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 >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> darktable user mailing list >> to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
