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Most digital cameras will by default save photos as JPEG files, and it\u2019s easy to see why: they\u2019re small, can be saved and reloaded quickly, and are supported by just about every graphics package available.<\/p>\nMost digital cameras will by default save photos as JPEG files, and it\u2019s easy to see why: they\u2019re small, can be saved and reloaded quickly, and are supported by just about every graphics package available.<\/p>\n
Switching to your camera\u2019s RAW format (if it has one) can be worthwhile, though: you\u2019ll get minimally processed images containing all the data from your camera sensor, giving you much more precise control over how the final photo will look. RAW images are also huge, and can\u2019t be opened by nearly as many tools, but there are still some great free options available — and even though it\u2019s only in alpha, the open sourceGTKRawGallery<\/a>\u00a0is already a promising contender.<\/p>\n The program opens with a fairly conventional photo manager. A thumbnail browser helps you navigate your image library. You can organise your photos into custom libraries. There\u2019s a basic search tool, a tag editor (EXIF, IPTC and XMP), batch file renamer and more. And this isn\u2019t just for RAW files — the program can work with all the more standard formats, too.<\/p>\n Double-clicking an image opens it in a new window for processing. This doesn\u2019t work so well for viewing, as its toolbar is way too small, and there seems to be a distinct lack of keyboard and mouse shortcuts (don\u2019t expect to use the \u201c+\u201d and \u201c-\u201d keys or the mouse wheel to zoom in and out, for instance \u2013 you have to use the toolbar buttons). But if you just want to get on with processing your photo then the news is better, with GTKRawGallery organising a host of functions into eight tabs: \u201cExif\u201d, \u201cKeywords\u201d, \u201cDcraw\u201d, \u201cEnhance\u201d, \u201cTransform\u201d, \u201cEffects\u201d, \u201cHistory\u201d and \u201cMetadata\u201d.<\/p>\n Experienced photographers might start with the Dcraw panel, where they\u2019ll find tweaks for white balance, gamma, black point, saturation, brightness and more. There are denoise and media filters, along with a chromatic aberration tool and color management options. You can save your preferred settings as presets, too, making it easier to reapply them consistently on future images.<\/p>\n Clicking the Enhance tab reveals plenty of additional options, including controls for temperature, levels, curves, highlights, shadows, exposure and more.<\/p>\n But if this is all just a little too complicated, the Transform tab has more straightforward tools: flip, rotate, resize and crop, red eye removal and so on.<\/p>\n A fairly standard (although well implemented) list of effects ranges from the practical (sharpen, unsharp mask, reduce noise) to the more artistic (oil paint, charcoal, sketch). All of these can be configured in various ways to customise the results.<\/p>\n And when you\u2019re happy, any selected images can be burned to disc, emailed, or uploaded to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa or Facebook.<\/p>\n GTKRawGallery<\/a>\u00a0has some issues. The interface doesn\u2019t always work as you might expect, for instance, and its performance isn\u2019t always the best. That\u2019s no surprise for an alpha, though, and the program already has some very impressive features and functionality. If you\u2019re looking for a powerful and free photo processing tool then this is one project you\u2019ll want to watch.<\/p>\n Photo Credit:<\/strong>\u00a0NLshop<\/a>\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n Most digital cameras will by default save photos as JPEG files, and it\u2019s easy to see why: they\u2019re small, can be saved and reloaded quickly, and are supported by just about every graphics package available. Switching to your camera\u2019s RAW format (if it has one) can be worthwhile, though: you\u2019ll get minimally processed images containing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n<\/img><\/a>
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