> * AFAICS in order to create an additional style to be only apllied when I > want, I can do it from Lighttable: my style should only contains the > *additional* transformation steps I need besides these defaults that are > automagically applied.
Not necessarily, Darktable has a definite order in which modules are applied and by default each module is applied only once. When you apply a style that contains modules that already are in the history stack you're not applying the module twice, you're just replacing the original instance of the module by the new one in the style (possibly with different options). The only (kind of) exception to this is for modules that Darktable allows you to apply multiple times (denoise, for example). In those cases the style will only superseed the module version with the same name: "denoise" will only replace "denoise", "denoise 1" only "denoise 1", etc. > * I notice that some sort of "default style" is applied automatically when a > new collection is created (e.g. when I open a folder with Darktable). How is > this default style defined? Currently it applies three transformations: > sharpen, orientation and base curve. As far as I know you can't modify this default style. However, you can define your own style in which the modules you don't want are explicitly turned off (included with the word "off" besides them) and apply it to all imported pictures. As described above this will effectively remove them from the development stack. > * How to completely wipe out any transformation style applied to a > collection/image? > Apparently removing the XMP file is not enough, I need to completely remove > the collection? As specified here: > http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s03s02.html.php#d0e2501 Removing the XMP does nothing from Darktable's point of view. Darktable's "true" about an image history stack is in its internal database, the XMP files are convenient to have for backup/migration purposes but are not explicitly used (unless you tell Darktable to check for changes on startup, and only then). The right way to remove all transformations is the "discard" option in lighttable's history stack module. However, this re-applies the default style you mentioned. If you really really want to start from zero an option would be to: - enter an image in darkroom - select "0-original" in the history module - compress the history stack - go back to lighttable and copy its history stack - paste it on all pictures with the mode defined as "overwrite" However, as per the manual (http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s03s07.html.php), in order for this to really result in an empty history stack you need to enter each picture in darkroom before, which makes it a bit impractical. Side-question to the developers: is there a way to apply a style in "overwrite mode"? Best regards, Guillermo ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
