Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
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Re: Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
#2I'm using darktable for processing my RAW files for some time, and it's very powerful and neat.
It has some learning curve, but it's much smoother than it looks. Also, its final image quality is really high.
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#3"Should I use this instead of Lightroom?"
If you have to ask, the answer is no. Like learning VIM instead of using VSCode.
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#4I've used and I loved it, but then I upgraded my camera and this software does not support new Canon CR3 RAW files yet... Sadly I'll switch to Lightroom until it does...
Re: Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
#5I've used and I loved it, but then I upgraded my camera and this software does not support new Canon CR3 RAW files yet... Sadly I'll switch to Lightroom until it does...
I have used RawTherapee https://www.rawtherapee.com/
Re: Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
#6Anyone with experience of both Darktable and RawTherapee? I'm torn between the two for my personal photo editing and management needs.
Re: Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
#7"Should I use this instead of Lightroom?" If you have to ask, the answer is no. Like learning VIM instead of using VSCode.
I don't think this comparison is very accurate.
VScode is at least free as in beer (with VScodium being free-free, if a little less convenient to use). Lightroom is a paid program that requires getting into Adobe's whole subscription mess.
Darktable still has a GUI. It isn't nearly as barebones or discovery-hostile as vim (I love vim but there's a learning curve). I used darktable to touch up some photos, and was able to stumble through as a complete novice.
IMO a better comparison would be Blender vs .
Re: Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
#8I'm using darktable for processing my RAW files for some time, and it's very powerful and neat. It has some learning curve, but it's much smoother than it looks. Also, its final image quality is really high.
I agree, the tools it provides are very powerful. I also really appreciate that it's less opinionated than other photo editors, it makes me consider what I want the final image to look like before I start working on it.
Re: Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
#9Anyone with experience of both Darktable and RawTherapee? I'm torn between the two for my personal photo editing and management needs.
RawTherapee for me has much more intuitive ui which you dont have to learn much, you just pick it up. On the downside it has a bit less features. One feature i'm missing in particular is retouch but apparently its already there in non-stable builds and will be released in the next version. Darktable also didnt have matching color profile for my Sony camera which RawTherapee had out of the box. RawTherapee seem much faster and responsive after adding some filters and edits on the photo. I'm not a professional btw.
Re: Darktable: An open source photography workflow application
#10Anyone with experience of both Darktable and RawTherapee? I'm torn between the two for my personal photo editing and management needs.
I use Darktable for almost everything. Except for a few occasional UI freezes it's amazing. Some samples of photos I have taken and processed in DarkTable
https://dheera.net/photos/dancelight/
https://dheera.net/photos/lashioroad/