Linux and RAW file format conversions

I was in need of a Pentax RAW file conversion utility and found it he

http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/

It has the ability to read numerous camera RAW files, not just Pentax

It's free for Linux and also available for those other two operating
systems (at a cost).


From the web page:
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# Canon
EOS 1D, EOS 1D Mark II, EOS 1D Mark II N, EOS 1Ds, EOS 1Ds Mark II,
EOS 5D, EOS 10D, EOS 20D, EOS 30D, EOS D30, EOS D60, EOS Digital Rebel
(300D, KISS Digital N), EOS Digital Rebel XT (350D), EOS Digital Rebel
XTi (400D), EOS Kiss Digital Powershot G2, Powershot G3, Powershot G5,
Powershot G6, Powershot S30, Powershot S40, Powershot S50, Powershot S60
# Fuji
Finepix E550, Finepix E900, Finepix F700, Finepix F710, Finepix S20
Pro, Finepix S3 Pro, Finepix S5000, Finepix S5100, Finepix S5200,
Finepix S5600, Finepix S7000, Finepix S9000/S9500, Finepix S2 Pro
# Kodak
DCS Pro 14N, DCS Pro SLR-C, DCS Pro SLR-N, P850, P880, Pro Back
# Leica
AG M8 Digital, AG R9 Digital Back DMR, D-Lux 2, Digilux 2, Digilux 3
# Minolta
Alpha-7 Digital, Dimage A1, Dimage A2, Dimage A200, Dimage 5,
Dimage 7, Dimage 7 HI, Dynax 5D, Dynax 7D, Maxxum 7D
# Nikon
D1H, D1X, D2H, D2Hs, D2X, D2Xs, D50, D70, D70s, D80, D100, D200
E5400, E8400, E8700, E8800
# Olympus
C-5050Z, C-5060WZ, C-70Z, C-7000Z, C-7070WZ, C-8080WZ, E-1, E-10,
E-20, E-20N, E-20P, E-300, E-330, E-500, SP-350, SP-500UZ
# Panasonic
DMC-FZ30, DMC-FZ50, DMC-LC1, DMC-LX1, DMC-LX2, DMC-L1
# Pentax
K10D, K100D, *ist D, *ist DL, *ist DS
# Sony
DSC R1, DSLR A100
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mike

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:07:33 +0000, m II wrote:

I was in need of a Pentax RAW file conversion utility and found it he
http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/
It has the ability to read numerous camera RAW files, not just Pentax
It's free for Linux and also available for those other two operating
systems (at a cost).

It is called lightZone. It is not just a raw file converter but also works
as an image editor. It is very much different from other image editors in
the sense that it works by zone system. Each zone of brightness can be
manipulated independently, a very sophisticated combination of levels &
curvs for other image editors. However, other image editing facilities are
quite rudimentary and there are few controls during raw file conversion. I
tried it but was not very impressed overall. For me Ufraw still remains
the best raw file converter for Linux.

--
gautam

Gautam Majumdar wrote:
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:07:33 +0000, m II wrote:

I was in need of a Pentax RAW file conversion utility and found it he
http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/
It has the ability to read numerous camera RAW files, not just Pentax
It's free for Linux and also available for those other two operating
systems (at a cost).

It is called lightZone. It is not just a raw file converter but also works

The RAW converter in lightZone is dcraw (from Dave Coffin),
which is of course the exact same RAW converter used by UFRAW,
except of course UFRAW uses a built in copy of dcraw and allows
significant image manipulation during the conversion process.

as an image editor. It is very much different from other image editors in
the sense that it works by zone system. Each zone of brightness can be
manipulated independently, a very sophisticated combination of levels &
curvs for other image editors. However, other image editing facilities are
quite rudimentary and there are few controls during raw file conversion. I
tried it but was not very impressed overall. For me Ufraw still remains
the best raw file converter for Linux.

It is interesting, but I see absolutely no reason to change from
using UFRAW and The GIMP.

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:07:33 +0000, m II wrote:

I was in need of a Pentax RAW file conversion utility and found it he

http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/

It has the ability to read numerous camera RAW files, not just Pentax

It's free for Linux and also available for those other two operating
systems (at a cost).



LightZone (and nearly all other Linux raw readers) uses dcraw to read and
decode the raw data files. Other options include ufraw (most definitely
worth a look - IMHO), bibble, and vuescan. You can also use dcraw by
itself to do a batch conversion of a large number of raw files.

ray wrote:
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:07:33 +0000, m II wrote:

I was in need of a Pentax RAW file conversion utility and found it he

http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/

It has the ability to read numerous camera RAW files, not just Pentax

It's free for Linux and also available for those other two operating
systems (at a cost).



LightZone (and nearly all other Linux raw readers) uses dcraw to read and
decode the raw data files. Other options include ufraw (most definitely
worth a look - IMHO), bibble, and vuescan. You can also use dcraw by
itself to do a batch conversion of a large number of raw files.


Yeah, I've been digging ufraw recently and its ability to run from the GIMP.

Greg

--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:31:55 -0800, G.T. wrote:

ray wrote:
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:07:33 +0000, m II wrote:

I was in need of a Pentax RAW file conversion utility and found it he

http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/

It has the ability to read numerous camera RAW files, not just Pentax

It's free for Linux and also available for those other two operating
systems (at a cost).



LightZone (and nearly all other Linux raw readers) uses dcraw to read and
decode the raw data files. Other options include ufraw (most definitely
worth a look - IMHO), bibble, and vuescan. You can also use dcraw by
itself to do a batch conversion of a large number of raw files.


Yeah, I've been digging ufraw recently and its ability to run from the GIMP.

Greg

I'm still sorting things out, myself, but I'm impressed by the ability of
dcraw standalone to do a batch conversion.

ray wrote:

Yeah, I've been digging ufraw recently and its ability to run from the GIMP.

Greg

I'm still sorting things out, myself, but I'm impressed by the ability of
dcraw standalone to do a batch conversion.

UFRAW also does batch conversions, and because of all the facilities
it provides, it is probably nicer than straight dcraw.

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)

m II writes:

I was in need of a Pentax RAW file conversion utility and found it he

http://sonic.net/~rat/lightcrafts/

It has the ability to read numerous camera RAW files, not just Pentax

It's free for Linux and also available for those other two operating systems
(at a cost).

Bibble (http://www.bibblelabs.com/) also offers an editing system that runs
under Linux and supports many different RAW formwats. I don't know if dcraw is
at the heart of the RAW converter or not. I rarely shoot raw, but I've gone
back and forth between UFRAW (gimp plugin) or Bibblepro. Note, the Linux side
of bibble is a little buggy, particularly if you use the Noise Ninja option,
but if you are willing to try for-pay software, you might want to try out the
free time-limited download.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:47:25 -0900, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

ray wrote:

Yeah, I've been digging ufraw recently and its ability to run from the GIMP.

Greg

I'm still sorting things out, myself, but I'm impressed by the ability of
dcraw standalone to do a batch conversion.

UFRAW also does batch conversions, and because of all the facilities
it provides, it is probably nicer than straight dcraw.

That's not something I've seen yet with ufraw - could you explain how it
works?

ray wrote:
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:47:25 -0900, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

ray wrote:

Yeah, I've been digging ufraw recently and its ability to run from the GIMP.

Greg

I'm still sorting things out, myself, but I'm impressed by the ability of
dcraw standalone to do a batch conversion.

UFRAW also does batch conversions, and because of all the facilities
it provides, it is probably nicer than straight dcraw.

That's not something I've seen yet with ufraw - could you explain how it
works?

Along with /ufraw/ you get /ufraw-batch/, which runs as a
non-GNU command line program, but is otherwise the same. An
example of usage would be if you have a directory full of RAW
files that can all be processed in virtually the same way...

Run /ufraw/ on one RAW file. Along with other adjustments, when
finished do a "save as" and set the options to save the ID file
and/or to save image defaults.

Saving the ID file produces a *.ufraw file with all of the
options set, and "save defaults" will put them into ~/.ufrawrc.
I haven't checked to see exactly what differences there are
between the two files, so I'm not sure about what sort of minor
variations there might be from using one instead of the other.

But if /ufraw/ or /ufraw-batch/ is then executed, the defaults
in ~/.ufrawrc will be applied. Or, either can be started with a
command line option like this to override the draults and use an
existing ID file:

ufraw-batch --conf=d2x3251.ufraw *.nef

Where "d2x3251.ufraw" is the existing ID file generated manually
using the GUI invocation, and it is expected to process all
"*.nef" files in that directory.

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)