Darktable 2.2.0 released

#1

Post by geppetto » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 7:45 AM UTC

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

#2

Post by geppetto » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 7:47 AM UTC

IMHO it's the best FOSS photo application out there. It's cross platform, fast, stable and manages the whole photo workflow (RAW developing, photo management, non destructive editing).

Thanks darktable folks!

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

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Post by polskibus » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 10:37 AM UTC

Can anyone compare DarkTable to RawTherapee ?

http://rawtherapee.com/

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

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Post by LinuxFreedom » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 10:51 AM UTC

polskibus wrote: post #3

Can anyone compare DarkTable to RawTherapee ? http://rawtherapee.com/

RT has no real workflow, more a set of tools that you might apply somehow, GUI reflects that, seems unorganized. DT seems to have more advanced algorithms and tools. Both are excellent. Does not hurt to have both in your toolbelt.

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

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Post by JorgeGT » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 10:58 AM UTC

geppetto wrote: post #2

IMHO it's the best FOSS photo application out there. It's cross platform, fast, stable and manages the whole photo workflow (RAW developing, photo management, non destructive editing). Thanks darktable folks!

> It's cross platform

Are there Windows builds? There was a guy that did but he stopped at 2.0.

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

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Post by pvdebbe » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 11:03 AM UTC

LinuxFreedom wrote: post #4

polskibus wrote: post #3

Can anyone compare DarkTable to RawTherapee ? http://rawtherapee.com/

RT has no real workflow, more a set of tools that you might apply somehow, GUI reflects that, seems unorganized. DT seems to have more advanced algorithms and tools. Both are excellent. Does not hurt to have both in your toolbelt.

RT has more controls for finetuning (some of which is very necessary for Fujifilm RAF files still) while DT has never crashed on me. CLUT support is nice, I play with it when I happen to develop from raw data.

I should probably participate in DT's tracker and try to get the few shortcomings fixed... that should do for a new year's resolution: more participation in OS communities. :)

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

#7

Post by geppetto » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 11:09 AM UTC

JorgeGT wrote: post #5

geppetto wrote: post #2

IMHO it's the best FOSS photo application out there. It's cross platform, fast, stable and manages the whole photo workflow (RAW developing, photo management, non destructive editing). Thanks darktable folks!

> It's cross platform Are there Windows builds? There was a guy that did but he stopped at 2.0.

Oops! You're right there's no official Windows port. I've run it on Mac and Linux only.

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

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Post by vr46 » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 11:12 AM UTC

I am going to tentatively give this a go after ten years or so of Lightroom. The major problem apart from learning a new application is of course dealing with ten years of Lightroom catalogues and the metadata they contain. Further updates as events unfold ;)

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

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Post by JorgeGT » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 11:16 AM UTC

geppetto wrote: post #7

JorgeGT wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's cross platform Are there Windows builds? There was a guy that did but he stopped at 2.0.

Oops! You're right there's no official Windows port. I've run it on Mac and Linux only.

I've been able to run it on the Linux Subsystem for Windows with an X server, but there was still a few quirks I believe.

Re: Darktable 2.2.0 released

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Post by geppetto » Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 11:16 AM UTC

polskibus wrote: post #3

Can anyone compare DarkTable to RawTherapee ? http://rawtherapee.com/

I've tried Rawtherapee a few times and I haven't really learned to use it but I can easily recommend its documentation site (rawpedia) even if you don't use Rawtherapee itself.