Questions tagged [darktable]
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. Apply this tag to questions about using darktable to process and enhance your image files. Do not use this tag to ask questions about general software support, such as how to install the software on a particular system.
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Migrate from Apple Photos to darktable
all. Is there already a way to migrate from Apple Photos to darktable? I know it's possible to read from an Apple Photos database with AppleScript and that Lua has a Lua scripting API, so if there isn'...
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How to set proper exposure in Darktable with scene-referred workflow?
I don't understand how to set proper exposure in Darktable.
A few aspects of Darktable are opaque to me and contributing to my confusion. Such as, what the histogram actually shows when the Exposure, ...
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Using a <24 panel colour checker in Darktable
It's common in my industry for reference/archival photographs to be taken with a combined scale, grey, and colour checker card (often with rectification targets too). In most cases, the standard is a ...
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How to use JPG embedded in RAW for color calibration in darktable
My camera (Canon EOS R5) does a great job with colors for the embedded JPG, but I am unable to achieve similar colors (mainly skin tones) when processing the RAW version of the image in darktable.
I ...
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Do cameras do lens correction for in camera JPEGs? [closed]
What are the steps involved when a camera converts RAW images into JPEG?
Based on the Lensfun database I believe the camera is at least doing some things that are on a per-lens-basis, such as fixing ...
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How can I batch merge multiple HDR sets of bracketed photos together in Darktable?
How can I batch merge multiple HDR sets of bracketed photos together in Darktable?
I have 1,600 photos in a folder. They are all bracketed sets to create HDRs with. They are all in order, and there ...
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How can I adjust the RAW (DNG) files from my FIMI X8 SE 2020 drone to achieve colors similar to the default JPG files?
I got a FIMI X8 SE 2020 drone a couple years ago, which has a good quality camera. However, when I shoot in RAW+JPG mode, I notice that the RAW (DNG) files have dull and distorted colors compared to ...
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Lens corrections from lightroom .lcp to darktable .xml
My aim is to convert lens correction file .lcp (adobe lightroom) to use it in darktable. I downloaded lensfun database with lensfun-convert-lcp (it has no extension) regarding this link and have no ...
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How to recover and load XMP from exported JPEG in darktable?
I've lost a XMP file for the edit, which I very much like...
Luckily, I've got the RAW for the photo and the exported JPEG for the edit. And, digiKam is showing a tab with XMP profile (for the JPEG of ...
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Can darktable auto enhance images, like MacOS Photos?
I am looking for an alternative to Mac Photos and have stumbled upon darktable. I've played around with it and sort of have the hang of how to select pictures in lighttable and how to edit them in ...
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Difference between dashed line area and feathering radius in darktable
In darktable, when you make a selection, e.g. to increase the exposure of a specific area, there is the selection outline, and a dotted exterior line. The distance between the main selection and that ...
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darktable 4.0, favorites category missing?
Upgraded my OSs (FreeBSD and Ubuntu) and apps, now running darktable 4.0.
In darkroom, the only tabs I see on the right now are
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Why am I losing the color profile when GIMP invokes Darktable?
When gimp 2.10.32 opens a raw file using darktable 4.0.1 via the plugins/file-darktable/file-darktable plugin, my image has the color profile assigned to it that I want. (I have a preset for the ...
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Darktable doesn't seem to render RAW consistently VS lightroom
I am running into an issue with working on RAW images in darktable where the images are not being rendered in the same way that Lightroom renders them. For example, the following is a crop from an ...
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Darktable: How to edit the same image as multiple different edit versions?
In Darktable, you can only import the same image once as image.jpg for example. What if we would like to work on and make multiple edited versions of image.jpg instead, and produce multiple different ...
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