From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 27 10:12:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29446 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:12:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from EDISWITCH2.uninet.net.mx (EDISWITCH2.uninet.net.mx [200.33.150.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29441 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:12:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eculp@ver1.telmex.net.mx) Received: from sunix (ver1-162.uninet.net.mx [200.38.135.162] (may be forged)) by EDISWITCH2.uninet.net.mx (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA02375; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:02:07 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <34F700FC.3FD92771@ver1.telmex.net.mx> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:08:17 -0600 From: Edwin Culp Organization: Mexico Communicates, S.C. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.14 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nate Williams CC: dg@root.com, Donald Burr , richard@pegasus.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Olympus D600L Digital Camera? References: <199802271558.IAA03802@mt.sri.com> <199802271611.IAA17272@implode.root.com> <199802271623.JAA04190@mt.sri.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate Williams wrote: > > > >> There is very little useful software for digital imaging that exists > > >> under FreeBSD as compared to Windows. For me, I haven't bothered. > > >> (Although I believe there is a program in ports that will do the serial > > >> port thing.) > > >> ----- > > >> > > >> You may want to check out SANE: > > > > > >[ Scanner software ] > > > > > >What I meant was image manipulation/cataloging software. I've got a > > >scanner that works under FreeBSD already, but I've found that almost > > >*every* image that I want to keep that I've taken with my camera needs > > >touch-ups. I can't do that w/any software available in FreeBSD. > > > > Neither xv nor xpaint are useful to you? > > Not nearly as much so as the software provided with the camera. > > Nate I recommend that you give the GIMP a try from /usr/ports/graphics/gimp-devel on current it compiles and runs right out-of-the-box. IMHO It is as good as anything in window$ and a lot better than most. You might want to start at http://www.gimp.org provecho ed P.D. If you're not up to date on current, I am referring to version 0.99.18. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message