Hi all
I just installed mint 14 mate to a friend's laptop instead of her old vista.
it appears that her most important need is image organizing and importing from camera. and changing the way she thinks is a much tougher job then finding a tool that will behave the way she is used to in vista.
she is not a professional , what she needs is what she was used to for years:
* when camera is connected auto import all photos to one folder and give her the option to name the folder. the folder should be under ~/Pictures
* browse the ~/Pictures folder and be organized by the folder names she gave when importing from the camera.
* ability to create a new folder and add pictures to it.
* minimal editing, mostly rotate.
* rename one file.
* rename a folder.
I had to import all her photos from her previous hd that I backed up with dd to external usb drive.
I tried shotwel but shotwel imports and organizes by dates and the tags it gave where a mess,not a good choice for her.
picasa looks too much.
I'm going to try gthumb, but currently gthumb freezes when i start it up, I think I will manage with that.
please suggestions are welcome on a simple yet clever tool.
and how do I set the default camera importing tool that will start when the camera is connected like shotwel did.
Thank you
default camera importer
Forum rules
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
default camera importer
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
Re: default camera importer
May i suggest Rapid Photo Downloader to you: http://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/
Re: default camera importer
Thanks, I will try it also. I read here http://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/download.html that version 0.4.5 is not working in mist and they suf=ggest to install their ppa and upgrade to 0.4.6, but in mint the version is 0.4.5-1, is it a fixed version or do I still have to install the ppa and upgrade to 0.4.6 ?nomko wrote:May i suggest Rapid Photo Downloader to you: http://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/
Re: default camera importer
Install the PPA and after that version 0.4.6. If they suggest to upgrade to the latest version, always follow that advice.shalom938 wrote:Thanks, I will try it also. I read here http://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/download.html that version 0.4.5 is not working in mist and they suf=ggest to install their ppa and upgrade to 0.4.6, but in mint the version is 0.4.5-1, is it a fixed version or do I still have to install the ppa and upgrade to 0.4.6 ?nomko wrote:May i suggest Rapid Photo Downloader to you: http://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/
Installation of the PPA:
Terminal command
Code: Select all
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dlynch3/ppa
Code: Select all
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install rapid-photo-downloader
Re: default camera importer
Rapid Photo Downloader is great, but it only imports, its not an organizer. I think I'll use it together with gthumb as an organizer/viewer.
Rapid Photo Downloader is better in that it imports videos to the videos folder , gthumb imports everything to the same folder.
Thanks
Rapid Photo Downloader is better in that it imports videos to the videos folder , gthumb imports everything to the same folder.
Thanks
Re: default camera importer
You need an organizer as well? Maybe Shotwell Photo manager might be the tool for you: http://yorba.org/shotwell/