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author: Chris Hodapp
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comments: true
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date: 2009-06-23 07:31:07+00:00
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layout: post
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slug: '2009-06-19'
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title: 2009.06.19
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wordpress_id: 186
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categories:
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- Scratch
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tags:
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- apps
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- photography
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## apps,photography
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* So, I’m on a quest to find a photo organization tool for Linux (or, on a later note, for any OS) that does some things like…
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* Allow me to apply metadata to images, like comments and groups and tags (preferably hierarchical)
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* Store the metadata IN THE ACTUAL IMAGE, IN A STANDARD FORMAT. This also means it will probably need to support IPTC or XMP, preferably XMP. (No, shut up about GQview, it doesn’t cut it.)
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* Allow me to set metadata as a batch operation. I am thoroughly uninterested in having to manually go through the process of setting metadata for each individual image. And when I say "batch operation", "batch" really needs to be more generic than "all files in a directory." (No, shut up about scripting it with [ExifTool](http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) or [Exempi](http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki/Exempi) or [Exiv2](http://www.exiv2.org). Yes, they can edit XMP data on groups of files, but scripting doesn’t cut it as a solution unless someone can show me how to make this integrate with a GUI.)
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* Here are the apps recommended thus far:
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* [digiKam](http://www.digikam.org)
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* [F-Spot](http://f-spot.org/)
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* [imgSeek](http://www.imgseek.net/)
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* [Picasa](http://picasa.google.com/)
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* [GQview](http://gqview.sourceforge.net/)
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* [KPhotoAlbum](http://www.kphotoalbum.org/)
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* [gThumb](http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/)
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* [GwenView](http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/)
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* [Mapivi](http://mapivi.sourceforge.net/)
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* [LightZone](http://www.lightcrafts.com/linux/)
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* [Razuna](http://www.razuna.org/)
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* [Lightroom](http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/)
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* [PicaJet FX](http://www.picajet.com)
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* And my responses thus far:
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* digiKam:
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* Has a pretty nice UI (though overdone sometimes)
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* The built-in editing features and plugins are handy and quick. I’m kind of cheating here because I’m already pretty familiar with digiKam.
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* Searching capabilities are pretty good.
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* Only wants to edit IPTC/XMP metadata one image at a time.
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* All its metadata (besides IPTC/XMP that you do one image at a time) is stored in an SQLite database, not in the image
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* Interface can get pretty slow sometimes.
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* imgSeek:
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* The interface works okay but it’s a little clumsy, and sometimes things are slow (I loaded about 10K pictures).
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* Finding pictures based on similarity to other pictures or to a hand-drawn image is an interesting feature.
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* The grouping/batching features are powerful, but a bit slow.
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* I am unsure if imgSeek lets me add IPTC or XMP data easily.
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* There is no easy way I can see to search based on date.
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* F-Spot:
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* I’m told the IPTC/XMP support in this isn’t that great.
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* I have yet to try this program.
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* LightZone:
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* This is proprietary, but they have a 30-day trial.
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* "Linux users will especially enjoy access to the new LightZone Relight Tool l which can achieve HDR effects from a single negative revealing hidden HDR detail in both the highlights and the shadows, using just a single exposure. For instance, you’ll see both saturated colors of a sunset and bright detail in the face of a back lit subject that was formerly lost. Achieving such stunning results from a single exposure without LightZone would require multiple flashes, reflectors and shades at the time the photograph — if it could be possible at all." . . . sorry, but if you honestly believe this, you don’t have the slightest understanding what HDR is. Oh well, it’s all marketing.
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* Having tried this software, I cannot see any batch metadata editing capability, or any reason why I’d want to pay for this.
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* PicaJet FX:
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* This is proprietary with a 15-day trial.
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* I tried this software and could not find any batch-editing features for XMP.
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* Lightroom
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* This is the expensive stuff from Adobe ($300, but there’s a 30-day trial). Some people in #photogeeks on Freenode recommended it.
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* This is a "workflow app designed for professional photographers" and it’s from Adobe. If anything at al supports XMP batch-editing, and a billion other features, this would have to be it.
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* Razuna
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* I don’t know. This is an open source, web-based Digital Asset Management application.
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* It looks very nice (check out the videos there), but I don’t think it’s what I need for this task.
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* Any application I failed to mention: I either ignored it on the basis of provided specifications, or I ignored it because I’m just too lazy.
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