Google| Subject | Re: Any Minolta/Sony users using UFRaw and GIMP? |
| From | nospam |
| Date | 04/07/2014 18:51 (04/07/2014 12:51) |
| Message-ID | <070420141251433724%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Floyd L. Davidson |
In article <87ha656rdx.fld@barrow.com>, Floyd L. Davidson <floyd@apaflo.com>wrote:
nonsense. *everything* has limitations, even dcraw.Floyd L. Davidsonsidray carternospam
As I understand it, most all the open source software is based on dcraw - so they're going to have similar capabilities with different interfaces and some extensions.
and with similar limitations.
what limitations are these?
None of course. Which OS is used makes no difference for interpolation of raw sensor data to an image.
We all know that. But nospam just wants an argument...also wrong.
you, however, cannot admit you're wrong and will argue forever.
that's more than a quick look and you once again are talking out your ass.Floyd L. Davidsonsidray carternospam
In the past, I've found dcraw useful to get a quick look at things by extracting the jpeg thumbnail (dcraw -e).
once again, more work than needed. on a mac, there's no need to run anything (especially using a command line). a simple tap of the space bar gives a quick look of nearly any file (photos, pdfs, spreadsheets, zip files and much more), which is why it's called quick look.
So how does quick look know which file you would like to see?
And if "take a quick look at things" doesn't mean literally just viewing, but involves something else. It could be for generation of an histogram or any other kind of data analysis, which in fact requires the image file rather than a visual display of the image.
quick look requires the file (how could it not?) and can easily show a histogram or anything else based on the contents of the file. there's not much demand for that so it's not a standard feature but it would be trivial to write a plug-in to implement it, if the user wanted to.
DCRAW is commonly used for comparisons between camera models to provide essentially the same processing to disparate raw sensor data provided by different camera models and even across manufacturers.not as common as adobe camera raw, which is what is almost always used for comparisons and what dpreview has standardized on for many, many years.
For those like nospam who cannot envision any use not provided by someone else for him, there is no need for programs like DCRAW. For those who work out of that box DCRAW is a very useful tool.why would i have a use for dcraw when i have a raw converter that does a better job and in less time?
the problem is you can't see beyond dcraw. that's all you know.
04/05/2014-
