In this case, there was no problem with the version from the repository.īut, as I said, for simply adding text to a jpeg or changing size, I use the XNView MP.Ī tool to edit Exif data.
With Windows, I use it as a portable application. Of course a must have with a Linux system. In the meantime I know the more professional way would have been to take the. XNView MP can be started as a shell with xnview.sh and it works very well. So I downloaded the latest version from the website. It could not detect my second HDD in the directory. Again, in the repository was an outdated version. Unfortunately, IrfanView is not available for Linux.Ī good Linux alternative is XNView Multi Platform (MP). With Windows, I use IrfanView to add text to jpegs, to resize jpegs, and for batch operations (e.g., to resize a large numbers of jpegs). It is fast but I can't do much more than displaying images. My standard jpeg viewer with Linux is XViewer. So I got the latest version (0.9.24) from the website and followed the instruction. It just didn't start at all! Something was not OK with Python. The version from the Linux Mint repository (0.9.22) was not the latest one and did not work. I haven't actually found a way to use it without creating any new folder at all but that's something I can live with. It also can create folders and sub folders. This is a great tool to modify the file titles of raw and jpeg upon download from the camera, e.g., YYYYMMDD-Event-xxxx.
What you need to do to upgrade is described here. Unfortunately, the project lacks active skilled members since about the beginning of 2019 lots of lens calibration images handed in by volunteers are waiting for being analyzed and processed to create lens profiles! But this is another story.Īs a matter of fact, the Lensfun database that came with my version of darktable (maybe still from the repository's version) was completely outdated. The Lensfun database contains a lot of lens correction profiles. Many thanks to my friend who helped me to accomplish this.ĭarktable relies on the Lensfun database for lens correction profiles. I installed it but I didn't like those "loops" created by snapd. The latest version is available from the snapstore. Of course you can work with this version but the current v3.2.1 comes with quite some improvements, so I wanted to have this one. Basically, I work with the great LUTs from Stuart Sowerby to emulate the famous Fuji film simulations. See here + the link therein for a description how I work with darktable.
See: A Beginner’s Guide to Editing Text Files With Vi.ĭarktable is my raw editor of choice. Once you understand the logic behind you will succeed. The editor mostly used to edit fstab, "vi" is a really weird tool, kind of a dinosaur. Of course I created an own user without superuser rights for all my photo work. I added "users" because all users should be able to read and write ("rw") on the 2nd HDD.
(The UUID of the drive can be figured out with $ blkid)
You just need to add one single line to fstab.
It took me an hour or two until I managed to understand what to do and how to do it but is actually no rocket science. I managed to format it as ext4 with the graphical interface but permanent mounting did not work - don't know what I did wrong. I bought a 4 TB internal HDD (Seagate BarraCuda) to add space for my photos. But I am sure there are others who are happy to see a description. I was a Linux user until 10 years ago but forgot too many things After about two weeks (of course I could only work on it in my spare time) I had a working system, and it is fun to use! It is incredible what you can do without a big investment.
Here I want to report about my experience in setting up a photo management system on Linux Mint.
Now I was lucky to obtain a PC from a friend with Linux Mint Ulyana Cinnamon, so I have my own system which is really cool. I've always shared my Windows laptop with my family. I've been a darktable for Windows user for about one and a half years.