Darktable 4.0
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Darktable 4.0
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Re: Darktable 4.0
#2Really glad there's advanced open-source tools like darktable and RawTherapee.
I've switched back and forth between RawTherapee and darktable for a few years now.
I prefer the UI and workflow or RT, but dt has better performance on my machine. And RT has this strange longstanding bug where the image is extremely blurry during editing, and only becomes clear after exporting. According to a github issue, a workaround is to disable lens correction (and anything else in the "transform" tab) but this didn't work for me, prompting my most recent switch to dt.
current biggest grip with dt... why are those damn arrows at the edges of the screen so tiny??? Expanding and retracting the side panels requires pixel-perfect accuracy on a ~20px target. I know I could use keyboard shortcuts, but my brain isn't wired for them yet.
Re: Darktable 4.0
#3darktable has a pretty steep learning curve and it introduces concepts from cinema (the scene referred workflow) that may be known to video editors and colorists, but that are surely alien even to seasoned still image editors and retouchers.
For anyone that wants to learn darktable I wholeheartedly recommended the forum at https://discuss.pixls.us/c/software/darktable/19
The darktable developers frequent this forum and it's an indispensable resource.
Re: Darktable 4.0
#4Really glad there's advanced open-source tools like darktable and RawTherapee. I've switched back and forth between RawTherapee and darktable for a few years now. I prefer the UI and workflow or RT, but dt has better performance on my machine. And RT has this strange longstanding bug where the image is extremely blurry during editing, and only becomes clear after exporting. According to a github issue, a workaround i…
I wish the effort is united between dt and rt (and maybe digiKam for management), then we'd have a Blender-level competitor against LightRoom maybe
Re: Darktable 4.0
#5Really glad there's advanced open-source tools like darktable and RawTherapee. I've switched back and forth between RawTherapee and darktable for a few years now. I prefer the UI and workflow or RT, but dt has better performance on my machine. And RT has this strange longstanding bug where the image is extremely blurry during editing, and only becomes clear after exporting. According to a github issue, a workaround i…
> current biggest grip with dt... why are those damn arrows at the edges of the screen so tiny??? Expanding and retracting the side panels requires pixel-perfect accuracy on a ~20px target. I know I could use keyboard shortcuts, but my brain isn't wired for them yet.
You can make them bigger through some CSS tweaks: https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/development/en/prefere...
Re: Darktable 4.0
#6darktable has a pretty steep learning curve and it introduces concepts from cinema (the scene referred workflow) that may be known to video editors and colorists, but that are surely alien even to seasoned still image editors and retouchers. For anyone that wants to learn darktable I wholeheartedly recommended the forum at https://discuss.pixls.us/c/software/darktable/19 The darktable developers frequent this forum a…
I'd additionally add Bruce Williams' "Understanding Darktable" series to that list: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlYWvzmJQTrRq7JrYdD7k...
Re: Darktable 4.0
#7The name 'Darktable' reminded me of an IDE that was being plugged on HN a lot around the year 2012 -ish.
It had a lot of momentum at the time as it was plugged a lot on HN, it was open source and had a similar feel to Atom.
But I have not heard of it since and I'm finding it hard to recall the name. Weird.
Re: Darktable 4.0
#8The name 'Darktable' reminded me of an IDE that was being plugged on HN a lot around the year 2012 -ish. It had a lot of momentum at the time as it was plugged a lot on HN, it was open source and had a similar feel to Atom. But I have not heard of it since and I'm finding it hard to recall the name. Weird.
You are probably thinking of Lightable, which IIRC has ceased development. It never really lived up to the initial hype.
Re: Darktable 4.0
#9The name 'Darktable' reminded me of an IDE that was being plugged on HN a lot around the year 2012 -ish. It had a lot of momentum at the time as it was plugged a lot on HN, it was open source and had a similar feel to Atom. But I have not heard of it since and I'm finding it hard to recall the name. Weird.
Re: Darktable 4.0
#10darktable has a pretty steep learning curve and it introduces concepts from cinema (the scene referred workflow) that may be known to video editors and colorists, but that are surely alien even to seasoned still image editors and retouchers. For anyone that wants to learn darktable I wholeheartedly recommended the forum at https://discuss.pixls.us/c/software/darktable/19 The darktable developers frequent this forum a…
I'd additionally add Bruce Williams' "Understanding Darktable" series to that list: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlYWvzmJQTrRq7JrYdD7k...
If I need to pick a favorite: