My Linux Photo Workflow…

A quick writeup on my 16-bit Linux Workflow… Please comment with yours!!! I’m interested!

Eggshell Veneer Texture…

This is an example scan of the triple coated gloss veneer which left an “eggshell texture”… click the image for a 75dpi detail image so you can get a better feel of how the surface looks…

Glamour II Veneer Teaser…

Just a tidbit on Hand Coating museum quality Gloss Veneer to your prints or canvas by Yours Truly…

ShowFoto-NG: Krita, Karbon14, & digiKam; what would it take to blend them…

My eye is atwinkle with the idea of a next-generation editor for KOffice. Not even ready for KOffice 3.x, I’m talking KOffice-NG, with an editor that takes the Best of ShowFoto, digiKam, Krita, Karbon14, etc, and makes a baseline package to edit files with Modular Plugins that are you know, plugins as application entities. Sort of an a la carte KOffice built in the ethic of Firefox…

Cinepaint? Moving On… I’ve got a new darling… digiKam!!!

I found an exceptional new (to me) tool called digiKam (the 9.x series) on Gentoo Linux, KDE 3.5 libs, using QTCurve under Xfce, look into editing a photo, selecting a defect, and using the Enhance > Inpainting tool … it’s the ultimate DustBuster!!!

Cinepaint with GTK+2 Widgets on Gentoo…

EDIT: I HAVE FOUND CINEPAINT TO *NOT* BE _MY_ DARLING, BUT GIVE IT A TRY, I HAVE MOVED ON THOUGH AND I DON’T REGRET IT…
Rather than have the outdated GTK+1.4 widgets marring my otherwise beautiful GTK+ Xfce 4.4.2 Desktop Environment, and not wanting to put “weird” or “unharmonious” widget sets on my Boxen, yet finding [...]

For You Photographers… Get a B9180, or it’s kid brother, the 8800 which uses HPIJS

This is a collection of new facts I’ve uncovered about the state of FineArt and Photgraphic Digital Printmaking on the collective of *NIX operating systems. The state is GOOD, and GETTING EVEN BETTER!