app?) might be a better choice. > > Long version > ============ > > So far, I have been storing my digital camera's photos in one big directory. > I have a few other "album" folders that are just collections of symlinks to > the primary storage location. I keep the output of jhead and some other > manually-entered information about each folder in a separate files on my > machine. I browse photos with kuickshow. > > I'm finally collecting enough photos that I'd like to use some sort of photo > management application. I'm not fond of applications that take my data and > store it in some obscure format or in some other way that is inaccessible to > me. If I find a cool tool, I often end up using a bunch of its neat > features, so I'm not opposed to something slick and innovative. I just have > a couple of requirements: > > 1) I don't want the application to be messing with my original photos. Other > than adding some info to standard meta-data fields in the photo, I'd like the > application to leave my files alone. Ideally, they'd all still sit in one > directory, and the application would just look for them there. That would > make it easier for me to continue to back them up the same way I do now. > > 2) If the application is abandoned by its developers, I'd like to be able to > be able to script my way to another tool. I don't want to lose my original > images or any of the metadata that I enter just because I switch to another > tool. > > 3) I really just need a tool that helps me organize the photos and browse > through them. I'd like to be able to enter metadata about the photos that > helps me categorize them. I don't want to create albums and separate my > photos. I just want to enter info about the photos and then "query" the > entire set of photos for the ones that match the query. > > Perhaps there are some other cool features that I don't know that I need. If > you've got a favorite solution here, I'm open to recommendations. > > Happy Halloween! > ---Tom -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
