K20D .PEF on Linux

Nanthiel · 09-23-2008, 08:45 AM

I've searched the forums and I've found some info on this, but...

I like the GIMP and UFraw seems nice, but sadly, they won't open my PEF files correctly. The colours will be completely off.
Same goes for Raw Therapee.

Are there other free-of-charge applications I could try, that might work? Or is there something else wrong? (On the Raw Therapee site, K20D is under the supported cameras)

- Matej

P.S. The files worked fine on Windows in Lightroom 1.4 and Photoshop CS3, but didn't in Raw Therapee (only program I tried there.)

RBellavance · 09-23-2008, 08:53 AM

I'll bet the version of UFRaw you're using is simply too old. A new release is planned very soon, but in the meantime you can compile from the CVS repository. See the following pages for instructions:

To retrieve from CVS: SourceForge.net: CVS
To complie: UFRaw - Download & Install

Note that you must run "./autogen.sh" after retrieving the code from CVS and before following the compilation instructions.

Nanthiel · 09-23-2008, 09:10 AM

I uh... guess I should have added I'm very new to Linux and to be honest... I'm lost.

*jbinpg* · 09-23-2008, 09:22 AM

The latest milestone version of RawTherapee works just fine with PEF files. Go here to get it:

Development snapshot: Download RT v2.4m1

Click on the tgz archive to download it. You didn't say which linux distro you are using but most give you an option of opening it in an archive manager or saving it to your desktop. Either way, just decompress the file in your archive manager and save it somewhere on your file system like your home partition. RawTherapee needs no compiling so just click and go with it.

Nanthiel · 09-23-2008, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by jbinpg

The latest milestone version of RawTherapee works just fine with PEF files. Go here to get it:

Development snapshot: Download RT v2.4m1

Click on the tgz archive to download it. You didn't say which linux distro you are using but most give you an option of opening it in an archive manager or saving it to your desktop. Either way, just decompress the file in your archive manager and save it somewhere on your file system like your home partition. RawTherapee needs no compiling so just click and go with it.

(I'm on Ubuntu 8.04, btw)
Thanks! This worked. I guess it really was the old version thing, since I tried 2.3 before. =)

Although at some point I will have to learn the other stuff. >_<

*morfic* · 09-23-2008, 11:16 AM

once Bibble 5 is out, you ought to try it. all free raw converters I tried are ok and certainly work. To me, they pale next to Bibble 4 and 5 is going to add so much new, there will be no comparison. best application i ever bought. runs nice on ubuntu by the way. and if something forces you on a windows or mac machine, no problem, Bibble comes in all three flavors.

Entropy · 09-24-2008, 07:42 AM

UFRaw really needs to release a new version - it's been close to a year (maybe over a year) since 0.13, and there's a lot of camera support missing. Newer Linux users can't be forced to deal with CVS versions just to use their camera...

(I'm a pretty hardcore user so have been using ufraw-CVS even before my K20D for a few of the nice new features, but still... It's been waaaay too long since 0.13)

*morfic* · 09-24-2008, 11:24 AM

You typically get what you pay for. With some projects or distributions it pays to get involved for that reason. which is i guess why i now enjoy to pay for Bibble instead of getting involved in another project.

Venturi · 09-24-2008, 11:13 PM

The OSS stuff is okay for sure if you're on a tight budget but I agree with morfic that you get what you pay for. I didn't like the Bibble UI though I know it's a reputable product. Personally, I use LightZone as it was the most intuitive for me.

marlon · 09-25-2008, 01:59 AM

For me, Bibble4 (awaiting 5 with open arms) and LightZone, both awesome.
But RawTherapee is prettu self sufficient for the beginning stages.

Im also a K20D / Linux user (Debian Lenny)

newmikey · 09-25-2008, 06:24 AM

I have always been very happy with UFRaw either standard download or compiled from CVS. If need be, you can set up a little bash-script that will do the whole thing for you automatically:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ufraw.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ufraw login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ufraw.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ufraw co -P ufraw
cd ufraw
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

innershell · 09-28-2008, 10:46 PM

I just installed UFRaw on my Debian (Etch) and I can't get it to view my PEF files from the K10D.