The process was not trivial but no big headache either, the hardest part was just, as often, to start.
This page is to share my experience with the Lightroom users out there who might consider this step. It is more versatile than Lightroom in terms of file formats.ĭigikam is a great DAM (Digital Assert Manager) software.Even though I don’t have adapted all my workflows yet, I have a good impression of Digikam and I am convinced that it will be a loyal workhorse for many years For instance, it supports MP3 files (including playback) while Lightroom didn’t. Digikam is faster than Lightroom to browse, tag and screen.I had to write a Lightroom plugin for the migration process to circumvent some of Lightroom’s limitations, not so with Digikam The import/export functions are also very good and flexible. While Digikam supports raw files, this feature is not as good and integrated as in Lightroom.I find it easier to comprehend and explore Digikam’s user interface is more structured than Lightroom’s.I actually catch myself browsing and rediscovering my files in Digikam just out of pleasure and curiosity, while I used Lightroom only when I had to, even though my Mac is not a clunker (quad-core i7 with 16GB of RAM) I don’t know when it started, but Lightroom was very sluggish. In Lightroom, I couldn’t tell where pre or post-processing started. In Digikam, the raw processing is an extra step when opening the image editor, before getting to the other usual tools.
So I would say it’s “stable enough” on macOS, I assume the stability is even better on Linux Stability: Digikam crashed a few times during my first experiments, but I didn’t loose any data, and it didn’t happen since I imported all my files.The support of those is not that great on macOS though, so I am sticking to the default (libraw) until I migrate to Linux The upside is that it allows to integrate with different raw processing tools, like Darktable or RawTherapee.
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