Replace Lightroom for your Ubuntu: package digiKam

Processing of pictures - one of the main "stumbling block" in matters of selecting Ubuntu as the operating system for entertainment and work with graphic content. Supporters paid on traditional lead as an argument against the introduction of a lack of Windows Linux-version of one of the most popular editors pictures - Adobe Lightroom. But today, the eternal skeptics suggest to look for a decent open-source solution for professional photo editing (It refers to not just a set of predefined filters with buttons, and the ability to select and adjust all settings a photo).

We are talking about the digiKam package, initially focused on the KDE desktop users (including - and KDE 4), which however can work in Gnome (which is important because it is used in Gnome on Ubuntu default). Let us consider briefly the main features of the software.

After the installation (you can run from both the repositories of Ubuntu, as well as from the official digiKam website) before you start the program will offer you customize a folder with the photographs, which she bude work by default, as well as a number of settings in the photo editor and save the file. Then you can go into the work environment digiKam.

The default light design theme that immediately recommend to immediately change in visual style settings to the dark.

Screenshot from the official site digiKam

From the Photo Viewer a few clicks you get to the editor, "packaged" a wide range of plug-ins, filters and user settings for all still images.

Especially pleased with the quality and speed of work with the export / import / rapid batch processing of RAW-files, as well as the fact that the program correctly "pulls" are larger overexposed / "dark" images and allows you to do so even at a relatively modest resources (1 GB of RAM and 1.6 GHz processor enough for convenient processing and editing RAW-15 simultaneously images without compression at 10-12 MPCS everyone).

I recommend to try digiKam those looking for a decent photo editing tool for Ubuntu.

Official site digiKam | A section for downloading software | The complete guide