README for Dimbola
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Dimbola is a toy project for software tools for photography.
it is currently in the pre-alpha stage: some stuff works, but it is not
really usable yet even for its developers.

To run dimbola from the source tree:

    ./dimbola-gtk

You'll need at least the following installed (Ubuntu karmic packages 
names in parentheses): python 2.6 (python), PyGTK (python-gtk2), 
pyexiv2 (python-pyexiv2), dcraw (dcraw), netpbm (netpbm). Versions 
in Ubuntu jaunty should also work.

The program currently only accepts Canon RAW files (*.CR2). A small 
selection of samples available at 

    http://files.liw.fi/dimbola-test-images.tar

(additions are welcome).

See https://launchpad.net/dimbola for more details.

The name is a reference to Dimbola Lodge, the residence of Victorian
pioneer photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. See 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimbola_Lodge for more information.
Steve Langasek came up with the name for the project.