On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Len Ovens <l...@ovenwerks.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, August 1, 2012 9:42 pm, C. F. Howlett wrote: > > http://www.rileybrandt.com/2012/07/31/linux-photo-1/ > > > > Photographer profiles her use of Ubuntu along with showcasing part of her > > portfolio. Nice way to spread the linux love! > > Another question and need for comments. > I also notice that Riley uses Rapid Photo Downloader. This is interesting > in that he has at least two other applications that "seem" to preform the > same task. This probably means that this app does the job he uses it for > much better than those other apps. In our case Dark table seems to be able > to do the same thing, but I noticed when I tried to use DT for importing > photos it seems to take a long time... without doing any of the things RPD > does. > > Should we be adding Rapid Photo Downloader to our workflow? (exists in > ubunt repos) This will add 7.6 M to the user's disk. On the live iso I > believe it would be compressed. The compressed package and deps is just > under 2Meg. > > Comments? > > -- > Len Ovens > www.OvenWerks.net > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > A few questions then a comment. Are you using RAW files to import? Can you try with Rapid Photo Download and see if it is faster? Can DarkTable also rename the imported files? I don't mind the extra space (although that is quite a bit I guess) if it performs better and I believe it is quite common for a dedicated application for the ingestion of media in a professional environment. ScottL
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