Cannon Raw Processing on Ubuntu / Linux

Hi,
I apologise if this is not appropriate or Ive asked in the wrong forum. I've only just joined and am finding my way around.

I have a Cannon 400D which I like, I know its far from the latest and greatest, if I am honest it is far better than I am so I do not see a need to update etc.

Ive set it to shoot in RAW and Large JPG. Which is slow and uses a lot of card space etc. I used to shoot in only RAW.

My main computers use Ubuntu Linux, does anyone know of any good software which can handle and process Cannon Raw ?

I tried GIMP, which claims it cannot handle Cannon Raw. Which is a shame as Ive spent a long time trying to learn that tool
Also found Shotwell, which can read the format and do some very basic adjustments. i.e simple colour, bright, contrast that's about all.

At a push, I can sometimes borrow a Mac but that is a pain for various reasons.

If anyone knows of a linux solution would you be so kind as to let me know?

Thanks
Jess.

Darktable
RawTherapy

Can Canon’s DPP run on that OS?

Here's a list of Linux-compatible photo editors. Probably a good place to start.
https://www.tecmint.co​m …-photo-editors-for-linux/

EDIT: I just went down a little rabbit hole. You could also use emulators to run Windows apps with WINE or Mac OS apps with DARLING.

More rabbit hole findings.

Apparently there's a GIMP raw plugin. This article got more involved than I wanted to spend time with, but it might point you in a good direction.

https://expertphotogra​phy.com …amera%20files%2​0in%20GIMP.

digital paradise wrote in post #19518796
Can Canon’s DPP run on that OS?

Sadly Cannnon sw does not support linux or the version of Mac I can borrow.

Sadly Cannon Sw does not run on linux or the version of Mac Os which I can borrow.
Thanks

Hi,
Thanks I found RawTherapee late last night. It seems to work well and looks as though it runs on most platforms.
I could not get DarkTable to run on the version I have.

Thanks again

I had not thought of using Wine, last time I looked at it ( many years ago ), it was basically limited to running MS Office and not a lot more.
Guess it has progressed a lot since then. Thanks I'll give it a try with the orig Cannon SW which came with the cam.

Thanks

Hi,
Thanks, yes I did follow the instructions. To use it you have to build from source, which is normally not a problem.
I'm on the newest version of Ubuntu, which does not have some of the lib's the tool needs to build so I could not get any further.

I did quite a lot of reading on this one and from what I can see, it makes GIMP load the image as a TIIFF, not as a RAW.

As I said I could not get far enough to try anything.

Thanks

Thank you to everyone who took the time to reply.
I really appreciate your help and once I find my way around will hopefully also be able to contribute.

Once again Thank you.

Jess.

JessBaker wrote in post #19519131
I had not thought of using Wine, last time I looked at it ( many years ago ), it was basically limited to running MS Office and not a lot more.
Guess it has progressed a lot since then. Thanks I'll give it a try with the orig Cannon SW which came with the cam.

Thanks

I'm thinking DARLING might be a better option than WINE. There is a ton of Mac photo-editing software. Canon probably makes a Mac version.

And since OSX (macOS) has a BSD unix kernel (Darwin), DARLING (darwin for linux) might do better at emulation than WINE. I found out about DARLING after wondering if Linux could run OSX apps natively. (no.)

Have never heard of DARLING, apart from the joke in Blackadder Goes Forth

Cannon do still make the Cannon Photo Appication for MS Win and MacOS, sadly it does not support Catalina, which is what the mac I can borrow from time to time has.

Thank you, I will take a look.


Everyone here seems so nice, Thank you again to everyone who gives their time to help,
Best Wishes
Jess.

Have you tried Corel Aftershot Pro?

I really tried getting used to working with RAW both in Gimp and Rawtherapee but have (personally) never really found either of them to give me what I need with as little effort as possible (I'm just a happy amateur with a lot to learn about post processing).

I know it's getting a bit dated by now but for me Aftershot Pro 3 with the inclusion of (then) Athentech Perfectly Clear used to be the go to solution for me that took care of 90% of my needs with just a few clicks before I "upgraded" to a Windows 10 VM with GPU Passthrough that I fire up on my Linux Mint host whenever I need to work on photos. What I liked a bout it was that I usually didn't have to do more than apply Perfectly Clear to get good results - sometimes combined with slight noise reduction and a bit of sharpening - basically a couple of seconds pr image or just apply it to a whole folder.

Aftershot Pro is available as a 30 day trial, and is usually part of a yearly Humble Bundle Corel deal if you don't want to pay the full price (priced at 69,99€ at the moment)