Re: [SLE] gimp-2.0 and xsane

From: Patrick Shanahan (paka_at_wahoo.no-ip.org)
Date: 03/31/04

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    * Fred Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com> [03-31-04 01:43]:
    >
    > NO help on the Gimp newsgroup. If there's a Gimp elist, I don't know
    > about it. The lack of this ability in Gimp is puzzling to me, as Canon
    > is the largest seller in digital photography, (low end, mid-range, and
    > high-end), followed by Nikon. Most of us using Linux and doing high-end
    > pro. work really need to be able to import and work in those raw
    > formats to eleminate any data loss. Gimp 2.0 does narrow the
    > "distance" between it and PhotoShop some, but the lack of proper raw
    > format support doesn't help in getting pros. and amateurs to use Linux.
    > I'm not a code jockey so I can't help out. :)

    Dave Coffin provides dcraw which will convert RAW to PPM/PSD format.
    He has also updated rawphoto.c for The GIMP2, available:
      http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/rawphoto.c

    instructins are included in rawphoto.c. 

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