On mardi 10 octobre 2017 06:00:16 CEST Michael wrote: > I have determined (supposed... guessed) that these are the following > modules I need to use. Does it matter what order I use them in? (the list > is in the order I will use them) I supposed that LENS CORRECTION needs to > be one of the first since the correction changes the keystone. > > - lens correction > - raw denoise > - spot removal > - rotate image > - color zones > - contrast brig...ss saturation > - shadow and hilights > - local contrast = sharpen image > - defringe > > What do you think I need to add? Darktable has a fixed order in which the modules are applied to the image, independent of the order in which you activate them. So your workflow is mostly a matter of personal choice. The manual explains why this is the case.
The thing to keep in mind is that modules differ in processing complexity, e.g. "profiled denoise" or "equalizer" need quite a bit of processing power. You might prefer to activate those only towards the end of the editing. In practice, though, on a modern PC with a mid-range GPU even those modules work fast enough in preview mode. About your workflow: "local contrast" is not the same as sharpening, although it might appear to give a crisper image. It does use the same basic algorithm as unsharp masking, but with a much higher radius. Both change the acutance of the image, with possible some loss in the smallest details. The equalizer module works in a completely different way, which at least in theory, allows to actually recover some extra detail from the image. And, if you work in raw, you might want to use "white balance", "highlight correction" and "base curve". Otoh, if you work from jpegs, raw denoise isn't useful (but you probably wouldn't be able to activate it). Remco ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
