metaOut.setImageOrientation(metaIn.getImageOrientation());
            metaOut.setImageDimensions(QSize(preview.width(), preview.height()));
            metaOut.applyChanges();
        }

        qCDebug(KIPIPLUGINS_LOG) << "Preview Image url: " << outUrl << ", saved: " << saved;
        return saved;
    }
    else
    {
        errString = i18n("Input image cannot be loaded for preview generation.");
    }

    return false;
}

bool PreProcessTask::convertRaw()
{
    const QUrl& inUrl = fileUrl;
    QUrl &outUrl      = preProcessedUrl.preprocessedUrl;

    int        width, height, rgbmax;
    QByteArray imageData;

    bool decoded           = false;
    PluginLoader* const pl = PluginLoader::instance();

    if (pl)
    {
        Interface* const iface = pl->interface();
        
        if (iface)
        {
            rawProcess   = iface->createRawProcessor();    
            bool decoded = rawProcess->decodeRawImage(inUrl, imageData, width, height, rgbmax);
        }            
    }

    if (decoded)
    {
        uchar* sptr  = (uchar*)imageData.data();
        float factor = 65535.0 / rgbmax;

        unsigned short tmp16[3];

        // Set RGB color components.
        for (int i = 0 ; !isAbortedFlag && (i < width * height) ; ++i)
        {
            // Swap Red and Blue and re-ajust color component values
            tmp16[0] = (unsigned short)((sptr[5]*256 + sptr[4]) * factor);      // Blue
            tmp16[1] = (unsigned short)((sptr[3]*256 + sptr[2]) * factor);      // Green
            tmp16[2] = (unsigned short)((sptr[1]*256 + sptr[0]) * factor);      // Red
            memcpy(&sptr[0], &tmp16[0], 6);
            sptr += 6;
        }

        if (isAbortedFlag)
        {
            errString = i18n("Operation canceled.");
            return false;
        }

        KPMetadata metaIn, metaOut;
        metaIn.load(inUrl.toLocalFile());
        KPMetadata::MetaDataMap m = metaIn.getExifTagsDataList(QStringList(QStringLiteral("Photo")), true);
        KPMetadata::MetaDataMap::iterator it;

        for (it = m.begin(); it != m.end(); ++it)
        {
            metaIn.removeExifTag(it.key().toLatin1().constData(), false);