On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:36 PM, Tobias Ellinghaus <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 10. Oktober 2017, 07:25:43 CEST schrieb Remco Viëtor:
>> 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.
>
> No, darktable's local contrast module is much more sophisticated than USM.
>
> See http://www.darktable.org/2012/09/edge-aware-image-development/ for more
> details.

..in fact also see this for the newest addition to this module:
https://jo.dreggn.org/blog/laplacian/post.html

cheers,
 jo

>> 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
>>
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