Improve your photographic workflow
Import your photos and videos efficiently and reliably
Rapid Photo Downloader for Linux is written by a photographer for professional and amateur photographers. Its goal is to be the best photo and video downloader for the Linux Desktop. It is free software, released under the GNU GPL license.
Main features
- 1Generates meaningful, user configurable file and folder names
- 2Downloads photos and videos from multiple devices simultaneously
- 3Backs up photos and videos as they are downloaded
- 4Is carefully optimized to download and back up at high speed
- 5Easy to configure and use
- 6Runs under Gnome, KDE and other Linux desktop environments
- 7Available in twenty nine languages
- 8Program configuration and use is fully documented
-
Select which photos and videos
you want to download -
Preview photos and videos
before and after you download them -
Download videos
as well as photos -
Download in parallel
from multiple devices -
Rename your photos and videos
with meaningful names you specify
Latest News
January 7, 2012: Version 0.4.3 has been released. You can now download MTS video files and THM video thumbnail files, automatically rotate JPEG images, and extract Exif.CanonFi.FileNumber metadata. There is a new toolbar, which gives immediate
access to the most commonly changed configuration options: where files will be transferred from, whether they will be copied or moved, and where they will be transferred to. Several bugs have been fixed. All users are recommended to upgrade. Read the release notes for more details.
October 1, 2011: Version 0.4.2 has been released. You can now specify paths from which to never download. You can also choose to backup photos and videos to different locations. A number of bugs have been fixed. All users are recommended to update. The documentation has been updated to describe the new features. Read the release notes for more details.
If you like this software, please consider making a contribution. Thank you!