On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I take a lot of pictures. A *lot* of pictures. Sometimes around > 500/month, sometimes twice that if I manage to get out more. I've got > a large number of 'DCIM' directories from different cameras, different > camera models, etc, going back ten years. Sometimes in JPG, sometimes > RAW, sometimes both. > > And I've never really managed them well. > > Does anyone have any photo management tool they like? I've got bits of > Qt and Gtk installed already, and while I'd prefer to avoid pulling in > a full desktop environment, I might--if the tool is good enough. It > would have to: > > * Handle RAW (via libraw or dcraw is fine), JPEG, PNG[1] and TIFF[1] > content and metadata > * Index by metadata, including things like the recording camera's > serial number[2] > * Not be destructive, or ambiguous about being destructive, on image > import. I tried using Amarok to organize my music, which is in similar > disarray, and I was never sure if it was being destructive about the > source files/folders. So I made copies. Which ultimately added to the > disarray.
I think Digikam can do all of it and more. :) Not sure how much of KDE it will require... Check out the features list at: http://www.digikam.org/drupal/features
