On dimanche 21 avril 2019 02:00:44 CEST Charlie Goodwin wrote: > As you get used to darktable, I'd strongly suggest you limit yourself to a > few modules and a basic set of controls within those. > > The parametric sliders can be very confusing at the start and even though > they are really powerful, I'd stay away from them while you are just > getting comfortable with darktable.
What I find really complex with parametric masks is combining them with drawn masks, or using several channels. Otoh, just using one slider to get e.g. a vey bright sky masked is much easier with a parametric mask than with anything else. Also, parametric masking makes great luminance masks, useful for tuning down extreme contrast (sky). While less important now with the filmic module, not everyone will like the rendering of that module, compared with basecurve-based rendering. > Work with drawn masks for now. They offer tremendous power when combined > with a very few modules. As you learn, branch out one module at a time or > one feature at a time. Personally, I use very few modules beyond the default ones for most images: exposure correction, a tool to correct tonality, a sharpening, a noise reduction. Sometimes some spot removal. I'd say that covers 90% of my editing, and at most half the time I spend on editing... Finally, don't hesitate to revisit edited images after a year or so (depending on how much you work with darktable). You'll be surprised by the improvements you can get on more difficult images. Remco ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
